SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for beating a woman who said she was held captive in his mother’s home for a month. Thirty-six-year-old Daniel Armstrong pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in February in a deal with prosecutors in which kidnapping and rape charges […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Six metropolitan areas, one rural region and one tribal community have been designated as Promise Zones under an Obama administration program that seeks to revitalize high-poverty communities. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro announced the new Promise Zone designations after touring a job-training center in St. Louis, one of the […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Soil moisture continues to be a concern in South Dakota as farmers work to get their crops in the ground. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop progress report that subsoil moisture supplies statewide are rated 67 percent short or very short; and topsoil moisture supplies are 69 percent […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota doctor is planning to travel to his home country of Nepal to help victims of the weekend earthquake that killed thousands of people. Binod Dhungana is among a dozen people from Nepal who work at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He says his family in Nepal survived, but […]

HOWARD, S.D. (AP) — Two people suffered minor injuries in a house fire in Howard. The Daily Republic newspaper reports ( ) that a resident and a firefighter were hurt in the Monday morning blaze, but both were treated at medical facilities and released later in the day. The fire destroyed the two-story home. The […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police are searching for a person who tried to rob a casino. Authorities say a male entered the Rice Street Casino about 10:45 p.buy cytotec online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/languages/new/us/cytotec.html no prescription m. Monday and demanded money. The suspect did not display a weapon and fled the scene on foot before […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls authorities say four residents and several of their pets have escaped from a house fire that began in the attic. The Argus Leader ( ) reports fire officials were notified Monday about the blaze from a person passing by the home. Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Mark […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Public Utilities Commission has postponed a meeting for the public to provide input to the regulatory board on the portion of the Keystone XL pipeline that would run through South Dakota. The commission announced Monday the public meeting scheduled for next week would be delayed because members voted earlier […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — Stagecoach rides return to Deadwood’s Main Street this year. The Black Hills Pioneer reports ( ) the city commission approved the request by Deadwood Stage Tours, which will operate from just before Memorial Day through Sept. 15. The rides will start in front of the Deadwood Wild Bill Trading Post, travel […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An elderly widow from North Dakota who authorities say was among dozens of victims of a Jamaican lottery scam told jurors in federal court she lost about $300,000 and borrowed against her insurance policy with the hopes of collecting $19 million to help her family. Edna Schmeets, 86, testified Monday in […]