Obama Announces May Visit To His 50th State, South Dakota
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will complete a rare presidential run though all 50 states when he delivers the commencement address at a South Dakota community college next month. Amid much speculation over when he’d finally make it to South Dakota, Obama used an interview on Monday with KSFY, the ABC-affiliated TV station in […]
Obama Announces May Visit To His 50th State, South Dakota
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will complete a rare presidential run though all 50 states when he delivers the commencement address at a South Dakota community college next month. Amid much speculation over when he’d finally make it to South Dakota, Obama used an interview on Monday with KSFY, the ABC-affiliated TV station in […]
Civil Air Patrol Conducts Training Exercise In Central SD
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Civil Air Patrol’s South Dakota Wing is conducting a search and rescue training exercise in Pierre. The training exercise scheduled for Saturday focuses in training aircrews, ground search teams and the command staff to react to a simulated emergency situation. The incident command post for the training exercise has been […]
SD Woman Ordered To Repay Nearly $44K In Federal Theft Case
SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — A western South Dakota woman has been ordered to pay nearly $44,000 in restitution stemming from a federal theft case. Chief Judge Jeffrey Viken has also ordered 67-year-old Linda Anderson to one year of unsupervised probation. The Spearfish woman earlier pleaded guilty to one count of theft of public money. Prosecutors […]
Art Exhibit Featuring SD Baby Boomers Opens Saturday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An art exhibit featuring baby boomers from Sioux Falls is set to open Saturday at the Washington Pavilion. KELO-TV ( ) reports that the exhibit showcases portraits of various Sioux Falls residents who were born between 1946 and 1964. It’s inspired by a national boomer list put together by the […]
Daugaard Signs Measure To Carve Out $7.50 Youth Minimum Wage
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a controversial measure to exempt South Dakota’s youngest workers from the $8.50 minimum wage voters approved in November. Daugaard weighed his decision before signing the measure Friday to carve out a $7.50 youth minimum wage. The governor said previously he wouldn’t support a “direct attack” on […]
Tech Center Looks For Tenants, Sues Company That Backed Off
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — A $4.2 million building in southeast South Dakota that’s meant to host technology companies is looking for tenants after the facility’s managers sued a company that backed off a deal to move in. The Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company is responsible for the 32,000-square-foot facility in the outskirts of Vermillion. […]
South Dakota Cattle On Feed Up 7 Percent From 2014
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more animals reported 235,000 cattle on feed on March 1, up 7 percent from last year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its latest report that placements in feedlots during February totaled 41,000 head, up 5 percent from 2014. Marketings of […]
Watertown Senior Going To DC For National Poetry Competition
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A senior from Watertown High School won the state’s Poetry Out Loud competition and is headed to Washington, D.C., to represent South Dakota in national competition April 27-29. Ashley Brage won $200 and her school will receive $500 to be used for poetry books, in addition to her trip to the […]