RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Proponents of a $180 million arena in Rapid City have raised a lot more campaign money than opponents. KOTA-AM reports that pre-election financial statements from organizations for and against the Civic Center expansion project were released this week. The group supporting the project, called Civic Center Expansion, raised just over […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 01-08-20-29-32 (one, eight, twenty, twenty-nine, thirty-two)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 34-year-old man is hospitalized with potentially life-threatening injures following an early morning stabbing in Sioux Falls. Local police say they were called to Kings Casino shortly after 7 a.m. on Saturday morning. There they found the victim who had fled on foot to the casino after he was stabbed […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A bill that would allocate millions in bonds to renovate the Chemistry Building at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is headed to the governor’s desk. The Rapid City Journal reports the measure would appropriate $6 million in bonds to renovate labs, classrooms and other parts of the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bill that would establish a “Right of Publicity” in the state needs to be heard this week if it’s to become South Dakota law. Rep. Elizabeth May is pushing the measure that would prohibit the unauthorized commercial use of a personality’s right of publicity. South Dakota Public Broadcasting reports ( […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A handful of farmers have found creative ways to defraud federal farm programs in recent years. There was the North Carolina couple who faked hail damage to their crops by telling workers to throw ice cubes and scatter mothballs onto a tomato field; the South Dakota couple who fleeced the government […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota “Right of Publicity” bill designed to protect the legacy of the late Native American activist Russell Means needs a Senate vote in the final week of the legislative session if it is to become law. The measure, backed by Republican Rep. Elizabeth May, of Kyle, would prohibit the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Impaired driving and drug arrests have increased for the fifth year straight in Rapid City. The department released its crime analysis for 2014 on Friday. The data show there were more than 1,300 drug arrests in 2014, a nearly 75 percent increase over the five-year average and a 19 percent […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say they arrested a Sioux Falls man accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint following a brief standoff with police and SWAT teams Friday night. Forty-five-year-old Rickey Starks is facing charges of first-degree robbery and three counts of aggravated assault. Police say Starks entered the Dacotah Bank on East […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers will pass a state budget this week to largely wrap up their work for the 2015 legislative session. Lawmakers will hear updated state revenue estimates on Monday, which will shape budget decisions. Senate Majority Leader Tim Rave said the state’s surplus revenue appears smaller than anticipated. A proposal […]