PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House has voted down a measure requiring South Dakota schools to have a safety plan for potential violent incidents such as a school shooting. The House voted 37-30 against the proposal, which also would require schools to conduct a lockdown drill annually. The bill’s sponsor is Republican Rep. Scott […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — For the past month, families across Brookings County have been finding a surprise on their doorsteps: a big blue box with a birthday cake and a gift or two inside, all with a balloon attached. It’s called the Big Blue Birthday Box, and it’s Nick Wendell’s effort to give young children […]

Residents across the Upper Midwest got some of the winter they had so far missed on Tuesday, as snow and high winds made travel treacherous in some areas. A blizzard warning was out for parts of Minnesota and South Dakota, where winds gusting up to 50 mph were expected to stir up the new of […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Public Utilities Commission has granted a request from Black Hills Power to raise rates for its customers in western South Dakota. The commission voted 3-0 on Monday to approve an overall rate hike of 4.35 percent. The utility company had initially requested an approximately 9 percent hike. The hike […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Residents across the Upper Midwest got some of the winter they had so far missed on Tuesday, as a fast-moving storm dumped several inches of snow and made travel treacherous in some areas. The storm dropped up to 6.5 inches of snow in western Minnesota, while far eastern South Dakota got 3 […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — In a hospital located more than 300 miles from Yankton, two area youth are currently living just doors apart. Ariyanna Miller and Tomas Rokahr have both recently undergone bone marrow transplants and now are waiting for the results. Miller, a student at Alcester-Hudson High School, underwent her transplant this month, while […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Every morning, Jessie Overaker hops out of bed and, like so many others, gets in her workout. Her exercise of choice is jumping rope. That’s been the case for the past 15 years. She’s 92. Her kid sister, Evelyn Cooper, does aerobics twice a day most days, with the same aim […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — In her mind, she’s always been the caretaker. That’s why it was hard for Ardis Beck to handle the role of patient. But in December, Beck, 59, was in that position — undergoing open heart surgery to fix a valve problem and an aneurysm in her heart, caused by a birth […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Hunters have killed 33 mountain lions so far during the hunting season in the Black Hills Fire Protection District.buy flexeril online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/languages/new/generic/flexeril.html no prescription KOTA-TV ( ) reports three male cats ranging between 119 and 125 pounds were killed last week. A 5-year-old lion was killed most recently in Custer County, […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Stormy weather is greeting commuters in much of South Dakota and southeastern North Dakota. The National Weather Service has posted numerous watches, warnings and advisories for much of central and eastern South Dakota, and southeastern North Dakota. Mid-central and northeastern South Dakota is under a blizzard warning. Forecasters say 5 […]