YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Yankton’s homeless shelter is getting ready to take over a motel on Highway 50 as its new home. The Yankton Press and Dakotan reports ( ) that the shelter’s board and the owner of the Star Brite Inn are working on Oct. 16 closing date for the contract. Yankton’s current homeless […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota State 4-H Youth Council has collected 1,250 pounds of pop can tabs to help the Ronald McDonald House provide families with a place to stay while their child is in the hospital. The tabs generated about $500 that went to the nonprofit as part of this year’s statewide […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls church flooded in August when more than seven inches of rain fell in the city has held its first post-flood church service. KELO-TV reports ( ) that worshippers filled Christ Community Church’s newly renovated sanctuary on Sunday. Worship musician Daron Ross says members are very grateful to […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Current and former state officials will speak at a ceremony for former South Dakota Gov. Walter Dale Miller in the Rotunda of the Capitol building in Pierre on Monday. Gov. Dennis Daugaard says public viewing will be allowed from 7-11 a.m. as the body of Miller lies in state at the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The body of former South Dakota Gov. Walter Dale Miller will lie in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol building in Pierre Monday. Public viewing will be allowed from 7-11 a.m. Central time, with a memorial ceremony scheduled for 1 p.m. Miller, who died Sept. 28 at age 89, stepped […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is asking to increase the registration fees for boats that are more than 12 feet in length by $5. The Capital Journal reports ( ) that department staff made the proposal during the Game, Fish and Parks Commission’s meeting last week. The fee […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls City Council members say a group of businesses are getting around a state smoking ban by opening tobacco shops under the same roof as video lottery businesses. South Dakota’s smoking ban passed by voters in 2010 includes video lottery facilities, but not tobacco shops. The Argus Leader ( […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — A statue at a Spanish-American War memorial in western South Dakota has been repaired after the hands of a soldier and rifle were broken off in December.buy prednisone online langleyrx.com/prednisone.html no prescription The statue that sits atop the memorial in Spearfish was recently repaired by a Nebraska-based conservation services company. The […]

HILL CITY, S.D. (AP) — A documentary about the battle over a dino discovered in the Black Hills over two decades ago has won an Emmy. “Dinosaur 13” earned the Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming Monday at the 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The film premiered on CNN in December. The […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — New rules for Powerball in South Dakota that give players a better chance of winning a prize at the expense of a longer shot at the jackpot go into effect Sunday The new rules mean the overall odds of winning a prize will be one in about 25 instead of one […]