SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota residents who don’t have health insurance have until Sunday to sign up before the end of the Affordable Care Act’s second enrollment period. Those who sign up by Sunday will avoid a penalty on their taxes when they file in early 2016. The second enrollment season for President […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Two University of South Dakota students will be among a number of undergraduates from South Dakota colleges and universities who will present their research work during an annual event at the state Capitol. Breanna Helland, a senior from Frederick and Nate Vinzant, a junior from Sioux Falls, were selected by USD […]

STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — Tribal leaders in the Dakotas are working together to build a monument to honor Native American code talkers. The code talkers were a group of American Indians who used their native languages to outwit the enemy and protect U.S. battlefield communications during World Wars I and II. The […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two South Dakota school districts are among those receiving federal funding toward new less-polluting buses. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded more than $3 million in rebates to replace 210 older diesel school buses with vehicles that are more than 90 percent cleaner. Seventy-six school bus fleets in 30 states will receive […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 04-08-13-20-26 (four, eight, thirteen, twenty, twenty-six)

LOWER BRULE, S.D. (AP) — A tribal court judge has ordered the Lower Brule Sioux tribal council to hold a meeting in March. The council has not met for months because of disagreements among its members. The tribe’s constitution, however, mandates that council members gather once a month. The Mitchell Republic ( ) reports that […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The owner of a South Dakota-based dietary supplement business has been charged with allegedly rebranding and selling Mexico-manufactured pills that were the subject of a U.S. recall because they were linked to cases of bleeding, stroke and even death. Stanley Brower is accused of tearing off the labels on bottles […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man accused of sexually abusing a child in 2013 has been sentenced to 3 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange has also sentenced 62-year-old Reginald Between Lodges to 5 years of supervised release. Between Lodges earlier pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a child. […]

ARMOUR, S.D. (AP) — Some kindergarteners from Armour have been recognized nationally for their knowledge about birds. Kelly Preheim’s class of a dozen pupils has learned about more than 300 species. The Daily Republic ( ) reports they also made a short video debunking the myth that young birds will be abandoned by their parents […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Friday: