SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — When Spearfish was settled in the late 1800s it quickly became the bread basket for the area, with farmers and ranchers providing vegetables, fruits, beef and milk for local settlers and miners of local gold camps. Robert Evans, one of Spearfish’s earliest settlers, journeyed to the Black Hills in hopes of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man who donated to a South Dakota museum a guitar played by Elvis Presley blames his attorney for not responding to a federal lawsuit addressing a custody dispute over the instrument. Robert A. Johnson portrayed himself as the guitar’s owner when he gave it to the National Music Museum […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The Mitchell School District is considering selling naming rights to various parts of a proposed $13.5 million fine arts center. The Daily Republic newspaper reports ( ) naming rights for the building will go for $3 million. The school also might sell naming rights to the auditorium for $1 million, to […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Belle Fourche man convicted of trying to pay for sex with underage girls at the 2013 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Thirty-two-year-old Jerry Golliher was among nine men federally indicted for commercial sex trafficking after responding to online ads offering sex with young […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Five former mayors of Rapid City are opposing a proposed $180 million expansion of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Group spokesman Richard Wahlstrom says every mayor between 1987 and 2011 has concluded that the proposal is not the best thing for the city. Former mayors Keith Carlyle, Ed McLaughlin, Jim […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s congressional delegation is urging Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to withdraw plans to reconfigure the VA Black Hills Health Care System from President Barack Obama’s budget proposal. Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds and Rep. Kristi Noem say the administration’s budget request proposes measures to close the Hot […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Freezing rain coated roads in some parts of the Dakotas, making for a slippery commute. The National Weather Service early Tuesday issued freezing rain advisories for south central North Dakota and for a large portion of eastern South Dakota. Forecasters said ice accumulations up to a tenth of an inch were […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A 32-year-old man convicted of trying to pay for sex with underage girls has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Jerry Lane Golliher of Rapid City was among nine men arrested and federally indicted for commercial sex trafficking after responding to online ads offering sex with young girls. The […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakotans who hunt mountain lions outside of the Black Hills Fire Protection District can start using dogs next month. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission last month adopted a rule change to allow it, and the changes have been filed with the Secretary of State’s office and take […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House has approved a measure to change the state’s so-called “Daschle law” that bars a presidential candidate from seeking another office on the same South Dakota ballot. The full House voted 50-17 for a proposal that would strip away the prohibition. The original Republican-backed measure that passed in […]