PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state House committee has approved a proposal that would ban female genital mutilation in South Dakota. The House Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday unanimously passed the measure to make it a felony to perform such procedures in the state. Republican Rep. Lynne DiSanto says she’s offering the proposal […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The warning cries go up before the sun even peers above the Plains. The warriors, up to 1,500 of them, are overrunning the deep ditch and fortifications intended to protect the village. Despite hard times the community has grown, and the attackers are taking advantage of a break that had been […]

CLEAR LAKE, S.D. (AP) — A Powerball ticket sold in Clear Lake is worth $10,000 in the latest drawing. South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball in Wednesday’s drawing to win the game’s third prize. The odds of winning it are 1 in about 649,000. […]

A man accused of driving drunk and killing two federal wildlife researchers while they talked in a South Dakota motel parking lot was convicted Thursday of vehicular homicide, but not the more serious charge of manslaughter. Ronald Fischer Jr., 30, of Lake Andes, could face more than 30 years in prison when sentenced March 23. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A carbon monoxide leak has prompted the evacuation of a Sioux Falls apartment building. Firefighters found dangerously high levels of the potentially deadly gas Thursday morning after an alarm went off at Meadowbrook apartments. KELO-TV reports that firefighters traced the lake to a furnace, and shut it down. Residents will […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A judge has set bond at half a million dollars for a Groton man accused of threatening a witness in a drug bust. Judge Richard Sommers said he believes 45-year-old Timothy Thurston is a flight risk and a threat to a key witness in the drug case. Thurston was arrested in […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The Mitchell City Council is weighing whether to allow its residents to raise chickens in the city. The Daily Republic reports ( ) Peggy Miiller asked council members this week to consider the idea, and they agreed to discuss it further at their next meeting on Feb. 16. A current city […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative panel is set to consider a measure to require South Dakota businesses to offer employees paid sick leave. The Senate Commerce and Energy Committee on Thursday is expected to review the proposal. It would allow employees to accrue an hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state House committee is expected to review a proposal that would ban female genital mutilation in South Dakota. The House Health and Human Services on Thursday is scheduled to review the measure to make it a felony to perform such procedures in the state. Republican Rep. Lynne DiSanto says she’s […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 03-21-22-27-28 (three, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-seven, twenty-eight)