PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Tuesday: 08-21-30-61-62, Mega Ball: 9 (eight, twenty-one, thirty, sixty-one, sixty-two; Mega Ball: nine) 3 (three) Estimated jackpot: $301 million

DELMONT, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s fire marshal has presented a gold coin to Delmont firefighters for their response to the Mother Day’s tornado that devastated several community buildings. The coin worth about $1,300 was forwarded to the state Fire Marshal’s Office from an anonymous Sioux Falls donor. State Fire Marshal Paul Merriman presented the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Department of Transportation has awarded a South Dakota School of Mines and Technology student with a scholarship provided by an association of state highway and transportation officials. The $1,000 scholarship announced Tuesday for Justin Kepler is from the Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Kepler is a […]

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — The state Board of Higher Education is deciding whether to approve Thomas Mitzel as the next president at Dickinson State University. Mitzel is an Aberdeen, South Dakota, native who is the vice president and faculty dean at Trinity College in Connecticut. He became the lone finalist for the DSU position after […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline is shifting course in Nebraska and will withdraw lawsuits seeking to gain access to the property of landowners who oppose the project, the company announced Tuesday. TransCanada Inc. said it will abandon its current efforts to invoke eminent domain through the courts and will […]

PORCUPINE, S.D. (AP) — Nearly $2.6 million in grants for economic development efforts on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are going to projects ranging from water and waste disposal at a tribal college to training businesses on buffalo meat processing, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday during a visit to the area. The largest […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A 77-year-old Herrick man who was involved in a fatal car crash in May has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge. The South Dakota Attorney General’s Office says Herris Lambley has pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree manslaughter. Authorities say Lambley was driving a pickup truck in May and struck […]

PORCUPINE, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced nearly $2.6 million in grant funding for economic development efforts on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Vilsack announced the grants Tuesday at an event at Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation in Porcupine. Vilsack says the Obama administration is “touched” by the fact that Pine […]

Statements from officials on the death of former South Dakota Gov. Walter Dale Miller “Kimberley’s and my thoughts and prayers are with former Gov. Miller’s family and friends. Gov. Miller served during a difficult time in our state’s history, but thanks to his service, South Dakota is a better place. I consider it an honor […]

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Media mogul Ted Turner has bought a South Dakota ranch that was the setting for part of the Academy Award-winning movie “Dances with Wolves.” Triple U Buffalo Ranch owner Kay Ingle confirmed the sale to the Capital Journal newspaper in Pierre and KCCR radio, saying the family is selling the […]