SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man accused of stabbing his girlfriend 14 times and killing her is on trial. Michael Martinez is charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter in the July 2014 death of 21-one-year-old Beverly Guerra. Authorities allege he stabbed her with a kitchen knife during an argument in their […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former South Dakota Gov. Walter Dale Miller, who stepped in as the state’s leader in 1993 after a plane crash killed his predecessor, died Monday night. He was 89. Miller served as the state’s 29th governor through 1995, taking the oath of office on April 20, 1993, a day after […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says a Mitchell police officer who fatally shot a man was justified in using lethal force. Police Officer Russ Stevenson shot and killed 37-year-old Curtis Meyer on Sept. 4 during a struggle for the man’s gun after Stevenson responded to an early morning noise complaint. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The administrators of a more than $16 million American Indian college-readiness program failed to achieve nearly a dozen key performance benchmarks, including the number of students it had proposed to serve, according to a recent evaluation. The South Dakota GEAR UP program has come under scrutiny since the deaths of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The fall harvest is in full swing in South Dakota, but weather has slowed farmers in some areas. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that producers in parts in south central, east central and southeastern South Dakota were slowed by midweek rains — nearly 5 inches in […]

PORCUPINE, S.D. (AP) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is announcing nearly $2.6 million in grant funding for economic development efforts on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Vilsack is set to announce the grants Tuesday at an event at Thunder Valley Community Development Corp. in Porcupine. The grants include $1.85 million for water and waste disposal […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a water heater and clothing sparked an apartment building fire Saturday night in Mitchell that displaced five families. Assistant Fire Chief Paul Morris tells The Daily Republic newspaper ( ) that the fire started in the basement boiler room when clothing next to a hot water heater […]

GROTON, S.D. (AP) — A Groton man has died from injuries he suffered in a farming accident in northwestern Spink County.buy cipro online https://healingtohappy.com/wp-content/languages/new/over/cipro.html no prescription Sheriff Kevin Schurch tells the American News ( ) that 72-year-old Wayne Feller suffered a head injury while working on a combine Friday. Feller was flown to a Sioux […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Treasurer’s office is expanding the outreach efforts of its unclaimed property program by setting up a booth at an upcoming Sioux Falls event. State Treasurer Rich Sattgast says the Unclaimed Property Division will have a booth at the Benson’s Flea Market Saturday and Sunday at the W.H. […]