PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota may join 30 other states in expanding its Medicaid program if federal officials approve a plan Gov. Dennis Daugaard is set to outline to the nation’s top health and human services administrator in Washington on Tuesday. The Republican governor is meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell […]

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AP) — The Eighth Air Force, headquartered at Louisiana’s Barksdale Air Force Base 40 years now, will see an increase in assets and capabilities in the coming days. The force that now commands all of the Air Force’s nuclear-capable bombers will draw into its fold the nation’s two B-1 bomber […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A state prison inmate who escaped from a minimum-security prison in Rapid City in early August is back in custody. The South Dakota Department of Corrections says 31-year-old Raymond Freeman was arrested Monday in Rapid City. Freeman was placed on escape status Aug. 1 after he failed to return to […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota may join about 30 states in expanding its Medicaid program if federal officials approve a plan Gov. Dennis Daugaard is discussing with the nation’s top health and human services administrator. Daugaard is scheduled to meet Tuesday in Washington with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to detail the […]

DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told an appeals court Monday that a federal judge in Utah went too far when when he struck down protections for a kind of prairie dog found only in that state. Attorney Anna Katselas asked the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — The manager of the Brown County Fair has been fired after only five months on the job. Brown County commissioners let go Karla Pfeifer during a closed meeting Tuesday. The move came after she refused to resign. Commissioners say their decision was based on issues that came up before and during […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The harvest of small grains crops in South Dakota is in the latter stages. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that about 74 percent of the barley, 86 percent of the spring wheat and 95 percent of the oats are in the bin. All three crops are […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An invasive species of mollusks seen sporadically in the Dakotas in past years is establishing a population in two river systems — but state officials hope to prevent the zebra mussels from spreading to other reservoirs. Zebra mussels of multiple sizes were found recently on boats moored in South Dakota’s […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two South Dakota women have been honored for their service in the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Monday presented a bronze replica of the Congressional Gold Medal to Lois Schmidt, of Pierre, and Pauline Brehe, of Agar. The medal is being given to members of […]