PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Opposition continues to grow to planned changes at Hilger’s Gulch park on the South Dakota Capitol grounds in Pierre. More than 200 people gathered Monday evening to protest the plan announced last month by Gov. Dennis Daugaard. The initiative would replace Kentucky bluegrass in the park with native grasses, trees and […]

CANTON, S.D. (AP) — A Lincoln County judge has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of a man accused of assaulting his former dentist for dental bridges in a Sioux Falls parking lot. Authorities allege 56-year-old David Yocom hit his former dentist with a car and threatened him with a hammer on Aug. 6. […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials say they have investigated and can’t say for sure how a mountain lion turned up on a central Kentucky farm last December. A conservation officer responded to a complaint on Dec. 15 in Bourbon County and found the animal treed by a homeowner’s dog in a […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An invasive species of small mollusks seen sporadically in the Dakotas in past years is establishing a population in two river systems. Zebra mussels of multiple sizes were found recently on multiple boats moored in South Dakota’s Lewis and Clark Lake, a Missouri River reservoir in the southeastern part of […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two South Dakota agriculture groups are accepting entries from third and fourth graders from across the state to participate in an upcoming art contest. South Dakota Value Added Agriculture and South Dakota Ag in the Classroom are hosting the art contest in conjunction with the 2015 South Dakota State Fair. Posters […]

FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) — Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but stop short of killing them. Or at least that’s the goal. Police have long had what they considered “non-lethal” weapons at their disposal, including […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Archery hunters in South Dakota can start setting up tree stands on public lands beginning Tuesday. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says portable tree stands and climbing devices that do not use nails, wire or bolts for attachment will be allowed to remain on public lands through Feb. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Board of Education has approved new social studies standards that will change the way history is taught to students across the state. Board members approved the standards overhaul Monday. The new guidelines do not require schools to teach early U.S. history in high school. The board contends […]

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — Corrections officials in South Dakota say the three teenagers who ran away from a youth rehabilitation center near Custer have been arrested. The South Dakota Department of Corrections says the 16-, 17- and 18-year-old males were apprehended Monday morning at a home near the State Treatment and Rehabilitation Academy. The teenagers […]

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — One of the longest caves in the world is getting a bigger visitor center. Work began Monday on a $671,000 expansion project for the visitor center at Jewel Cave National Monument in western South Dakota. “This expansion will improve the visitor experience by making it easier for visitors to enter and […]