ALEXANDRIA, S.D. (AP) — A Hutterite colony is celebrating the completion of a new 10,000-head hog operation south of Alexandria. The Mitchell Daily Republic reports ( ) that the Oak Lane Hutterite Colony held an open house Friday evening that drew hundreds of people from the region. Business manager John Wipf says that all-natural and […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Police in Rapid City are investigating an early morning convenience store robbery. Officers responded to the store on North Lacrosse Street about 4:15 a.m. Saturday after a call from an employee.buy plavix generic https://noprescriptionbuyonlinerxx.net/plavix.html over the counter The employee reported that a man displaying a handgun entered the business, approached […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more animals reported 210,000 cattle on feed on August 1, up 20 percent from last year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its latest report that placements in feedlots during July totaled 17,000 head, down 15 percent from 2014. Marketings of […]

WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) — Wind Cave National Park is asking for public comments on a zoning and general management plan and an environmental assessment. Park superintendent Vidal Dávila says the plan analyzes three action alternatives for the greater park area, four action alternatives for the Sanson Ranch area and three action alternatives […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A nonprofit organization’s $50,000 gift to a Sioux Falls community college is helping students pay for remedial math and English classes this fall. The Prep for Success Scholarship program at Killian Community College is funded by the de Groot Foundation. Kilian president Mark Millage says the non-credit courses prepare students […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Friday:

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys argued over state and federal powers for more than four hours Friday on an effort by 13 states to block a new rule that gives federal authorities jurisdiction over some state waters. The states, led by North Dakota, argue that the rules from the EPA and the Army Corps of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Augustana College says it will rebrand itself as Augustana University on Sept. 1. The decision by the private school’s Board of Trustees comes after nearly two years of strategic planning, analysis and discovery. School officials say the new name reflects Augustana’s growing number of programs and centers for undergraduate and […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge is requiring that two buyers for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. give a deposition next week ahead of an upcoming trademark dispute trial. The four-year-old case pitting Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc. against Rushmore Photo and Gifts and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is set to go to trial on Oct. 19. […]

ALEXANDRIA, S.D. (AP) — An Omaha pastor and his wife are among the four people killed in a fiery head-on crash on Interstate 90 near Alexandria. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says a pickup truck heading east in the westbound lanes of I-90 about 4:30 p.m. Thursday struck another vehicle head on, causing both vehicles […]