BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has ordered a hearing on an effort to block a new rule that gives federal authorities jurisdiction over some state waters. Thirteen states led by North Dakota are challenging the rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers. The states […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Weather conditions Tuesday have forced the organizers of Mitchell’s annual farm show Dakotafest to cancel the event’s opening day. Samantha Castro is a marketing manager with the organizer IdeaAg Group. She tells The Daily Republic ( ) that the threat of severe weather, including the possibility of lightning, led to the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard is appointing Sioux Falls attorney Jon Sogn (sawng) to the bench in South Dakota’s Second Judicial Circuit. Sogn will fill a new judgeship created by the 2015 Legislature. The Second Circuit includes Lincoln and Minnehaha counties. Sogn has practiced with the law firm of Lynn, Jackson, Shultz and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The winter wheat harvest is nearing completion in South Dakota, after a week of varied rainfall in the state. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the northwest, north central and eastern portions of the state received rain but the southwest remains dry. The winter wheat harvest […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Officials say the slowdown in North Dakota’s oil patch should help keep fuel supplies adequate for the state’s fall crop harvest. The harvest often spurs diesel shortages for farm machinery in the Upper Midwest. In North Dakota, the problem has been magnified in recent years because of the oil drilling activity […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — No injuries have been reported in a fire at the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Mitchell. Police say the blaze started about 2 a.m. Tuesday. The cause wasn’t immediately determined. Authorities don’t believe anyone was inside the building at the time. Firefighters had the blaze contained about 5:30 a.m., though crews remained […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A group that represents businesses and landowners wants Rapid City to spend $1 million more on a project to upgrade the road considered the gateway to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The city already has approved spending about $5 million to spruce up Mount Rushmore Road as […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A judge has set bond at $50,000 cash for a Colorado man facing charges in a shooting at a hotel in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen. Nineteen-year-old Jordan Mercure, of Fort Collins, Colorado, faces a felony aggravated assault charge and several misdemeanors in the early Saturday shooting at the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a Rapid City woman who went missing after a boat crash on Pactola Reservoir. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says searchers on Monday used a remotely operated underwater vehicle to locate the body of 33-year-old Gabrielle Fisher. The Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department and the […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Transportation says Highway 11 is closed south of Sioux Falls. The agency says work on the highway between Cody Road and Julie Drive is expected to be completed by the middle of September. Local access to residences will be maintained, but through traffic must find […]