PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Anglers are catching salmon fever on Lake Oahe in the Dakotas. Anglers are driving hundreds of miles to the Pierre-Fort Pierre area as reports of whopper chinook salmon roll in. The Capital Journal reports ( ) that Gordy Samson of Highmore recently hauled in a 24-pound, 5-ounce monster that appears to […]

FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — The tribal college on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is getting a federal grant to continue an academic support program that serves a large percentage of its students. The Bismarck Tribune reports ( ) that Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates is receiving $220,000 from the U.S. Department of Education […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An alert dispatcher is being credited with helping nab a man suspected of robbing a Sioux Falls taxi cab driver at gunpoint. Police say a dispatcher at Yellow Cab Taxi late Saturday recognized the phone number of a potential fare as the same number used by a man who robbed […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Rapid City woman missing in Pactola Reservoir after a boat crash. Thirty-three-year-old Gabrielle Fisher was one of two people on a boat that collided with a personal watercraft on Friday night. The search for her was unsuccessful over the weekend. It was to resume Monday. Authorities […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Rapid City man who died in a one-vehicle crash near the Angustora Reservoir. The Highway Patrol says 42-year-old Scott Brost died Saturday afternoon when he lost control of his Suburban. The vehicle went into the ditch and rolled. Brost was thrown from the Suburban and pronounced […]

ELK POINT, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say they are searching for a 19-year-old man who went missing while swimming with friends in the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says the man went missing around 3 p.m. Sunday near Elk Point. Authorities assisting in the search included crews from South […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Historical Society Foundation is having a fundraiser in Brookings with craft beer and coffee. The South Dakota State Historical Society says the fundraiser will take place on Aug. 26 at Wooden Legs Brewing Company. The foundation is a nonprofit fundraising arm of the historical society. Foundation President Michael […]

OGLALA, S.D. (AP) — When the rescue boat flipped, the collective gasp from the water’s edge was audible even over the rushing current and the idling hum of the emergency vehicles. For Pennington County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn Stalder, the situation went suddenly quiet, the Rapid City Journal ( ) reported. The crying baby in his […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When it comes to cabinet making, automation and robotics could potentially do all the sanding for his business in the future, John Swedeen says. It could handle all the staining, too, all the glazing and other different techniques that give his customers the worm holes and cut marks and other […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City man involved in a crash on Lake Pectola that left one woman missing is accused of driving a jet ski while intoxicated. Twenty-nine-year-old Jody Kreycik is charged with boating while intoxicated. Authorities were called to the lake shortly before 8 p.m. on Friday after a boat and […]