ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — An Aberdeen man is in critical condition after police say he was shot in the head early Saturday morning. Aberdeen police were called to the Hampton Inn and Suites just after 5 a.m. Officers arrested a 19-year-old man from Fort Collins, Colorado, on suspicion of felony aggravated assault in connection with […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in South Dakota say one of three people allegedly involved in a home invasion robbery has been arrested in Iowa. KELO-TV reports ( ) the 27-year-old man was caught by Iowa State Patrol troopers in Jasper County around 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Authorities say two men armed with semi-automatic handguns […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Pierre man arrested following a Craigslist police sting has pleaded not guilty to soliciting sex from a minor. Thirty-nine-year-old Bradley Spoonemore entered his plea Friday. The Capital Journal reports ( ) his charges include solicitation of a minor for sex, hiring someone for sexual activity and failing to provide information […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A decision from a Sioux Falls judge is expected next week that will determine whether a teenager charged with murder should be tried as a juvenile. Conner Hanson is charged in adult court despite being 17 years old in January, when 18-year-old Anthony Gabriel was shot and killed after a […]

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

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Editors: Please note that The Associated Press welcomes editorial contributions from members for the weekly Editorial Roundup. Three editorials are selected every week. Contributions can be made by email at apsiouxfalls@ap.org. ___ The Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, August 8, 2015 Voters should brace for long, loud campaign season We were […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting a record corn yield in South Dakota this year. USDA’s latest production report forecasts the average corn yield in the state at 160 bushels per acre, 6 percent above the record of 151 bushels set in 2009. Randy Hascall with the South Dakota Corn […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It starts with designing and selling video games, but Aiden Worshek’s end game is building an all-powerful robot. First, he needs to know how to program computers. And the whole video game design thing has proven to be tricky. “I haven’t really made one,” said the fourth-grader. “It’s so hard.” […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 24-year-old woman whose family has questioned whether she received adequate medical attention before she was found unresponsive in a South Dakota jail cell died of a meth overdose, the state’s attorney general announced Thursday. Attorney General Marty Jackley said an autopsy on Sarah Circle Bear, of Claremont, found acute […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A livestock disease that’s spread from southern states to as far north as South Dakota has officials concerned in North Dakota, where vesicular stomatitis hasn’t been diagnosed for eight decades. Infected horses and cattle have been found this year in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and South Dakota. South […]