PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Attorney General Marty Jackley has released explanations for two proposed constitutional amendments. One would expand rights for crime victims in South Dakota. The other would cap loan interest rates at 18 percent annually unless the borrower agreed to a higher rate in writing. It also says no law capping interest rates […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two children from Pierre narrowly missed a state record when they landed a chinook salmon weighing nearly 23 pounds, 6 ounces. The Capital Journal reports ( ) that 9-year-old Matthew Coverdale and 8-year-old Grace Hanten caught the whopper in Lake Oahe on Friday. Matthew says that after two hours without any […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A group that promotes environmental protection and outdoor recreation is creating a pilot program in South Dakota to try to keep trash out of the Missouri River. The Izaak Walton League is using a $10,000 grant from the South Dakota Community Foundation to fund the effort in Pierre, Fort Pierre and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Commission has removed the bald eagle from the state’s list of threatened species. The bird was taken off the federal list in 2007, though bald eagles are still federally protected. South Dakota biologists say the species has now recovered enough to also be removed from […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of people turned out in Rapid City over the weekend to pay their respects to a firefighter who died while working on a forest fire in California. Thirty-eight-year-old David Ruhl was on temporary assignment with the Big Valley Ranger District of the Modoc National Forest when he was killed […]

VALLEY SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Wisconsin man was killed and three others were hurt when the pickup he was driving on Interstate 90 crashed two miles west of the South Dakota-Minnesota border.buy vibramycin online https://mannadew.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/vibramycin.html no prescription The South Dakota Highway Patrol said in a news release Sunday that 51-year-old Joel Mecikalski […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a man was taken to a hospital after suffering an electric shock while taking apart carnival equipment at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds in Sioux Falls. The Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office says the 50-year-old Houston man was shocked around 8 p.m. Sunday after the close of the Sioux Empire […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Sen. Deb Peters has been chosen to be part of the leadership of a bipartisan group that serves state lawmakers and legislative staff. Peters is serving as the vice president of the National Conference of State Legislatures. She will transition to the presidency of the organization in 2017. Peters […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Already this year, the number of female veterans coming into the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System has increased 24 percent over the previous year, and that number is expected to grow even faster after Aug. 31. That is when the local Veterans Administration hospital expects to open its new […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Seven years ago, Pierre didn’t have a single place where people could purchase locally grown produce. Now it has two. This is a sign of the growth in farmers markets throughout the state, the Pierre Capital Journal ( ) reported. Chase McGrath, agriculture development representative for South Dakota, said there are […]