VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says one of its firefighters was killed Saturday evening in the Lake Tahoe area after he was struck by a tree while battling a wildfire. The agency says in a news release that the firefighter was hit about 5:30 p.m. while working in a remote area between […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Black Hills have plenty of public art shows and galleries, but a few artists have found their most public exhibition yet: at the Rapid City Regional Airport. The airport’s Art Exhibition Program was unveiled on July 23. The program, which began in 2012 when Rapid City Regional Airport underwent […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Any volunteer group aiming to revitalize a city’s downtown and foster cultural opportunities faces that moment when members might wonder how, or if, they’re going to pull it off. But right out of the gate, the new Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association has a summer blockbuster of a project that couldn’t be […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 12-13-19-28-34 (twelve, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-eight, thirty-four)

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A recently released report from the U.S. Air Force shows a drone worth over $14 million that was being remotely piloted from Ellsworth Air Force Base was intentionally crashed last year somewhere over the Middle East following a mechanical failure. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) the report from […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — This year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is estimated to be one of the busiest on record, but officials with the state Highway Patrol says they’ve actually seen a decrease in drunken driving arrests. As of Saturday, the South Dakota Highway Patrol has made 200 DUI arrests in Sturgis and the surrounding […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The autobiography of a well-known missionary in the Dakota Territory will now live on in a digital form. The “Autobiography of Mary C. Collins in her handwriting” is now available in the Digital Archives of the South Dakota State Historical Society. KELO-TV reports ( ) the 116-page manuscript tells stories from […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — President Barack Obama has declared a disaster for the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which suffered severe damage from storms, straight-line winds and flooding in May. The president signed the disaster declaration Friday. The move makes federal aid available to members of the tribe on the reservation […]

WEBSTER, S.D. (AP) — A Webster man accused of rape has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Forty-two-year-old Jamie Campbell pleaded no contest to one count of felony rape on April 24. He was sentenced last month. The American News in Aberdeen reports ( ) the charges stem from incidents involving a 9-year-old girl […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police have issued a warrant for a Sioux Falls man whose infant child died this week. Officials say police in Sioux Falls responded Wednesday to a report that an infant was not breathing. Emergency services personnel performed lifesaving efforts on the infant, who was transported to a hospital. She died […]