MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Mankato motel is investigating a South Dakota woman’s report that her 11-year-old son was badly burned after spilling the motel’s hot chocolate on himself. Melissa Mentele of Emery, South Dakota, says her son suffered first- and second-degree burns while getting hot chocolate from a self-serve machine at a Holiday Inn […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds has endorsed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s bid for the White House in 2016. Rob Skjonsberg, who managed Rounds’ 2014 U.S. Senate campaign, said Thursday that Rounds knows Huckabee to be a good governor and a good man. Huckabee endorsed Rounds last year during his […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin faces his second DUI charge in less than two weeks, this time in South Dakota near the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. A state Highway Patrol trooper pulled Scantlin over early Wednesday for a traffic violation east of Sturgis. The rock group has had concerts in the […]

BURKE, S.D. (AP) — The state’s attorney in Charles Mix County is facing a drunken driving charge in Gregory County. The Daily Republic newspaper reports ( ) that 54-year-old Scott Podhradsky made a stop in Burke on Monday while traveling on a motorcycle. Authorities say Podhradsky somehow ended up beneath the bike at a motel, […]

KYLE, S.D. (AP) — In a story July 30 about the arrest of a Kyle woman, The Associated Press, relying on information from the U.S. attorney’s office, reported erroneously that Jeannie Janis was charged with abusing or neglecting her infant son, causing his death. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Collins said the child was injured, but […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A 32-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to dealing large quantities of methamphetamine in North Dakota and Minnesota. Kelli Caron is charged in federal court with conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance. Authorities say the ring involved at least 500 grams of meth. Caron faces life in prison […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Sgt. Bill Barff of the Sturgis Police Department is cruising down a dimly lit side street when a wobbly motorcyclist pulls out in front of him. The bike nearly tips over, prompting Barff to turn on his police lights and radio for another officer. Patrol officers are working in teams during […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — People at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally attempted but failed to set an interesting world record — most people assembled in one spot wearing only their underwear. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that the attempt made Wednesday at the Buffalo Chip Campground fell far short of the mark. Only 182 […]

GETTSYBURG, S.D. (AP) — Gettysburg’s police chief says his resignation has nothing to do with debate over the department’s emblem and uniform patch that includes a Confederate flag. Bill Wainman said in his resignation letter that he has taken a position with the Hot Springs Police Department, in part to be closer to family, KCCR […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A member of South Dakota’s Rosebud Sioux tribe who pleaded guilty to leaving her two young daughters to die on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota is spending her time before sentencing in a halfway house in Mandan. Michelle Wounded Face will be sentenced Sept. 2 on child abuse and […]