HUMBOLDT, S.D. (AP) — Nearly 2,500 chickens died in a weekend fire at a Minnehaha County farm. The cause of the early morning blaze on Sunday in a building at the Hanisch Farm near Humboldt wasn’t immediately determined. Owner Jared Hanisch told KELO-TV ( ) that he suspects either an electrical problem with a refrigerator […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A July survey suggests there will be slow to no economic growth over the next three to six months in nine Midwest and Plains states. A survey report issued Monday says the overall Mid-America Business Conditions Index slumped to 50.6 in July from 53.0 in June. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Law officers have been involved in recent crashes on both sides of South Dakota. Sioux Falls police say a patrol vehicle on Sunday night collided with a van that did stop at a flashing red light. The officer was treated for minor injuries. The 42-year-old woman driving the van was […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are looking for an inmate from a minimum-security prison in Rapid City who failed to return from a work release job over the weekend. Thirty-one-year-old Raymond Freeman was placed on escape status Saturday. Freeman is serving five years in prison for drug convictions in Hughes County last summer.

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Highway Patrol says an Ohio man has died after a motorcycle crash south of Sturgis. The Highway Patrol says 65-year-old William Carter of Seville was driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle Saturday afternoon when it left the road while going through a curve. The agency says he died at […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Marilyn Simon had been searching over a year for a pair of dance instructors to work at her Rapid City studio when Michelle and Chris Small walked through her door. “I had trouble finding people who specialized in couples dancing, and then Michelle and Chris Small asked if I was […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — After raising more than 250 foals and overcoming significant obstacles, an Aberdeen businesswoman is looking back fondly on her 43-year career with Arabian horses. The American News reports Marg Forseth this spring sold El Jo Mar Arabians, the business she started on 50 acres of land back in 1973. Forseth grew […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Brookings residents looking to get a first-hand lesson on all things beer now have a certified expert to go to. Angela Yahne is the manager of Wooden Legs Brewing Company in Brookings. She recently passed an exam to become the first person in South Dakota to earn the title of Certified […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Never-before-seen crowds are expected to ride into the craggy, evergreen-dotted Black Hills of western South Dakota this week, all headed to the 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The rally is famous for bawdy behavior, with police busting hundreds each year for drunken driving and drugs, but authorities and bikers alike say there’s […]

KYLE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman who authorities accuse of causing the death of her five-week old baby has been arrested for an apparent violation of her pretrial release conditions. Federal court records show Jeannie Janis was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in July on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Authorities […]