PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Animal Industry Board says two cases of vesicular stomatitis virus have been confirmed in livestock in the western part of the state. The highly contagious animal disease is transmitted by flies and midges. It can infect horses, cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. It’s rarely fatal. There also have been […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Animal control officers in Sioux Falls took two dogs into custody after they bit a woman and a police officer. Authorities say an officer who responded to the report of a woman attacked by a dog about 7 a.m. Friday was bitten on the right thigh by one of the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — An attempt by Black Hills lawmakers to call a special session of the South Dakota Legislature to address education funding has failed. The group sent letters asking all 105 state lawmakers if they favored a special session. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) only 13 voted yes. The group […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Highway Patrol troopers in states bordering western South Dakota are giving extra attention to traffic flocking to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Organizers are planning for up to a million people for the rally’s 75th anniversary next week. In southwestern North Dakota, the patrol is dedicating up to 30 overtime hours to […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — People in the Sioux Falls community have come to the rescue of an outdoors program targeted by an arsonist. A July 11 fire burned down a shed housing more than $30,000 worth of outdoors equipment owned by the state Game, Fish and Parks Department. Police said someone intentionally set the […]

WAGNER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man accused of shooting another man in Wagner earlier this month. The Charles Mix County Sheriff’s Office says a SWAT team acting on a tip arrested 33-year-old Joseph Bruguier in Sioux Falls on Thursday afternoon. It was not immediately clear if he had attorney representation. Authorities earlier […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — President Barack Obama has declared a disaster for 12 South Dakota counties and three American Indian reservations that suffered damage during severe storms in late June. Gov. Dennis Daugaard says the storms caused an estimated $3 million in damage. The presidential disaster declaration paves the way for federal aid to state, […]

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — A Pine Ridge woman accused of running over and killing a man with her truck while intoxicated has been sentenced over three years in prison. Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph Seiler says 57-year-old Sarah Brown Eyes was sentenced earlier this month to 37 months in custody. Her prison term is to […]

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Producers across the state will now be able to insure their winter wheat crop for 2016. State Agriculture Secretary Lucas Lentsch says the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently decided to expand crop insurance coverage for winter wheat in all South Dakota counties for the next year’s crop. Lentsch says producers in […]