SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in southeastern South Dakota are searching for a missing 51-year-old woman. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says it’s looking for Ontibile Blumer. The Harrisburg woman was last seen at approximately 5 p.m. on Thursday. At her home in the northeast part of town. Blumer is described as an African-American […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three months after bird flu wiped out two of Greg Langmo’s flocks, he’s among the first to start growing turkeys again. He lost half of a year’s normal production and income and won’t be able to sell turkeys for months, but the central Minnesota farmer feels good to be getting back to […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Educators and the school board in Rapid City have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract for teachers in the upcoming school year. The Rapid City Board of Education says the agreement reached Thursday night will divert funding intended for construction projects to boost teacher pay in the district. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A collector claiming to be the rightful owner of a guitar played by Elvis Presley and later donated to the National Music Museum has asked a federal judge to rule in his favor. The request from collector Larry Moss filed in U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls comes a year […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 90 days in prison for rape and sexual contact with young girls. The Argus Leader reports ( ) 22-year-old Tyler Lee Schlotman was sentenced Thursday on one count of rape and one count of sexual contact with a child under 16. Authorities […]

BOX ELDER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a fire at a Box Elder church may have been arson. Box Elder Police Chief Jason Dubbs says the Wednesday morning fire at the Harvest Time Free Will Baptist Church was suspicious. But he emphasized that the cause wouldn’t be known until the investigation was finished. The Rev. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 90 days in prison for raping a girl younger than 16. The Argus Leader reports ( ) 22-year-old Tyler Lee Schlotman was sentenced Thursday on one count of fourth-degree rape and one count of sexual contact with a child under 16. For […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man who federal authorities accuse of sexually abusing a woman three times on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has been indicted. Federal court records show Jesse Miller, of Porcupine, is scheduled to appear Friday in the U.S. District Court in Rapid City on three counts of aggravated […]

HURON, S.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service says at least two tornadoes have touched down in South Dakota. Meteorologist Kyle Weisser with the weather service’s Sioux Falls office says one tornado tracked across part of Beadle County on Thursday night and at least one hit Miner County to the southeast. He says crews will […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman who admitted to fleeing after she caused a car crash that injured five people in Sioux Falls has been sentenced to two years in prison. The Argus Leader reports ( ) 33-year-old Mandy Lee Running was sentenced on Thursday. She previously pleaded guilty to one count […]