DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of organizations from Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota are speaking out as a unified coalition against the proposed Bakken Oil Pipeline project. The organizations include environmental groups Food and Water Watch and Shawnee Forest Sentinels and social action groups Dakota Rural Action and Iowa Citizens for […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Capital One is pulling its offices out of Sioux Falls, affecting about 750 South Dakota residents it employs here, the Virginia-based credit card company announced Thursday. Employees were told that the company will close its offices in South Dakota’s largest city by the end of the year. Spokeswoman Julie Rakes […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Armed civilians stood guard Thursday outside a busy military recruiting center in South Dakota, a volunteer effort to protect recruiters following last week’s killing of four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Twenty-three-year-old Zachary Gallegos and 26-year-old Landon Nohava were among those that have begun stationing themselves outside the […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Capital One is pulling its offices out of Sioux Falls where it employs about 750 people. Employees were told Thursday that the Virginia-based credit card company will close its Sioux Falls office by the end of the year. Company spokeswoman Julie Rakes says Capital One Financial Corp. is shifting its […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The trial of a South Dakota man accused of harassing American Indian children with racial slurs and spilling beer on them at a hockey game has ended but a judge says he won’t issue a decision for several weeks. Trace O’Connell has pleaded not guilty to a disorderly conduct charge […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Armed South Dakotans are standing guard outside a busy military recruiting center in Sioux Falls to protect military recruiters following last week’s killing of four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Twenty-three-year-old Zachary Gallegos and 26-year-old Landon Nohava were stationed outside the Armed Forces Recruiting Center on Thursday morning. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A former high school teacher accused of using a camera on his shoe to secretly record women has pleaded not guilty. Dallas Wilkinson is charged with four misdemeanor counts of taking pictures without consent. Wilkinson was arrested July 8 after security footage at a grocery store showed standing close to […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls plans to pay $27.3 million to BNSF Railway in exchange for about 10 acres of a downtown rail yard. City officials and business leaders say the deal announced Wednesday will usher in a new phase of development in the heart of downtown. Mayor Mike Huether says negotiations have […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified the body of a Deadwood man found by workers at a cemetery in the city. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that the body of 23-year-old Jeremy Addington was found Tuesday by contractors working at the cemetery. Police say no foul play is suspected. ___ Information from: […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Transportation says speed limits on some Black Hills highways will be lowered during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Officials say the speed limits are being lowered for safety reasons. The weeklong event begins Aug.3 and is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists. The rally is […]