DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group that opposes a proposed oil pipeline across Iowa says it’s asking a federal agency’s regional office to be more stringent in permitting a private company access to waterways in the path of the project. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement says it wants the Army Corps of Engineers’ district […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Amy Tofte can trace her screenwriting award back to her roots on a Brookings farm. Tofte is one of five people who were announced as winners of the 2015 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition for her script “Addis Abeka,” which she pronounces “A-bay-kah.” That “Academy” is The Academy of Motion […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota is a tough place to be a fish. Most of the time a walleye living in the state won’t live past its sixth birthday. That’s a fact proven time and again over a few decades, a number of research studies and several years of Game, Fish and Parks Department […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 10-29-31-32-33 (ten, twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three)

WAGNER, S.D. (AP) — The Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Avera health system are working to remodel a clinic that will double the number of dialysis stations in Wagner. The Mitchell Daily Republic ( ) reports that about 70 people attended an event kicking off the remodel. The $1.6 million project is financed in part […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The family of a student who says their son has suffered permanent vision loss because of a school welding exercise is suing the Sioux Falls School District. Eighteen-year-old William Herrera Estrada tells the Argus leader ( ) that he wants other students to be safe. The lawsuit says that a […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls car lot owner says two teens have caused more than $20,000 of damage to 20 new vehicles at his dealership. KDLT-TV reports ( ) that two teens body slammed the new vehicles and hopped from car to car. The incident has been recorded by security cameras at […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Officials say that a Sioux Falls apartment building that caught fire is uninhabitable. The city says that a minor was taken to the hospital for a small burn as a result of the fire. The building was successfully evacuated, and fire crews helped a resident down from a balcony using […]

BRIDGEWATER, S.D. (AP) — A 28-year-old man died Friday afternoon after the pickup he was driving collided with semi-truck near Bridgewater. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says the man driving the pickup crossed the center line on Highway 42 and hit the truck, which was carrying a harvesting combine on its trailer. The […]

WALL, S.D. (AP) — Pennington County Search and Rescue will be hosting a missing person search and rescue exercise in the Badlands on Saturday. The event will begin about 8 a.m. MT with responders mobilizing to the Sage Creek Campground. Responders will attempt to locate and rescue a “missing” subject. Participants will be given a […]