BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder are flocking to Brookings for the annual convention that celebrates the life and work of the “Little House” author. The third annual LauraPalooza starts Thursday at South Dakota State University and runs through Friday. The gathering brings together fans and academics to discuss the literary, cultural […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 01-04-10-16-23 (one, four, ten, sixteen, twenty-three)

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — A Black Hills State University student who was struck by lightning over the weekend has died. The Black Hills Pioneer ( ) reports student Gage McSpadden died Tuesday. McSpadden and another student were injured during a storm Sunday in Spearfish. Police in Spearfish say McSpadden was struck directly by lightning, while […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a story July 9 about a proposed pipeline across Iowa, The Associated Press reported erroneously the description of voluntary easement agreements that Dakota Access says it has secured. The company says it has voluntary easement agreements for 60 percent of property along the proposed pipeline route, not easement agreements […]

FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — A 7-year-old girl who was injured on Monday in a two-vehicle crash in Moody County has died. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says Mariana Krempges, of Dell Rapids, died at a Sioux Falls hospital Tuesday. The Highway Patrol says 38-year-old Joshua Krempges, of Flandreau, was driving a car that failed to […]

FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — When the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe announced an agreement with an outside business for advice on how to grow and sell marijuana on its land, it touted the consultant’s experience advising other groups on the topic and that it’s a publicly traded company. But documents filed by Colorado-based Monarch America Inc. […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Davison County commissioners have unanimously approved an increase in the county wheel tax. The Daily Republic reports ( ) that the move increases the tax from $2 per wheel to $5, and the maximum per vehicle from $8 to $60 by raising the maximum number of taxable wheels from 4 to […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have caught a man who walked away from a minimum-security prison in South Dakota and is suspected of robbing three banks in Minnesota. KSTP-TV reports ( ) that 46-year-old Clint Eldeen was arrested early Wednesday in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Eldeen was last seen leaving the minimum-security unit of the […]

RUTLAND, S.D. (AP) — People in the Rutland school district have approved a $250,000, three-year opt out of the state-imposed property tax freeze. The school board in March approved a $450,000, five-year opt out, but the decision was referred to a public vote and defeated in May. The school board then proposed the smaller opt […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who walked away from a minimum-security prison in South Dakota might have robbed three banks in Minnesota. Clint Eldeen was last seen leaving the minimum-security unit of the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls on Friday night. He’s been named as a suspect in the robbery of […]