WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — Rick Snyder of rural Fairmount, North Dakota, is a man who refused to be stalled by the word “no.” He heard “no” for almost three years as he sought to restore historical quartzite boundary markers that line the North Dakota-South Dakota border. The markers have stood for more than 100 years […]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Contrary to popular belief, poetry does not just involve rhyming words. Lee Ann Roripaugh, South Dakota’s new poet laureate, would be the first to say so. “I typically write in free verse,” Roripaugh explained. “I sometimes do contemporary versions of traditional Japanese. I like the form to fit or grasp the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 06-10-14-28-31 (six, ten, fourteen, twenty-eight, thirty-one)

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A 29-year-old man has been selected to lead the new effort by the Rapid City Police Department to increase cultural understanding between law enforcement and the community. Rapid City Police Chief Karl Jegeris has selected Vaughn Vargas to be the department’s first cultural advisory coordinator. Vargas is a member of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 14-year-old South Dakota girl who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes seven years ago will represent the state at the Children’s Congress in Washington, D.C., this year. The Argus Leader ( ) reports that Maddie McElroy, of Sioux Falls, will be attending the event later this month. The Juvenile […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A boating shack housing at least $20,000 worth of boating equipment owned by the state Game, Fish and Parks Department burned down in Sioux Falls. The shack of the Outdoor Campus caught on fire around 4 a.m. Saturday. Two police officers at a nearby gas station saw the smoke and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota prison inmate at a minimum-security unit in Sioux Falls has been placed on “escape” status. The South Dakota Department of Corrections says inmate Clint Eldeen was last seen leaving the minimum-security unit at the State Penitentiary at 6:45 p.m. Friday. The 46-year-old Eldeen is serving two sentences […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Animal control authorities in southeast South Dakota have seized three rattlesnakes after one of the reptiles bit a 19-year-old who kept them as pets. The animal control officers with the Sioux Falls Police Department say the man was bitten Friday. Officers became aware of the poisonous snake bite after the […]

BALTIC, S.D. (AP) — An 89-year-old man is dead after crashing his vehicle into a bridge pillar that supports a portion of Interstate 29 in southeast South Dakota. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says the Dell Rapids man died Friday afternoon. The agency is withholding the man’s name pending notification of his family. The Highway […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — State officials next week will gather in Rapid City to celebrate the opening of a new district office for the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Gov. Dennis Daugaard, state Highway Patrol officials and others will participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday. They will also take tours of the building. […]