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Former USD Basketball Player Has Been Deported Following Rape Conviction
After a six-month incarceration, former USD basketball player Mihai Carcoana was deported on Oct. 3. Clay County Sheriff Andy Howe says this is the first time during his tenure an inmate was deported immediately after a sentence. “We’ve never had in my history a person here on state charges that then was released to be […]
Success goes deeper than what people see on the court
The Coyote women’s basketball team has their highest ranking ever — 21 AP/17 coaches poll — the second ever at-large bid for the Summit League in 2019 and over 100 wins under head coach Dawn Plitzuweit; how have the Coyote women achieved these? Plitzuweit said the building of the team’s success starts with three main […]
Rapid City Park Becomes Haven For Trouble At Nightfall
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Donald DuBray is a drinker. He lives on the streets of Rapid City and drinks with people he calls family. As night fell on a recent Thursday, he sat on playground equipment intended for preschoolers in Rapid City’s expansive Memorial Park, a garden spot of the city by day but […]
South Dakota Salmon Get Human Help In Spawning Process
GETTYSBURG, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s salmon population needs human help to survive. Salmon that swim throughout Lake Oahe aren’t native to the state, and with the muddy bottoms of the Missouri River and its feeder creeks, they are not able to spawn naturally. They need streams with gravel and cobblestone bottoms to spawn naturally. […]
Groups Want Marker Set Near Nebraska Home Of Noted Sculptor
CAIRO, Neb. (AP) — Two groups want to erect a historical marker near the home of a Hall County pioneer who later became a noted sculptor of frontier life in the American West. Members of the Hall County Historical Society and the Cairo Roots group visited a spot northwest of Cairo on Thursday where Solon […]
Sioux Falls Campaign Contribution Limits On Chopping Block
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls’ City Council will consider a proposal to eliminate a $5,000 cap on political action committee donations in city elections. The Argus Leader reports ( ) City Clerk Lorie Hogstad brought the proposal as part of a package of changes aimed at clearing up confusion between city and state […]
South Dakota Has First Confirmed Case Of The Flu This Season
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota has its first confirmed case of the flu this season. Health Department officials say the case is in a Marshall County resident in the 70-79 age group. The person was hospitalized. State Health and Medical Services Director Colleen Winter says people who haven’t been vaccinated yet should get a […]
New South Dakota License Plate Design Unveiled For 2016
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State officials in South Dakota have unveiled the design for 2016 license plates. It’s similar to the current Mount Rushmore plate design, with different coloring. The current plate design has been in use since 2006, and the state Department of Revenue Motor Vehicle Division says many existing plates are succumbing to […]
Nebraska Prosecutors Drop South Dakota Midwife’s Case
BROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska prosecutors have dropped their case involving an unlicensed midwife who was charged with manslaughter and other crimes in the 2011 death of a newborn. Sixty-eight-year-old Judy Jones, of Irene, South Dakota, also was charged with practicing without a license and criminal impersonation. Authorities say Jones helped deliver a baby […]
Sioux Falls Keeps Event Center Siding Settlement A Secret
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Advocates of open government are criticizing the city of Sioux Falls for keeping secret the details of a $1 million settlement with Denny Sanford Premier Center contractors regarding bulging metal siding. City officials announced the settlement Sept. 18, just two weeks after saying they were going to sue. The city […]