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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Milwaukee man has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly holding a Sioux Falls woman against her will. Thirty-year-old Justin Keith is facing charges of second-degree human trafficking, promoting prostitution and pimping. KELO-TV reports ( ) that Sioux Falls officers responded to an online prostitution ad on Tuesday and […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A western South Dakota man convicted of creating a phony research company to bilk the National Science Foundation out of $100,000 has been ordered to repay the money. Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken has sentenced Scott Thompson, of Hermosa, to five years of probation and ordered him to pay […]

RUTLAND, S.D. (AP) — People in the Rutland school district will vote a second time on a proposed 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 last week. The Daily Leader of Madison […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — An Aberdeen man charged in a fatal January stabbing has pleaded not guilty. Thirty-three-year-old John Hemminger is accused in the death of 26-year-old Jessica Goebel, who was stabbed Jan. 7 and died five days later. Court documents indicate Hemminger and Goebel had two children together. The American News reports ( ) […]

ALLADIN, Wyo. (AP) — A Canadian woman is dead after the motorcycle she was riding hit a deer in northwestern Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol reports that 52-year-old Mary M.buy cipro online https://www.lifefoodstorage.store/wp-content/languages/new/prescription/cipro.html no prescription Sataya was driving a 2011 Suzuki when she hit a deer Wednesday evening about 2 miles west of the town […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Many Republicans are wary of a large federal effort to protect the greater sage grouse — but not the Republican governor of Wyoming, the state with the biggest share of the birds and more energy development in their habitat than any other. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell praised Gov. Matt Mead’s efforts […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota state parks this month will begin accepting camping reservations for Labor Day weekend. Reservations for the weekend of Sept. 4 can be made starting at 7 a.m. June 6. A three-night stay is required during holiday weekends at all parks except Custer State Park. The Game, Fish and Parks […]

BISON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have charged the common-law wife of a northwestern South Dakota man accused of shooting a man in their home for her role in the man’s death. Samantha Briscoe was indicted Wednesday and arrested Thursday on a charge of first-degree aiding and abetting manslaughter. Brady Hooker was charged in April with […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in Mitchell say an SUV caught fire at a car dealership as a couple was finishing a test drive. Fire Marshal Marius Laursen tells The Mitchell Daily Republic ( ) that a salesman from the Vern Eide Chevrolet took the couple out in a Buick Enclave on Thursday afternoon. Upon […]

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A Texas company that already has obtained shipping commitments from oil companies to build a 1,100-mile pipeline from western North Dakota to Illinois is having a tougher time getting permission from North Dakota landowners. Chuck Frey, vice president of engineering for Energy Transfer Partners LP, told the state’s Public Service Commission […]