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RENNER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in Minnehaha County are investigating a burglary at a home north of Renner in which burglars stole six guns, including three AR-15 style rifles, and more than $3,000 while residents were at a graduation ceremony. The Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office says officials were called to investigate the burglary on May […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell revealed plans Thursday to preserve habitat in 10 Western states for an imperiled ground-dwelling bird, the federal government’s biggest land-planning effort to date for conservation of a single species. The proposal would affect energy development. The regulations would require oil and gas wells to be clustered in […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former South Dakota U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth plans to appeal to the state Supreme court over her conviction for election law violations, her attorney said Thursday. Bob Van Norman, an attorney for the 43-year-old Sioux Falls physician, said she will appeal to the high court after her expected sentencing in […]

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A company that’s planning North Dakota’s largest-capacity crude oil pipeline to date says it still needs permission from about half of the landowners along the route in North Dakota. Energy Transfer Partners spokesman Chuck Frey told North Dakota’s Public Service Commission Thursday that 56 percent of the easements needed along the […]

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of a panhandler who challenged that his arresting officer had no reasonable suspicion to stop and frisk him. Justices on Thursday ruled in the case of Rapid City resident David Walter, who received a three-year suspended sentence in June after being found […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have charged a suspect in a fatal shooting in Rapid City with first-degree murder. Twenty-two-year-old Charles Metcalf of Rapid City died early Monday after being shot multiple times. Twenty-year-old suspect Sean Marshall was arrested on drug and alcohol charges at the scene. Authorities on Thursday added the murder charge. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An attorney for a former South Dakota U.S. Senate candidate who has been convicted of felony election law violations says they plan to appeal to the state Supreme Court. Bob Van Norman, an attorney for Sioux Falls physician Annette Bosworth, said Thursday they plan to appeal after her planned July sentencing. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has requested a presidential disaster declaration to help South Dakotans whose homes and businesses were damaged by the severe storm and tornado May 10 in Douglas and Charles Mix counties. The tornado damaged or destroyed 84 structures in and around Delmont and injured nine people. The National Weather […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln Electric System and other owners of a coal-fired power plant in Wyoming have settled their rates dispute with BNSF Railway. The Lincoln Journal Star reports ( ) that settlement terms haven’t been released.buy azithromycin online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/azithromycin.html no prescription The dispute began more than 10 years ago when the Missouri Basin […]