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KIMBALL, S.D. (AP) — A man accused of shooting a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper had to watch his father’s funeral on a live video stream, after being denied the opportunity to attend in person. The Daily Republic reports ( ) that a Brule County judge this week denied a furlough request for Donald London […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls water tower that stores 1.5 million gallons of water for the southeastern South Dakota city is back online. The Menlo Water Tower has been offline while a contractor sandblasted and painted the interior and exterior and cleaned and disinfected the interior. The tower built in 1999 has […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds says the U.S. government is right in exercising its oversight over an investment-for-visa program pioneered in South Dakota when he was governor. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has notified the state it intends to terminate South Dakota’s participation in the EB-5 visa program for recruiting […]

Editors: Please note that The Associated Press welcomes editorial contributions from members for the weekly Editorial Roundup. Three editorials are selected every week. Contributions can be made by email at [email protected]. ___ Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan, Yankton, Oct. 20, 2015 A change north of the border While U.S. politics is gearing up for what […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Fort Pierre-area beef rancher has been named executive director of the South Dakota Beef Industry Council. Suzanne Geppert most recently served as resource development director of the South Dakota 4-H Foundation. She’ll take on the new position Nov. 2, replacing Ron Frederick who resigned as executive director effective Sept. 30. […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The owner of the Buffalo Chip Campground has pledged up to $1 million to help pay for a proposed highway bypass to reroute drivers around the motorcycle mecca of Sturgis. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that Rod Woodruff told Meade County commissioners he also will donate 10 acres of […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — He calls himself the “Ranger of the Lost Art.” Like Indiana Jones, the adventurous archaeologist who partially inspired the moniker, 69-year-old Doug Leen, of Kupreanof, Alaska, has an all-consuming passion for recovering lost history for the public. For the next 14 months the veteran national park ranger, dentist, and amateur historian […]

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Black Hills Energy has won permission to build a $100 million wind farm complex in southern Colorado under a deal which should keep customers in Pueblo from having to pay for the project for a decade. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved the project in Huerfano and Las Animas counties on […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Aberdeen residents will get a chance to vote on a proposed $8 million public library. The American News reports ( ) that a petition drive collected more than 1,500 signatures, and only 783 were needed to force an election on the project the City Council approved about three weeks ago. The […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The Spearfish City Council has authorized Mayor Dana Boke to set up a task force to discuss how firefighting will be handled in the city after the Black Hills community’s volunteer force has been dissolved. Volunteers announced late last month that they are closing the department after 134 years of service, […]