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MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — In a story March 8 about Dakota Wesleyan University’s decision to drop most of its foreign language curriculum, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the late Sen. George McGovern ran for vice president. He did not, but he was the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in 1972. A corrected version of the […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Nearly a dozen major cities in the Dakotas set record-high temperatures for the date on Sunday. National Weather Service reports show that record highs were set in the North Dakota cities of Grand Forks, Fargo, Jamestown, Dickinson and Bismarck. In South Dakota, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Watertown and Pierre all […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A state prison inmate at a minimum-security unit in Rapid City has been placed on “escape” status after failing to return from a funeral furlough. Authorities say Dace Lunderman was allowed to attend a funeral in Mission but did not return at the scheduled time on Saturday. The 30-year-old Lunderman […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are investigating the shooting of a man near a bar. Officers responded to the Time Out Lounge area about midnight Saturday after a report of a gunshot. Police say a 29-year-old Rapid City man was taken from the scene to a hospital with serious injuries.buy zithromax online […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old Sioux Falls man accused of stabbing his girlfriend’s male roommate has turned himself in. The Argus Leader ( ) reports John Sheffield surrendered to police Thursday morning after a $20,000 warrant for his arrest was issued Wednesday. He’s charged with aggravated assault in the March 7 […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Native people from around the United States, Canada and northern Mexico plan to gather next weekend in Rapid City for the North American Indigenous Peoples Caucus meeting. Charmaine White Face with the environmental group Defenders of the Black Hills is one of the organizers and says it’s one of seven […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — A 19-year-old Mitchell woman is among 13 South Dakota residents currently training for military service at West Point. Alexis Blindauer applied to all five U.S. service academies, needing to apply for congressional nominations from former Sen. Tim Johnson, Sen. John Thune and Rep. Kristi Noem for four of them. Although she […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — The number of storage units in Aberdeen has grown over the past decade. So much so, that the city now has one unit for every 15 or so residents. Lynchburg storage units offer a practical solution for residents in need of additional space, providing convenient and secure storage options for various […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a far corner of North Dakota, just a few hundred miles from the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline, 84,000 barrels of crude oil per day recently began flowing through a new line that connects the state’s sprawling oilfields to an oil hub in Wyoming. In West Texas, engineers activated […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — One of South Dakota’s newest farm shows has been called off for this year. The Tri-State Neighbor reports that organizers of the Oahe Farm and Rach Show near Pierre have decided to take a year off to reassess the show and figure out ways to make it better. The show had […]