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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police officers in Sioux Falls are going through training and will start to carry Tasers on their belts. The department says training on the stun guns began last week and will take several months to complete. The agency researched the idea last year and says it decided to add Tasers […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Lawmakers are hashing out differences during the final days of the legislative session between the state House and Senate on a proposal to hike road and bridge funding. Legislators from both bodies began meeting Thursday to finalize the proposal, which House lawmakers had previously changed before passing it. Versions of the […]

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday asked an appeals court to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s executive action to shield millions of immigrants from deportation, arguing it can’t wait for the judge who blocked the action to make a ruling on a similar request. Justice Department attorneys filed an emergency […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a proposal that attempts to shift juvenile offenders toward community-based services and significantly decrease the number committed to the care of the Department of Corrections. Daugaard signed the bill Thursday flanked by lawmakers and staff who helped pass one of his key policy proposals for the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bicameral group of South Dakota legislators has voted to increase the per-student amount of funding available to incoming college students eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship. Legislators voted to amend the bill Thursday to allow incoming South Dakota students to receive up to $1,300 for their first three years of college […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Rosholt man found guilty of threatening a judge over documents he tried to file in a foreclosure matter.buy lasix online https://www.calmandgentledentalcare.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/lasix.html no prescription Eugene Paulson, who also goes by Herman Paulson, was sentenced last year to three consecutive six-month prison […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate and House are going to work out differences in a bill that would help ensure insurance coverage for a key treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Senators moved Wednesday to go to conference committee to iron out the differences in the measure that would mandate to certain insurance […]

CHESTER, S.D. (AP) — A Mega Millions ticket sold in Chester is worth $25,000 in Wednesday’s drawing. South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Mega Ball to win the game’s $5,000 third prize. An option purchased for an additional dollar multiplied the prize fivefold. The odds […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A board that can decide whether doctors practice medicine in South Dakota has adopted conflict-of-interest rules. If the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee agrees, members of the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners will be required to recuse themselves in cases involving relatives or personal financial interests. Members also […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Unseasonably warm weather in the Dakotas is giving a boost to cattle ranchers in the midst of spring calving. Southern North Dakota rancher Doug Bichler tells KXMB-TV that the warmth is a blessing for the 100 calves on his ranch that were born in bitter cold a few weeks ago. He […]