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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Spearfish woman who scammed the federal government has been ordered to pay nearly $44,000 in restitution. Authorities say 67-year-old Linda Anderson lied about living arrangements of her daughter and grandchild to collect higher payments through the government’s Supplemental Security Income program. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Longtime Pierre journalist Tony Mangan is leaving the profession to return to state government. Mangan worked four years at the Capital Journal newspaper and has spent the past 17 years at KCCR radio. He tells the Capital Journal ( ) that he has taken a job as public information officer for […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A couple who delayed getting a child medical treatment must serve time in federal prison and pay more than $32,000 in restitution. Court documents show that 41-year-old Terri Covey, of Rapid City, and 43-year-old Gilbert Young, who lives in Nebraska, lived together on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in 2013 when […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Attorneys for an Aberdeen man accused of murder are being allowed to hire law students to help with the case. The American News reports ( ) that Judge Scott Myren capped pay for the assistants at $3,000 and told defense attorneys for John Hemminger that they can ask to raise the […]

LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — The State Fire Marshal is investigating an explosion that injured two workers changing a gas line outside of a Lennox utility company. Police Chief Orville Jorgensen says a leak occurred as the Farm Gas Co-op workers were working on the business’ gas line Monday afternoon. The Argus Leader ( ) reports […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Lawmakers are scheduled to meet to hash out differences between the South Dakota House and Senate on a proposal to hike road and bridge funding. Legislators are expected to meet to negotiate on Thursday about the proposal, which House lawmakers changed before passing it. The proposal the House took up is […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Dry grass, high winds and warmer temperatures mean the fire danger across much of South Dakota will likely stay higher until the grass turns green. Meteorologist Scott Rudge with the National Weather Service in Rapid City says this is the so-called shoulder season after the dry winter months and before […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A group of lawmakers from the state House and Senate are scheduled to meet to work out a compromise on a bill that would help ensure coverage of a costly but effective treatment for children with autism. The conference committee on the measure that would mandate certain insurance plans to cover […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 01-06-08-14-16 (one, six, eight, fourteen, sixteen)

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline appealed to Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday in their latest effort to overturn the state law that allowed former Gov. Dave Heineman to approve a route through the state. About 60 landowners and activists rallied at the state Capitol in Lincoln as pipeline developer TransCanada Corp. […]