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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House has approved a proposal that attempts to shift juvenile offenders toward community-based services and significantly decrease the number committed to the care of the state Department of Corrections. The chamber voted 60-7 Tuesday to send the measure to Gov. Dennis Daugaard for his signature. House Majority Leader Brian […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City residents are deciding the fate of a proposed $180 million expansion of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. The project would replace the facility’s 9,400-seat arena with one that could seat up to 19,000 people. The City Council approved the expansion in December, but a group that wanted the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper was involved in a crash that sent another person to the hospital. Rapid City police say Trooper Brock Olson was helping in the search for a vehicle involved in an unrelated call Monday when a car driven by 50-year-old Ranee Haglund of Rapid City […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Bond has been set at $25,000 cash for a Sioux Falls man accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint. Forty-five-year-old Rickey Starks appeared in court on Monday. He did not enter pleas to robbery and aggravated assault charges. Police allege that Starks entered Dacotah Bank on Thursday morning with a […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are seeking a 33-year-old man suspected of stabbing his girlfriend’s male roommate over the weekend in Sioux Falls. Police were called Saturday morning to Kings Casino, where a 34-year-old man had fled after being stabbed during an altercation in a nearby apartment building. The victim was taken to a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A proposal to hike funding for roads and bridges by more than $50 million in its first year is headed for a vote in the full state House of Representatives, but the bill will likely require further legislative negotiation before its finished. The House State Affairs Committee on Monday passed a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The airport in Pierre tallied near-record low passenger boardings in February. KCCR-AM reports that total enplanements for the flights to Denver and Minneapolis offered by Great Lakes Airlines were 543. That’s the second lowest passenger boarding mark for a February since 1978. The airport saw 1,130 passengers during the first two […]

KENNEBEC, S.D. (AP) — A portion of Interstate 90 in central South Dakota will be temporarily closed Tuesday. The state’s Department of Transportation says I-90 at Exit 235 in Kennebec will be closed as crews from West Central Electric Company will be replacing overhead lines that cross the interstate. The closure is scheduled to begin […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There’s no need to worry yet about the dry conditions in Minnesota turning into a drought this spring and summer, experts said Monday, as a winter that was short on snow relaxes its grip. Nearly all of Minnesota and the eastern Dakotas have been abnormally dry for the past several weeks, and […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota agriculture officials say the current weather conditions have led to a “very high fire danger” in the Black Hills and grasslands. Officials say the warmer weather conditions can cause burn piles to re-ignite if they have not been completely extinguished and aren’t cold to the touch. Officials are […]