Associated Press

KYLE, S.D. (AP) — Residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are wrapping up their final day of a three-day effort to address the youth suicide epidemic on the reservation. Since late December, five young reservation residents have killed themselves, and members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are seeking solutions to prevent more deaths. The […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a Sioux Falls bank at gunpoint. Police say the man entered the Dacotah Bank on East 10th Street just after 11 a.m. Thursday and demanded money from employees. No one was hurt. Once he had the cash, he drove off westbound in […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Senate committee has approved a resolution petitioning for a presidential pardon of renowned South Dakota paleontologist Peter Larson. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the measure Thursday, which seeks a clean slate for Larson, whose team discovered the famous Tyrannosaurus rex fossil “Sue” in 1990. In 1992, federal agents seized the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state of South Dakota does not plan to push back against federal rules requiring new wood-burning stoves to produce fewer emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently updated its clean air standards for residential wood heaters. It also added air standards for outdoor and indoor wood-fired boilers, indoor wood-fired forced […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Some South Dakota farmers say they’re concerned about what an upcoming agriculture cooperative merger could mean for competition in the state. The South Dakota Wheat Growers and North Central Farmers Elevator announced plans this week to join and create a newly named co-op. They’ll have a combined membership of nearly 8,000 […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The University of South Dakota is becoming the first college in the state to offer gender-neutral housing. Director of University Housing Todd Tucker tells KELO-TV ( ) that allowing all students to live together regardless of gender will give more options to students, particularly those in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police are looking for a woman who fled the scene of a three-car crash that injured seven people. Police say the driver of a 1995 Mercury Villager failed to stop at an intersection and crashed into an approaching Lincoln Zepher and parked Ford Winstar on Wednesday. The driver […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Historical Society is looking for nominations for the Governor’s Awards for History. The award nominations are due by the end of March and can encompass individuals, groups and a history teacher of the year. The Historical Society says a panel will review the nominations and the winners will […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning residents about an increasing number of sweepstakes scams. Jackley says several victims have filed formal complaints with the state’s Consumer Protection Division against the fraudulent telemarketers. Many victims who have filed complaints believed they were working with Publisher’s Clearing House. However, the victims […]

MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — Young people who visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial this year will have a new area to gather for programs directed at them. Cheryl Schreier with the memorial says a new permanent youth exploration shelter will be built at the end of the presidential trail. She says rangers have […]