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STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Voters in Meade County have overwhelmingly rejected a highway bypass around the motorcycle mecca of Sturgis. More than 3,300 people voted in Tuesday’s election, and unofficial results show 75 percent of them were against the proposed 6-mile “Fort Meade Way.buy cipro online https://www.bodybuildingestore.com/wp-content/languages/new/engl/cipro.html no prescription “ Bypass proponents said it could […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — Black Hills State University is laying off 15 employees as it works to address a $1.5 million budget deficit. Spokeswoman Corrine Hansen tells the Black Hills Pioneer ( ) that some of the staff members were cut immediately and others will be let go in June, the start of the new […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Two large agriculture cooperatives in the Dakotas plan to merge. The South Dakota Wheat Growers and North Central Farmers Elevator say they plan to join and create a newly named co-op. Officials will work to finalize details of the deal over the next several weeks before a vote of each co-op’s […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Voters in Meade County have overwhelmingly rejected setting up a tax increment financing district to pay for a proposed highway bypass around the motorcycle mecca of Sturgis. More than 3,300 people voted in Tuesday’s election, and unofficial results show 75 percent of them were against the financing plan for the proposed […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A golden eagle struck by two vehicles near Rapid City is being taken to a U.buy clomiphene online https://mannadew.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/clomiphene.html no prescription S. Fish and Wildlife Service veterinarian in Pierre for further examination. The nearly 8-pound bird survived being struck on Tuesday afternoon on state Highway 79. A truck driver took […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Federal authorities say they’re still seeking tips from the public a year after an arson fire destroyed a Yankton motel. The March 4, 2014, blaze destroyed the center of the Colonial Inn Motel and caused heavy smoke damage throughout. The loss was estimated at about half a million dollars. After the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Fort Thompson man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for choking his girlfriend. Authorities say that following a party last August, 20-year-old Jared Blaine slapped, hit and kicked his girlfriend before choking her until she couldn’t breathe. She spent a night in a Chamberlain hospital. U.S. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Hill City woman has been sentenced for fraudulently obtaining a passport. Sixty-seven-year-old Susan Weiner was accused of stealing the identity of another woman to obtain a passport in June 2014. She pleaded guilty last October to a federal charge of passport application fraud. U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says Weiner recently […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two people have been taken to a hospital after a fire at a Sioux Falls apartment building. The blaze at the three-story Taylors Place Apartments was reported about 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters evacuated the building and quickly brought the fire under control. Battalion Chief Mark Bukovich tells the Argus Leader […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A trial has been set for a Sioux Falls man accused of sexually assaulting two women at a house party. The change of plea hearing scheduled Friday was canceled after 37-year-old Mickey Francisco Joliffe decided he wanted the case tried by a jury. His trial is set to begin next […]