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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota-based telecommunications company is criticizing the Federal Communications Commission for its new rules aimed at regulating Internet service providers. KELO-TV reports ( ) that Midcontinent Communications says the FCC’s so-called net neutrality rules are “regulatory overreach.buy cymbalta online https://drugeriemarket.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/britain/cymbalta.html no prescription “ The FCC voted Thursday to impose […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge has suspended a prison sentence for a Sioux Falls man who pleaded guilty to his role in a botched drug robbery that left one man dead. Judge Brad Zell sentenced Douglas Scholten to 30 years on Friday but suspended the entire sentence. He previously pleaded guilty to first-degree […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Federal and state officials will be hosting two prescribed fire training sessions this spring in the mixed grass prairies of eastern South Dakota. Participants will be instructed on how to safely implement prescribed burns. The interagency training will conduct a series of prescribed burns around Aberdeen, Huron, Madison and Waubay. The […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Friday:

TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — The Justice Department’s December announcement that it would allow the nation’s Indian tribes to legalize and regulate marijuana on their reservations brought notes of caution — if not silence or opposition — from many tribes. They were reluctant to consider it given the substance abuse problems that already plague many reservations. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A former Sioux Falls middle school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual contact with a child younger than 16. Thirty-three-year-old Tonya Drueppel was charged in a five-count indictment in February 2014. Authorities say Drueppel developed a sexual relationship […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state Senate committee has approved a measure advocates say will help lessen the danger of passing vehicles to cyclists. The Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday unanimously passed the proposal, which had previously faced some speed bumps in the House over how the issue should be addressed. Transportation Department attorney William […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The capital cities of the Dakotas have a chance to pass Go and collect $200. Pierre and Bismarck are among 60 cities up for possible inclusion as property spaces in the new Monopoly Here and Now special U.S. edition of the popular board game. The edition, along with a World Edition […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — Thirteen Spearfish residents have sued the city over sewer backups. The plaintiffs say they have suffered through a series of sewer backups stretching back to 2008, leading to stinky, flooded basements and lost possessions. Jennifer and Adrian Netterberg are one couple suing. They say they have suffered $40,000 in damages to […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology has raised $1.4 million toward its effort to help meet demands for workers in the region’s oil and gas industry. The public university in Rapid City announced the Energy Resources Initiative last year and says it will now search for a director. […]