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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House has voted down a measure that would allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on South Dakota’s six public university campuses. House lawmakers voted 48 to 20 to dismiss the proposal, which was opposed by student groups who lobbied lawmakers to deny the proposal. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are investigating the homicide of a man whose body was found early Thursday morning. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance around 12:20 a.m. on Signal Drive in Rapid City. There they found the body of the man, whom they have not identified. Police are in […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House has voted down a proposal that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in the state Capitol building. The House voted 45 to 24 on Wednesday against a plan that would remove the prohibition from state law. Republican Rep. Blaine Campbell of Rapid City says the present […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 03-11-13-26-31 (three, eleven, thirteen, twenty-six, thirty-one)

PARKER, S.D. (AP) — Landowners concerned about possible problems from a large egg-laying operation planned near Parker are suing its developers and the Turner County Commission. Sioux Falls-based Sonstegard Foods hopes to put 6 million birds on a farm 2½ miles from Parker. Opponents believe that’s too close, and will create problems such as odor. […]

LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — Employees at Sioux Steel in Lennox are gradually getting back to work, after a shooting incident a week ago that killed one worker and injured two others. CEO Scott Rysdon tells the Argus Leader ( ) the company reopened Monday, and has been letting employees come back to work whenever they […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Mitchell’s City Council has rejected a proposal to allow residents to raise chickens in fenced backyards. Resident Peggy Miiller had asked council members earlier this month to consider the idea of allowing chickens under certain rules, such as limiting the number to six hens and not allowing roosters, which crow. She […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Pierre is worth $6,004 in the latest drawing. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card in the Wednesday drawing to win the game’s second prize, at odds of 1 in about 127,000. The ticket won an additional $4 […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Box Elder is worth $6,004 in the latest drawing. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card in the Wednesday drawing to win the game’s second prize, at odds of 1 in about 127,000. The ticket won an additional […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of residents in the Aberdeen region are seeking changes in the operation of the city’s contracted animal shelter. The American News reports ( ) that resident Talese Nelson this week presented the City Council with a petition bearing 402 signatures. The petition seeks several changes, including more information on how […]