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HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — The latest developments in a South Dakota school shooting that injured a high school principal. All times local: 4 p.m. A South Dakota man says his 16-year-old son is the student who shot a high school principal Wednesday. The man says his ex-wife called to tell him their son had been […]

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — The latest developments in a South Dakota school shooting that injured a high school principal. All times local: 12:55 p.m. Authorities say a shooting at a South Dakota high school may have turned out far worse if not for the intervention of an assistant principal. The shooting at Harrisburg High School […]

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — The latest developments in a South Dakota school shooting that injured a high school principal. All times local: 12:40 p.m. A senior student at a South Dakota high school says her principal came onto the intercom to speak to the schools minutes after he was shot by a student. Eighteen-year-old Aanna […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota opponents of a proposed $3.8 billion pipeline to move North Dakota oil east say they worry it could contaminate water supplies and productive farmland and harm habitat for wildlife, including endangered species. South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday began a two-week hearing on whether to permit the Dakota […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Voters in Yankton County have resoundingly defeated a proposed property tax increase to help fund road and bridge repairs. The Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan reports ( ) that preliminary results from Tuesday’s election show 70 percent of the 3,427 voters opposed the measure. The levy would have hiked taxes on […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City man involved in a fatal crash on Lake Pactola has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and boating under the influence. Authorities say 29-year-old Jody Kreycik was drunk when his personal watercraft collided with a boat on Aug. 14. The crash killed 33-year-old Gabrielle Fisher, one of two people […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Attorneys for the South Dakota Department of Corrections and an organization of Native American inmates have agreed to some policy changes making it easier to get tobacco into the state penitentiary for inmates practicing Lakota religious ceremonies. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier ruled in 2012 that the prison system’s ban […]

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — The principal of a South Dakota high school has been wounded in a shooting, but the suspected shooter is in custody and students are reported safe. The superintendent of Harrisburg High School, about 10 miles south of Sioux Falls, says the principal suffered a flesh wound. Superintendent James Holbeck tells media […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police say an officer responding to a domestic assault call fatally shot a man who lunged at him with a “blunt object.” Authorities say officers Tuesday night responded to a report of a domestic assault at a residence with a man and a woman inside, and forced their […]

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — The principal of a South Dakota high school has been wounded in a shooting at the school. School officials say a suspected shooter is in custody and students are reported safe. The superintendent of Harrisburg High School, about 10 miles south of Sioux Falls, says the principal suffered a flesh wound. […]