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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Transportation officials have increased the speed limit to 80 mph along a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 90 in northeast Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Transportation says the increase affects I-90 between the east side of Sundance and the South Dakota border. Department officials are reminding drivers that a 75 mph speed […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — Officials at Black Hills State University say the U.S. Department of Education school has awarded the school a five-year grant of nearly $1.5 million to help increase graduation rates. The Black Hills Pioneer reports ( ) that the five-year grant from the Federal TRIO Student Support Services Program allows for continuation […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Police in Rapid City say they’re investigating the city’s fourth casino robbery in two weeks. Officers were called to a casino on Mount Rushmore Road about 9 a.m. Thursday after a suspect wearing a black hooded sweat shirt entered through a back door, demanded money and fled with cash. He […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Rapid City woman killed in a boat crash on Pactola Reservoir died of “multiple blunt force trauma.” The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office released the autopsy results Thursday as part of its investigation into the death of 33-year-old Gabrielle Fisher. Fisher was one of two people on a […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls teenager accused of killing another teen after a car chase will be tried as an adult. Conner Hanson was 17 years old when he was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder in the January killing of 18-year-old Anthony Gabriel. Hanson pleaded not guilty. KELO-TV reports […]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey suggests that the economic outlook for 10 Midwest and Plains states us weaker than in previous months.buy levaquin online https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/prescription/levaquin.html no prescription The Rural Mainstreet Index sank to growth neutral 50.0 in August from 53.4 in July. The survey indexes range from 0 to 100. Any score below […]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A former Brookings pastor convicted of having sexual contact with a child is heading to prison. The Brookings Register reports ( ) that 38-year-old Timothy Bariteau has been sentenced to eight years behind bars. He had faced up to 15 years. Bariteau was indicted last November and arrested in California, where […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed the attempted fetal homicide conviction of a man accused of spiking his girlfriend’s beverages with an herb to try to induce an abortion. The justices ruled the circuit court made mistakes in the case by giving incorrect instructions to the jury and letting jurors […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A man shot at a hotel in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen has been released from a hospital. The mother of Curtis Paysen tells the American News ( ) that he was released from a Sioux Falls hospital on Wednesday, four days after he suffered a head injury in […]