Associated Press

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A rural Hot Springs resident has shot video of what appears to a rare gray wolf in the Black Hills. Lance Verhulst isn’t saying where he shot the video because he doesn’t want people in his elk-hunting spot. But South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Regional Wildlife Manager John Kanta […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether is taking some heat for cutting funding for the city’s botanical garden from his proposed 2016 budget. Last year, Huether’s five-year spending plan called for $136,000 in 2016 and another $425,000 in 2017 for improvements to the Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum. But Huether’s 2016 budget […]

LEAD, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified the victim in what they say is a homicide in Lead. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says preliminary results from an autopsy indicate 27-year-old Caitlin Walsh, of Lead, died of stab wounds sometime before her body was discovered Monday evening. Forty-four-year-old James Rogers Jr. was arrested Monday and […]

ELK POINT, S.D. (AP) — Authorities searching for a 19-year-old man who went missing in the Missouri River in southeastern South Dakota have recovered a body. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says the body was discovered Wednesday afternoon in the river about 2 1/2 miles from where the man was reported missing while swimming with […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Board game enthusiasts rejoice: The new version of Monopoly featuring South Dakota’s capital will be unveiled this week in Pierre. Prairie Pages Booksellers in Pierre is hosting an unveiling party for the new game Friday. Owner Peggy Stout says the party is an opportunity for the public to take a look […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The value of farm real estate in South Dakota has risen 12 percent in the past year. Farm real estate value is a measurement of all land and buildings on farms. The Agriculture Department says the value in South Dakota averages $2,320 per acre, up $250 per acre from last […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Center for Enterprise Opportunity Women’s Business Center is holding a monthly networking lunch in Spearfish. The center at Black Hills State University says the lunch will be held on Sept. 8 Spearfish Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melissa Barth says the Women in Networking event allows her to […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The state’s sheep growers plan to gather in Rapid City next month. The South Dakota Sheep Growers Association 78th Annual Convention begins Friday, September 25, with tours of several area facilities. Seminars during the following Saturday at the Best Western Ramkota will be led by speakers from the sheep industry, […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 06-11-21-25-34 (six, eleven, twenty-one, twenty-five, thirty-four)

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will receive nearly $739,000 from a multistate settlement with drugmaker Amgen Inc. Under a settlement announced this week, the company will pay $71 million to settle an investigation into illegal marketing of its drugs Aranesp and Enbrel, ending an investigation by 48 states and […]