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ONIDA, S.D. (AP) — The school year is starting about a week later than usual at a central South Dakota school district as crews work to complete roughly $9 million in construction. The Pierre Capital Journal (http://bit.ly/1hBJeEr) reports classes are scheduled to begin Aug. 27 at Agar-Blunt-Onida School District amid the construction. Work includes a […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota officials and a state retailer group are making a push for businesses to hire people with disabilities. The Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1h9oa8v) reports officials with the state Department of Human Services and the South Dakota Retailers Association see people with disabilities as being an untapped labor market. Association director […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Sioux Falls City Council is assessing about 100 landowners a total of roughly $12,800 for landscaping costs from cleaning up unkempt lawns. The Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1hee0TY) reports that the city last year found about 1,600 properties that had low-hanging trees and overgrown grass. About 235 people were cited. The […]

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Fort Pierre City Council has voted to settle a lawsuit against a resident over long-lived odor complaints from cats living at his former home.buy neurontin online https://cpff.ca/wp-content/languages/new/canadaa/neurontin.html no prescription The Capital Journal (http://bit.ly/1MqAk8l) reports that the council voted to approve the settlement about a week before trial in the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks says information gathered to monitor migratory waterfowl numbers shows North America’s duck population is soaring. The Capital Journal (http://bit.ly/1MqtGyK) reports that the continent’s duck population is up about 1 percent over last year at about 49.5 million birds The Game, Fish and Parks Commission set […]

MILLER, S.D. (AP) — It’s never a bad year to raise your best corn crop ever, but it’s especially fitting for Reno Brueggeman this year. The Miller-area farmer is in his third year on the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council and in his first year as president of the council. And his corn this year […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — In his 35 years of staying at the Spearfish City Campground during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Dan Van Vleet of Gurley, Nebraska, met the woman who is now his wife, got the inspiration for an invention that became a business, and increased the group of friends to around 75 motorcyclists who […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 12-13-22-29-35 (twelve, thirteen, twenty-two, twenty-nine, thirty-five)

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Officials in South Dakota’s capital city are seeking federal funding to promote its airport in an effort to bring back customers it’s lost in recent years. The Pierre Regional Airport recently applied for $150,000 federal grant from the Small Community Air Service Development Program. The Capital Journal reports ( ) the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s U.S. senators are pushing to add nearly 200 acres of land to expand the Black Hills National Cemetery. U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds and U.S. Sen. John Thune introduced a bill earlier this month that would permanently transfer 200 acres of federal lands to the 100-acre cemetery. Rounds tells […]