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CANTON, S.D. (AP) — A former South Dakota pastor who authorities accused of having sex with a teenager has been sentenced to three years in prison. Fifty-year-old Tony Haglund earlier pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse. The Argus Leader ( ) reports Haglund was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine or up to […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police in Sioux Falls say they have arrested a man suspected of hitting another man with the lid of a toilet tank and stabbing him with scissors. Sioux Falls Police spokesman Sam Clemens says 18-year-old Bruce Godfrey Jr., of Sisseton, faces various charges including aggravated assault in connection with the […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls high school teacher has received a $25,000 prize for furthering excellence in education. Roosevelt High School English teacher Gina Benz received a 2015 Milken Educator Award in a surprise school gathering Tuesday. Benz teaches advanced placement language and composition as well as foundations of language and composition, […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials in a northwest Nebraska county are looking at ways to address aggressive panhandling and other alcohol-related problems in a village known for selling beer on the border of a dry South Dakota Indian reservation. The Sheridan County Board of Commissioners met with Whiteclay residents and business owners on Monday and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Dry weather over the past week in South Dakota helped farmers with harvest but also increased the risk for wildfires in the state. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the planting of winter wheat in South Dakota is wrapping up, and the harvest of soybeans has […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — The Highway Patrol has identified an Aberdeen man killed in a vehicle crash in the city. Authorities say 33-year-old Joshua Gonzales died when he lost control of his Suburban on a curve Sunday night and hit a tree. He was declared dead at the scene. Gonzales was alone in the vehicle.

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) — A man in Old West attire drew a revolver, fired a series of shots, and his nemesis fell to the ground with a gunshot wound. It was supposed to be a simulation of a Wild West showdown in the town made famous by the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. But it […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — City leaders in Spearfish are set to open a $5.8 million facility built to replace a city-owned call center that collapsed during a blizzard two years ago. The Atlas Building is tentatively set to open in early November, with Mass Markets as the main tenant. The City Council in October 2014 […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Sioux Falls City Council has rejected a ban on cellphone use while driving. Monday night’s vote was 5-3 against banning motorists in the city from using hand-held electronic devices including cellphones. Sioux Falls already bans texting while driving, but some believe that doesn’t go far enough. City Councilwoman Michelle […]

KIMBALL, S.D. (AP) — A Kimball man accused of aiding in the assault of a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper has died. Attorney general spokeswoman Sara Rabern tells The Daily Republic newspaper ( ) that charges against Michael London will be dismissed. The 67-year-old London died Friday at a hospice in Sioux Falls. The cause […]