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MADISON, S.D. (AP) — A Madison man charged in the death of a 3-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to murder and manslaughter. Twenty-one-year-old Jacob Meinders was indicted by a grand jury last Thursday on several charges including second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. The Daily Leader reports ( ) that he entered his pleas on […]

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — Two teenagers who ran away from a youth correctional facility in western South Dakota are back in custody.buy azithromycin online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/languages/new/us/azithromycin.html no prescription Corrections officials say authorities with the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office apprehended the 15- and 16-year-old boys Monday evening near Hill City. The boys went missing from the State […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Sioux Falls City Council has decided to increase rates at the city’s six outdoor pools and its new indoor aquatic center. Council members voted unanimously Monday to raise daily admission, establish seasonal rates and only offer free passes at the new facility during the summer months. Daily fees at […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota and North Dakota sunflower growers are well ahead of last year’s harvest pace, with the percentages coming in right around the five-year average. The National Sunflower Association says that 34 percent of the crop is harvested in South Dakota, well ahead of last year’s pace of 11 percent […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Several state parks in South Dakota will be hosting Halloween-themed events starting this weekend. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says Custer State Park will host one-mile guided night hikes on Friday and Saturday. The hikes will be along a path lit only by jack-o-lanterns. Good Earth State Park […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota public safety officials say local governments and certain nonprofit organizations can now apply for $440,000 in federal hazard mitigation grants. The money is available as part of the presidential disaster declaration approved for a dozen counties and three tribes after June storms that are thought to have done $4 […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska landowners who oppose the Keystone XL pipeline are still trying to overturn a state law that allowed the governor to approve the project route, even though pipeline developer TransCanada is no longer relying on it. Pipeline opponents said Monday they’re concerned that companies could use the law in the future […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two defendants who pleaded guilty in 2013 of defrauding investors by promoting investment in nonexistent wind farms in Wyoming and South Dakota continue to seek to overturn their convictions. Lauren Elizabeth Scott, of Morgan, Utah, is serving a prison sentence of nearly five years on her guilty pleas to charges of […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota driver is dead after he lost control of his sport utility vehicle and hit a tree Sunday night. The South Dakota Highway Patrol on Monday said the 33-year-old man was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban eastbound on Milwaukee Avenue in Aberdeen, when he lost control while negotiating a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man is facing a sex trafficking charge after authorities accused him of attempting to solicit sex from a person he believed to be a minor. The office of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says 34-year-old Joseph Raleigh, of Miller, has been charged with one count of attempted […]