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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its restoration as a federally recognized nation. Tribal councilman Phil Wendzillo says a powwow is scheduled for Saturday in Norfolk, one of the five offices for the tribe, which has its headquarters in Niobrara. According to Wendzillo, […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The trial for a four-year-old trademark dispute between Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc. and Rushmore Photo and Gifts and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is set to begin on Monday. Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc. is suing Rushmore Photo and Gifts and Wal-Mart over its Sturgis trademark. The group says the trademark is needed […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Grabbing a small glass tube, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology graduate student Reid Cummins poured out what looked like an ordinary stone and said it was his favorite find from his summer field project. It was a gastrolith, a paleontologist’s dream, about the size of a small marble, […]

WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) — Bison from Wind Cave National Park are scheduled to be transferred to preserves in South Dakota and other states to help form new or boost existing herds. The National Park Service says about 70 bison are part of this year’s relocation effort. The bison transferred out of state […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — As a fungal disease that has wiped out millions of bats in the United States moves closer to North Dakota and South Dakota, a college researcher from Fargo is asking residents and business owners if they have any uninvited guests. North Dakota State University biological sciences professor Erin Gillam, known to […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man accused of not returning a borrowed vehicle to its owner and using it during a burglary has been sentenced. U.S. Attorney Randolph Seiler says 34-year-old Markus Daniel Knight has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. The Eagle Butte man, who pleaded guilty to second-degree […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Hunters hit fields across South Dakota for this year’s pheasant opener.buy lasix online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/languages/new/usa/lasix.html no prescription Saturday was the season’s first day, and the Game, Fish and Parks Department reports the “army of orange” was out in full force. Hunters in central South Dakota averaged 1 bird each, while some in […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A family is opening a spice and tea shop in downtown Rapid City in an effort to help them cope with back-to-back tragedies. Jeanne Wagner and her daughter, Kylea, decided to open a Spice & Tea Exchange franchise after they endured two wrenching losses. Jeanne Wagner’s son, Jake, died in […]

CORSICA, S.D. (AP) — A senior at Corsica-Stickney High School is creating wooden yellow ribbons to support local guardsmen serving overseas. Carson Kostal came up with the idea for a senior project in which he was tasked with immersing himself in something he’s passionate about. Kostal wants to enlist in the military, but he’s unable […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group that opposes a proposed oil pipeline across Iowa says it’s asking a federal agency’s regional office to be more stringent in permitting a private company access to waterways in the path of the project. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement says it wants the Army Corps of Engineers’ district […]