State/Local

CLEAR LAKE, S.D. (AP) — Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show that more people own their homes in Deuel County than in any other South Dakota county. The Public Opinion reports that 85 percent of homes in Deuel County are owner-occupied. A report from the Black Hills Knowledge Network based on Census data shows […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man is overseeing modifications of a coffer dam in the Saskatchewan River delta to help ducks along their annual spring migration to the Canadian boreal forest. Brad Karel is an engineer and construction manager with the Great Plains regional office for Ducks Unlimited in Bismarck. He has embarked […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Proponents of a $180 million arena in Rapid City have raised a lot more campaign money than opponents. KOTA-AM reports that pre-election financial statements from organizations for and against the Civic Center expansion project were released this week. The group supporting the project, called Civic Center Expansion, raised just over […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 01-08-20-29-32 (one, eight, twenty, twenty-nine, thirty-two)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 34-year-old man is hospitalized with potentially life-threatening injures following an early morning stabbing in Sioux Falls. Local police say they were called to Kings Casino shortly after 7 a.m. on Saturday morning. There they found the victim who had fled on foot to the casino after he was stabbed […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A handful of farmers have found creative ways to defraud federal farm programs in recent years. There was the North Carolina couple who faked hail damage to their crops by telling workers to throw ice cubes and scatter mothballs onto a tomato field; the South Dakota couple who fleeced the government […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A bill that would allocate millions in bonds to renovate the Chemistry Building at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is headed to the governor’s desk. The Rapid City Journal reports the measure would appropriate $6 million in bonds to renovate labs, classrooms and other parts of the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota “Right of Publicity” bill designed to protect the legacy of the late Native American activist Russell Means needs a Senate vote in the final week of the legislative session if it is to become law. The measure, backed by Republican Rep. Elizabeth May, of Kyle, would prohibit the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bill that would establish a “Right of Publicity” in the state needs to be heard this week if it’s to become South Dakota law. Rep. Elizabeth May is pushing the measure that would prohibit the unauthorized commercial use of a personality’s right of publicity. South Dakota Public Broadcasting reports ( […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Impaired driving and drug arrests have increased for the fifth year straight in Rapid City. The department released its crime analysis for 2014 on Friday. The data show there were more than 1,300 drug arrests in 2014, a nearly 75 percent increase over the five-year average and a 19 percent […]