State/Local

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say they arrested a Sioux Falls man accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint following a brief standoff with police and SWAT teams Friday night. Forty-five-year-old Rickey Starks is facing charges of first-degree robbery and three counts of aggravated assault. Police say Starks entered the Dacotah Bank on East […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers will pass a state budget this week to largely wrap up their work for the 2015 legislative session. Lawmakers will hear updated state revenue estimates on Monday, which will shape budget decisions. Senate Majority Leader Tim Rave said the state’s surplus revenue appears smaller than anticipated. A proposal […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Friday:

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Bison man has claimed more than $53,000 in a Dakota Cash drawing. Lottery officials say Merle Hulm purchased the winning ticket at the Bison Bar, which will receive more than $2,600 as a bonus for the sale. In addition to paying bills, Hulm says he plans to buy a car […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A coalition of states suing to stop President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration alleges the government misled a judge about not implementing part of the plan before the judge temporarily halted it. The allegation comes after the Justice Department said in court documents this week that federal officials had given 100,000 […]

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Now that John Graham is in prison for life for murdering Annie Mae Aquash in December 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, perhaps other cold cases related to the Wounded Knee incidents four decades ago can be solved, Attorney General Marty Jackley said during a presentation. Jackley prosecuted Graham […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he will sign a measure to change the state’s so-called “Daschle law” that bars a presidential candidate from seeking another office on the same South Dakota ballot. Daugaard said on Friday he will approve a proposal to remove the prohibition. The original Republican-backed measure in 2002 faced […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he hasn’t decided whether to veto a measure to exempt South Dakota’s youngest workers from the $8.50 minimum wage voters approved in November. The Legislature has approved the measure. Daugaard said Friday he wants to consider arguments around the plan, which would carve out a .buy flagyl […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Lawmakers and others fighting child sexual abuse in South Dakota have secured help from Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s administration to continue studying how to address the issue after a proposal to authorize the work faced a surprise defeat in the Legislature. Daugaard and members of Jolene’s Law Task Force said on Friday […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission is proposing to allow more hunters to take elk in the Black Hills this season. The commission met in Pierre this week for its March meeting. Commissioners proposed increasing the number of firearm elk licenses to 930, up from 2014’s 630, for the Black […]