State/Local

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House of Representatives has voted to not consider a measure that would end the state’s involvement in the Common Core educational standards. The House voted 39-31 on Tuesday as part of procedural maneuvering not to schedule the bill to be on the calendar for Wednesday’s floor session. Aberdeen […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota state Senate has voted to kill a bill allowing sergeants-at-arms to carry concealed weapons in the state Capitol. The Senate voted 34-1 on Tuesday to table the bill. Republican Sen. Brock Greenfield had been pushing for the bill. Greenfield said Tuesday he requested the bill be tabled because […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state Senate panel has defeated a proposal that would allow people in South Dakota to carry a concealed pistol without a permit. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-1 on Tuesday against the measure, which would have removed the requirement for a concealed pistol permit from state law. Openly carrying a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The House has approved a proposal to overhaul conflict-of-interest laws for South Dakota public employees in response to the investment-for-visa scandal that dominated last year’s U.S. Senate race. The House on Tuesday voted 67-1 for the measure, which broadens state law to prohibit state employees or officers from directly benefiting from […]

TEA, S.D. (AP) — Firefighters are battling a blaze in an industrial area in Tea, south of Sioux Falls. Police say the fire started Tuesday morning at Huck Finn Painting Co. There was no immediate word on any injuries. The fire produced heavy smoke that could be seen from Interstate 29.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State House lawmakers facing a legislative deadline have bought about two more weeks to consider funding for roads and bridges. The House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday killed its version of a transportation package that would have raised about $50 million in its first year. It was roughly similar to the […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Average retail gasoline prices continue to rise in the Dakotas. GasBuddy.com reports that the average price of a gallon of gas is about $2.13 in South Dakota and $2.22 in North Dakota. South Dakota’s average price rose 3 ½ cents over the past week and North Dakota’s average jumped nearly 5 […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police say three Sioux Falls teenagers accused of stealing an SUV and driving around the city recklessly were arrested after they dropped off a 10-year-old boy at school. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says a woman called police Tuesday morning to report her 2001 Land Rover Discovery was missing. Police had […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A national animal defense nonprofit has honored a Lead woman who pushed heavily to make South Dakota the last state in the nation to make animal cruelty a felony. The Animal Legal Defense Fund has named Shari Kosel one of its Top Ten Animal Defenders for 2015. Kosel is the […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A report by a national group shows that college students who start at four-year schools in North Dakota and South Dakota are following similar paths to completion — including more than 10 percent who finish their studies at other schools. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center tracks the progress of students […]