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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A charitable trust established by the late hotel and real estate baroness Leona Helmsley is giving North Dakota State University $750,000 to create an endowed scholarship fund for graduate students in American Indian public health. The state of North Dakota is providing another $375,000 through its Higher Education Challenge Fund, which […]

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man who paid $1 million over a four-year period for sex with an exotic dancer has been arrested in a Sioux City prostitution ring. The Argus Leader ( ) reports 54-year-old David Karlen of De Smet is charged with soliciting a prostitute. He was among more […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Fierce opposition from neighbors shot down an Aberdeen company’s attempt to gauge the wind capacity in Lincoln County for a possible wind farm. Dakota Power Community Wind wanted to put up towers to measure wind speeds in the area and determine whether a wind farm would be a good investment. The […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The Mitchell School District might shelve plans to begin construction within a few months on a fine arts center after bids came in well over budget. Architects estimated the base cost of the project at .buy vilitra generic https://cialisnextdaydeliveryusa.com/vilitra.html over the counter 8 million. The lowest construction bid was $14.6 million. […]

BRANDON, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lottery officials say a Powerball ticket sold in Brandon is worth $10,000. The ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball in Saturday’s drawing to win the game’s third prize, at odds of 1 in about 649,000. The winner has about six months to claim the […]

NEWELL, S.D. (AP) — Jack Orwick is a fourth-generation rancher who seems caught in a fading industry. But his family has been raising sheep in Newell for more than 100 years, so he’s not about to turn gloomy despite some recent bad numbers. Newell, known as the Sheep Capital of South Dakota, has had Orwicks […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Huron woman was killed and three others were injured in a three-vehicle crash near Pierre. The Argus Leader ( ) reports 79-year-old Marcella Larsen died in the Friday night accident. She was a passenger in an SUV that nearly collided head-on with another vehicle driven by a teenager. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — South Dakotans interested in learning how to grow grapes and other fruit for wine can pick up some insight next weekend at a workshop in Rapid City. The first session from 7-9 p.m. Friday at the SDSU Extension & 4H Building at the Pennington County Fairgrounds is designed for both […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Large South Dakota feedlots have more cattle than a year ago. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says lots with capacities of 1,000 or more head contained 230,000 cattle on feed on Feb. 1. That’s up 5 percent from last year. Placements for cattle headed to slaughter during […]