State/Local

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 03-11-13-26-31 (three, eleven, thirteen, twenty-six, thirty-one)

PARKER, S.D. (AP) — Landowners concerned about possible problems from a large egg-laying operation planned near Parker are suing its developers and the Turner County Commission. Sioux Falls-based Sonstegard Foods hopes to put 6 million birds on a farm 2½ miles from Parker. Opponents believe that’s too close, and will create problems such as odor. […]

LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — Employees at Sioux Steel in Lennox are gradually getting back to work, after a shooting incident a week ago that killed one worker and injured two others. CEO Scott Rysdon tells the Argus Leader ( ) the company reopened Monday, and has been letting employees come back to work whenever they […]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — Mitchell’s City Council has rejected a proposal to allow residents to raise chickens in fenced backyards. Resident Peggy Miiller had asked council members earlier this month to consider the idea of allowing chickens under certain rules, such as limiting the number to six hens and not allowing roosters, which crow. She […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Pierre is worth $6,004 in the latest drawing. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card in the Wednesday drawing to win the game’s second prize, at odds of 1 in about 127,000. The ticket won an additional $4 […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Box Elder is worth $6,004 in the latest drawing. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card in the Wednesday drawing to win the game’s second prize, at odds of 1 in about 127,000. The ticket won an additional […]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of residents in the Aberdeen region are seeking changes in the operation of the city’s contracted animal shelter. The American News reports ( ) that resident Talese Nelson this week presented the City Council with a petition bearing 402 signatures. The petition seeks several changes, including more information on how […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative committee has approved a proposal that would require parental consent for minors to use indoor tanning beds at salons. The House Health and Human Services Committee voted 8-5 on Thursday for the plan, which originally would have banned minors from using a tanning facility at all. Republican Rep. Steve […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City woman has entered a not guilty plea in the stabbing death of her boyfriend. The Rapid City Journal ( ) reports 43-year-old Corinne Vermillion pleaded not guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and an alternative count of first-degree manslaughter. She’s accused of fatally stabbing 37-year-old Donny Ladeaux last […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem is expected to address the South Dakota Legislature at the state Capitol building in Pierre. Noem is scheduled to speak to state lawmakers on Thursday afternoon. South Dakota’s lone U.S. representative has hosted a town hall event in Sioux Falls this week to give an update […]