State/Local
APNewsBreak: SD US Attorney To Resign, Work For Private Firm
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. attorney for South Dakota plans to resign and open an office in Sioux Falls for a private law firm. A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Associated Press that Brendan Johnson will announce his resignation Wednesday at a news conference. He plans to open an […]
Stone Marker From Dakotas State Line Now Stands In Pierre
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An old stone marker newly on display in Pierre is a monument to the unique connection South Dakota has to North Dakota and vice versa. It once stood as a sort of sentry, on a picket line with 719 others just like it along the straight-as-an-arrow line between the two states […]
Measure To Increase Lawmaker Pay Fails In State Senate
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Senate has voted down a measure to increase lawmaker pay to $10,000 for each regular legislative session as part of an effort to encourage more South Dakotans to run for office. The full Senate on Tuesday voted 21-11, less than the necessary two-thirds majority required to approve the plan […]
SD Legislature Calls For Balanced Federal Budget Amendment
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has approved a proposal that calls for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget. The South Dakota Senate voted 19-13 on Tuesday to approve the resolution, which was previously passed in the House. South Dakota joins 24 other states calling for […]
Stone Marker From Dakotas State Line Now Stands In Pierre
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An old stone marker newly on display in Pierre is a monument to the unique connection South Dakota has to North Dakota and vice versa. It once stood as a sort of sentry, on a picket line with 719 others just like it along the straight-as-an-arrow line between the two states […]
South Dakota Concrete Rest Stop Teepees Get National Honor
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Unofficially, the rest stops opened 50 years ago on Interstate 90 were known as “Whitwam’s wigwams.” On a certificate designating their admittance to the National Register of Historic Places, their title is more formal: “Ward Whitwam’s concrete instate tipis.” Those four teepees, joined by five more from 1973 to 1979, […]
South Dakota Drug Courts Helping To Lower Prison Population
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — In the last two years, Joel Amick, Kelly Carpenter and many others who are going through drug court have helped stabilize the prison population in South Dakota. Both convicted criminals who live in Mitchell, Amick and Carpenter are successfully making their way through James Valley Drug Court. Amick, 28, is nearing […]
US Government Sells Off Select Parts Of Black Hills Forest
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Like a lot of people who consider the Black Hills National Forest a treasured public resource, Darren Haar doesn’t think it’s a great idea to sell pieces of it to private owners. But, also like a lot of people, he wouldn’t mind having a pristine piece of it for himself […]
Owner Of SD Car Dealership Indicted On Grand Theft Charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in South Dakota are accusing the owner of a car dealership of participating in misleading business transactions. Attorney General Marty Jackley says 38-year-old Joseph Stanford has been indicted on charges of grand theft by deception and selling a motor vehicle without the consent of a lienholder. Prosecutors say Stanford […]
Inmate Serving Rape Sentence Dies Following Lengthy Illness
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota prison inmate serving a 30-year sentence for first-degree rape has died of natural causes following a lengthy illness. The South Dakota Department of Corrections says 60-year-old Harold Kusick died Monday in Sioux Falls. Kusick was sentenced in 2004 for a rape that had happened a decade earlier. […]