State/Local

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police are investigating after two local businesses were burglarized over the weekend. The owner of Spencer Furniture & Floors says she arrived at the business Monday morning and found cash, merchandise and a moving truck had been stolen. She says a significant amount of items were stolen, and […]

LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — Family members of a man identified by authorities as the gunman in a fatal workplace shooting in Lennox say the incident has turned their world upside down. The Argus Leader reports ( ) Jeffrey DeZeeuw’s (dee-zee-OOZ’) sister Jackie Rippert issued a statement saying the family is “just as confused and going […]

PARKER, S.D. (AP) — Opponents of a large egg-laying operation planned near Parker say the proposed facility would be too close to town. Sioux Falls-based Sonstegard Foods hopes to put 6 million birds on a farm in Turner County, 2½ miles from Parker. Opponents turned out at a public hearing Monday night to voice their […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Democrats pushing an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program are working behind the scenes with the South Dakota health care industry to figure out a way to pay for it, but so far they’ve made little apparent progress on a deal with the Republicans who control state government. Sen. Bernie Hunhoff, […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Democrats pushing an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program are working behind the scenes with South Dakota’s health care industry to figure out how to pay for it. Sen. Bernie Hunhoff, a Democrat from Yankton, on Monday said members of the industry are “working seriously” to figure out how to make […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A southeast South Dakota woman accused of using two stolen debit cards at a number of locations in Sioux Falls has been indicted on fraud charges. The Argus Leader reports ( ) Angeline Jamie Jesse Dolen-Einerwold is facing six counts of felony identity theft. Authorities say the Sioux Falls woman […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man accused of using metal crutches and wooden clubs to assault a victim has been sentenced. U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange has sentenced 23-year-old Lawrence Mexican to 3 ½ years in prison. The Eagle Butte man earlier pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. Federal prosecutors say […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Washington state man who authorities say shipped high-grade marijuana across the country has been sentenced in South Dakota. Forty-seven-year-old Bruce Cole recently pleaded guilty in federal court in South Dakota to a drug conspiracy charge and was sentenced to five years in custody. U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says the sentence […]

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The average retail price of a gallon of gasoline in the Dakotas has continued to rise in the past week, after falling below the $2-per-gallon mark last month. GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says rebounding crude prices are the reason. The average price in North Dakota has risen nearly 9 […]