State/Local

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — People in parts of the Dakotas could have a slick commute early Tuesday. The National Weather Service says there is a chance of freezing rain late Monday and early Tuesday from northwestern North Dakota to southeastern South Dakota. Forecasters say one tenth of an inch of ice could accumulate in some […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Black Hills Power says the company has reached few easements with landowners along the route of a proposed $54 million power line in South Dakota and Wyoming. The South Dakota-based utility says the line is needed to improve the reliability of the utility’s electrical system. But some of the 65 […]

LAKE ANDES, S.D. (AP) — A judge has convicted a man accused of driving under the influence and killing two U.S. Fish and Wildlife researchers in Pickstown more than 18 months ago. Ron Fischer Jr. was found guilty last week of two counts of vehicular homicide, misdemeanor DUI, marijuana possession and ingesting. He was found […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s state court system is looking for three new circuit judges and could add two more spots if state lawmakers go along with it. A Seventh Circuit judgeship in Rapid City is open because Judge Janine Kern was appointed to the state Supreme Court. Two positions in the Third Circuit […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Banker T. Denny Sanford, who already has given millions away for health, welfare and children’s causes in California and the Upper Midwest, was the 15th largest donor to nonprofit organizations in 2014, according a newspaper that tracks such contributions. The Chronicle of Philanthropy on Sunday released its annual list of […]

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Officials have still not identified skeletal remains of several people dug up last summer from a burial site discovered by a utility crew off Interstate 29 in North Sioux City. The Sioux City Journal reports ( ) a state official says a preliminary investigation showed the bones belonged to […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota State Historical Society is hosting a webcast that addresses the history of 1960s airline stewardesses. The program sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution will be broadcast Sunday at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. “I was a Jet Set Stewardess” explains the evolution of the flight attendant through interviews […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State parks this month will begin accepting camping reservations for Memorial Day weekend. Reservations for the weekend of May 22 can be made starting at 7 a.m. Feb. 21. A three-night stay is required during holiday weekends at all parks except Custer State Park. State Division of Parks and Recreation Director […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Professors and students from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will be hosting an event in which they’ll attempt to bust science myths. The school’s physics, chemistry and civil engineering departments will present myths and try to prove or disprove them during a presentation scheduled for Feb. 17. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A new aerial analysis of the Black Hills National Forest shows the pine beetle epidemic is still growing but slower than before. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) the survey filed by state and federal agencies found that about 16,500 acres were newly identified last year as affected by […]