RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Box Elder man has pleaded guilty to burglary and grand theft charges in connection with a six-hour-long standoff with law enforcement officials in July. KOTA-TV ( ) reports kidnapping charges against 32-year-old Raymond Cuny were dropped as part of the plea deal. Authorities say Cuny took a 2-year-old boy […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The trial of a woman accused of driving through a Sioux Falls parking lot and fatally crushing a woman with her van has been delayed while her lawyers wait for the results of a competency evaluation. The Argus Leader reports ( ) that Lois Two Bulls, of Sioux Falls, killed […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Hot Lotto ticket sold in Spearfish is worth $9,000 in the latest drawing. South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Hot Ball to win the game’s $3,000 third prize in the Wednesday drawing. The ticket holder had purchased an option for […]
Update 3/4/15: Added interactive map of where Shakepeare’s First Folio will travel. A 1623 edition of the first collection of William Shakespeare’s plays is going on display at the National Music Museum at the University of Dakota in 2016. The exact dates of the exhibit’s opening will be announced in April. During the month that […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — State Corrections officials are working to address the use of an illegal synthetic drug at the minimum security unit of the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Authorities believe smuggled synthetic drugs likely sickened two inmates this week, and they say similar incidents have occurred in the past. State Corrections Secretary […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A convicted sex offender has pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography in a Sioux Falls court. The Argus Leader ( ) reports 40-year-old Mario Castaneda Jr. initially faced five child pornography charges after officers followed a lead from a Rapid City internet detective. Deputy Minnehaha County […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Farmers have until Friday to make some key decisions that will govern their operations for the next five years under the new farm bill. The first deadline of Feb. 27 requires them to update base acre and yield history for their chosen crops. Those are then used to calculate choices […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota congressional delegation is continuing to urge Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to withdraw plans to reconfigure the VA Black Hills Health Care System from President Barack Obama’s budget proposal. Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds and Rep. Kristi Noem met with McDonald Tuesday to reiterate their concerns. […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the South Dakota Lottery’s “Dakota Cash” game were: 04-09-16-18-31 (four, nine, sixteen, eighteen, thirty-one)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House has shot down a proposal that would have allowed unilateral no-fault divorce in South Dakota. The House voted 44-25 against the plan, which advocates have said would make it easier for domestic violence victims to escape abusive marriages. Democratic Rep. Ray Ring of Vermillion says his measure would […]
