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 […]
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. […]
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)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House has voted down a proposal that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in the state Capitol building. The House voted 45 to 24 on Wednesday against a plan that would remove the prohibition from state law. Republican Rep. Blaine Campbell of Rapid City says the present […]
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 […]
MOBRIDGE, S.D. (AP) — The police department in Mobridge has been awarded nearly $5,000 by the state to buy an in-car video recording system. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the recording system is meant to be used during drug investigations. The award comes from the state’s Drug Control Fund, which is funded with […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Another seven South Dakota properties have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The South Dakota State Historical Society says they include: the Anderson-Ridley Ranch in the St. Onge vicinity; the Concrete Interstate Tipis of South Dakota located at rest areas along Interstates 29 and 90; the Drake Claim […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota college students plan to lobby lawmakers ahead of a potential state House vote on a measure that would allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university’s campuses. South Dakota Student Federation Executive Director Jess Peterson said a group of students plans […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A resentencing hearing for a man who was 14 when he was charged with killing a taxi cab driver in Pierre almost 20 years ago has been rescheduled. KFGX-AM reports ( ) that Paul Dean Jensen Jr. was originally scheduled for a resentencing hearing in January. Jensen was convicted in […]
