SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have recovered a truck stolen from a Sioux Falls furniture business over the weekend. Sam Clemens of the Sioux Falls Police Department tells the Argus Leader ( ) the truck was found empty Monday morning. The owner of Spencer Furniture & Floors called police after she arrived at the […]
PLYMOUTH, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have seized a shipment of marijuana worth about $750,000 following a surveillance operation in Plymouth. Law enforcement in South Dakota contacted the Plymouth Police Department on Monday to alert local authorities the load was heading there. Plymouth Police Capt. Jeff Swiatkiewicz says drug investigators and officers set up surveillance of […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service’s new deputy supervisor for the Dakota Prairie Grasslands says he’s glad to be back in the Dakotas. John Kinney is graduate of Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and says he has family spread throughout both Dakotas. Kinney most recently worked at the Helena and Lewis […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Canadian diplomats and South Dakota leaders will mark Canada Day at the state Capitol. Diplomats and members of the Alberta and Manitoba Legislative Assemblies will join South Dakota officials and lawmakers Wednesday in Pierre. Consul General Jamshed Merchant, who is Canada’s top diplomat in the Upper Midwest, is scheduled to address […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakotans and out-of-state residents interested in going to the state’s four technical institutes for in-demand jobs can now apply for part of $50 million in scholarship money. The Build Dakota Scholarship Board listed 54 program options within eight, high-need industry areas that will be covered in the first year. Those […]
1. The week No. 1 friend Forged in the crucible that was your first week of college, this friendship lasts throughout your four years. You may lose touch, but you know you can always call them if you’re in a pinch. 2. The partier You met them at a party and you probably only […]
As part of campus safety at the University of South Dakota, there are four emergency blue lights placed around campus. While helpful in certain situations, there are two questions about the safety devices that come to attention: where are the lights located, and is four enough? The blue lights are meant for emergency situations on campus. […]
The University of South Dakota might soon recognize more religious holidays and funerals as excused absences under a new attendance policy. Currently, the university’s policy asks students to notify professors two days prior to missing class for university-related absences. Gerald Yutrzenka, co-chair President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness, said the council has introduced a resolution […]
The Cross Media Council, a student organization comprising of members of the University of South Dakota’s student media, is hosting a Student Government Presidential Panel Discussion Monday, Feb. 23. The panel discussion will be between the lone team running for president and vice president of SGA and panelists from each student media organization. The event […]
