LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified the suspected gunman and victims in a workplace shooting in Lennox that killed one worker and injured two others. Authorities say 51-year-old truck driver Jeffrey DeZeeuw (dee-zee-OO’), of Sioux Falls, was found by a burned semitrailer south of Lennox following the Thursday afternoon shooting at a Sioux Steel […]
LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are relying on dental records to positively identify the suspected gunman in a fatal workplace shooting in Lennox. Lincoln County Sheriff Dennis Johnson tells The Associated Press that an autopsy was being done Friday. A man killed one person and injured two others in the shooting Thursday at a Sioux […]
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — A campground and event site that swells in size during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally wants to become a community all its own, but Sturgis officials are fighting the idea. Buffalo Chip Campground owner Rod Woodruff wants to turn the 600-acre site into a city that could attract businesses. If the […]
LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — A fatal workplace shooting in the town of Lennox has shaken residents who say the community is typically a quiet place. A man killed one person and injured two others in a shooting incident Thursday at a Sioux Steel Company location known as ProTec. The suspected gunman is believed to be […]
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Voters will not challenge the Vermillion School District’s proposal to continue an opt-out of property tax limits for another five years. The school board last month approved to raise the annual opt-out from $800,000 to $880,000 to avoid budget cuts. The Press & Dakotan reports ( ) that after the notice […]
Without junior starting guard Tia Hemiller, the University of South Dakota pulled off an 83-69 win against the Omaha Mavericks, with six players reaching double digits in scoring. “We are dealing with the adversity right now, but I think we are doing alright (without Tia),” senior guard Nicole Seekamp said. “If we can come through strong […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a South Dakota woman to 22 years in prison for the murder of a woman on Montana’s Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters sentenced 42-year-old Eugenia Ann Rowland of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on Thursday in Billings. Rowland pleaded guilty last year to […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Over the objections of some student representatives and South Dakota’s Board of Regents, a legislative panel approved Thursday and sent to the full state House a proposal to allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university campuses. The House Local Government Committee voted […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — TransCanada Corp. will temporarily suspend efforts to seize Nebraska land for its much-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline after landowners sued, in what is one obstacle the Canadian company still faces in the 1,179-mile project. A Holt County District judge issued a temporary injunction Thursday, keeping TransCanada from invoking eminent domain along […]
LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are at two crime scenes about 20 miles southwest of Sioux Falls, including at an industrial business in Lennox where two people were shot. It happened Thursday afternoon at Sioux Steel. The condition of the people shot wasn’t immediately released. The attorney general’s office says officers are still looking for […]
