PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two former state attorneys general and an ex-judge are among those who plan to encourage South Dakota lawmakers to repeal the state’s death penalty. The Senate State Affairs Committee in Pierre will take testimony Wednesday morning on legislation that would replace capital punishment with a life prison sentence without the possibility […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A bill legalizing consumer-direct wine shipping is on its way to the governor’s desk, bringing South Dakotans one step closer to getting their favorite rare vintages shipped to their door. The full Senate approved the bill Tuesday that would allow South Dakotans to buy up to 12 cases of wine […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state House has approved a proposal that would allow people in South Dakota to carry a concealed pistol without a permit. The full House chamber on Tuesday voted to pass the measure that would remove the requirement for a concealed pistol permit from state law. Openly carrying a firearm in […]
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — For Doug Senecal, finishing what his idol, the legendary Evel Knievel, and one other motorcycle daredevil failed to do isn’t just about setting a record. It will be personal, an ultimate bucket-list item, if you will, when Senecal, who goes by the stage name Doug Danger, climbs aboard one of Knievel’s […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A proposal that would allow South Dakota’s minimum wage to decrease in the event of negative inflation has failed in the state House. The full House on Tuesday voted not to approve the measure. The bill would have erased a provision from the voter-approved language that bars the minimum wage from […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakotans looking to get their favorite out-of-state vintages shipped to their door are one step closer. The full Senate approved the bill Friday that would legalize consumer-direct wine shipping for South Dakotans. Under the bill, South Dakotans could buy up to 12 cases of wine per year directly from wineries. […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A lawyer representing six South Dakota couples challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage has asked a judge to let her ruling take effect immediately and allow weddings in the state. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier declared the ban unconstitutional last month but also put legal same-sex marriages on hold. […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Larry Byrd has enough heifers on his Presho buffalo ranch. He needed a stud. “I’m a little short on bull-power,” Byrd said recently as he surveyed a gang of 2-year-old breeding bulls during the Black Hills Buffalo Classic at the Central States Fairgrounds as part of the Black Hills Stock […]
SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — When Spearfish was settled in the late 1800s it quickly became the bread basket for the area, with farmers and ranchers providing vegetables, fruits, beef and milk for local settlers and miners of local gold camps. Robert Evans, one of Spearfish’s earliest settlers, journeyed to the Black Hills in hopes of […]
