PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota has been awarded a $5.9 million federal grant to continue research into the possibility of a state-run health insurance exchange.But Gov. Dennis Daugaard says the stat...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Sen. John Thune says everything he knows about politics that is good he learned from former U.S. Sen. Jim Abdnor.Abdnor, the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) - An attorney for the sole grocery store on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota says it might reopen Thursday after the Oglala Sioux Tribe dismissed an order to clo...

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota man charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting at his fiancée has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault.Attorney General...

SELBY, S.D. (AP) - Five teenagers are in custody after allegedly running away from a treatment center, stealing guns and a vehicle and holding up a gas station in the north central South Dakota town o...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A blaze at a particle board plant in Rapid City was quickly knocked down by employees and firefighters.Officials say the Tuesday fire at the Dakota Panel plant happened in a st...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The Pierre City Commission has finalized contracts with the union representing two groups of city employees, and Rapid City and its firefighters have come to an agreement on w...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Government agents and officials from the private sector are gathered in Sioux Falls to learn about human trafficking and how to stop it as part of South Dakota's annual Homel...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The state Brand Board has cut back on its plans to raise livestock inspection fees in western South Dakota.The board wants to increase the fee by 10 cents a head. In March, the boa...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Four South Dakota teenagers were arrested for waving and pointing a toy pistol at bystanders while they were driving around Sioux Falls.Police responded to the report Monday n...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) - The only grocery store on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation remains shut down Tuesday because of food safety concerns.The Oglala Sioux tribe got a court order again...

CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. (AP) - Chamberlain plans to demolish its vacant City Hall and build a $1.7 million community center to replace it.The city will apply for $500,000 in state grant money to complete th...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota legislative panel has decided to let more lawmakers travel to out-of-state meetings beginning in July.Because of state government's budget problems last year, hardl...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A magistrate judge has concluded there's enough evidence to try a 20-year-old Rapid City man accused of shooting another man in the head.Kelsey Reavis is charged with at...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) - Pine Ridge Reservation officials are trying to determine the origins of a wolf found dead along U.S. Highway 18 near the town of Pine Ridge.A tribal wildlife biologist says the...

SOIUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The seeding of corn and soybeans in South Dakota remains well ahead of the average pace after another week of good planting conditions.The Agriculture Department says in its w...

MADISON, S.D. (AP) - A 73-year-old South Dakota man who's accused of fatally shooting his long-ago classmate is expected to plead guilty but mentally ill to a second-degree murder charge.Carl Ericsso...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Students in a college business class on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation have teamed up with advertisers from Rapid City in an effort to reduce suicide on the southwestern Sou...

ONIDA, S.D. (AP) - Two farmhands have pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated assault in the shooting of another man at a party last November.Zane Van Der Merwe and Stephan Van Der Berg will be sentenc...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The maker of the beef product dubbed "pink slime" by critics says it's laying off 86 employees from its South Dakota corporate office, and company officials are blaming what it...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota lawmakers are preparing for a possible oil and gas boom in the state.The South Dakota Legislature's Executive Board on Monday outlined the scope of a study on the iss...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Labor Secretary Pam Roberts says unemployed veterans may qualify for additional education, vocational rehabilitation and other benefits under a federal law passed last...

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) - Numerous teenagers were busted for underage drinking over the weekend at the home of the Harrisburg School Board's chairwoman.The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says 25 cita...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The governors of North Dakota and South Dakota are requesting a flag tribute for law enforcement officers who have died on the job.North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple is ordering st...

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a person whose body was found in a burned home north of Aberdeen.The victim has not been identified, and it's not known if the death w...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Authorities are searching for an inmate who failed to return to a halfway house in Sioux Falls.Twenty-seven-year-old Shayla Little Bear is serving four years in prison for a d...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A Sioux Falls man accused of passing counterfeit money has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.Thirty-nine-year-old Christipher West earlier pleaded guilty to...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Board of Regents is meeting this week in Brookings.The regents plan to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday with private executive sessions that run through 1:30 p.m. Wednes...

MADISON, S.D. (AP) - People in Madison continue to clean up a week after a storm caused flash flooding, and some are calling for changes.Some residents plan to ask city leaders to consider building a...

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - A center offering housing for people who are homeless or need temporary shelter is closer to reality in Aberdeen.The city zoning board has approved a zoning exception for the pro...

Rep. Kristi Noem files bill on flooding noticePIERRE, S.D. (AP)- Congresswoman Kristi Noem has introduced a bill that would require the Army Corps of Engineers to notify the public whenever expected h...

Dalphene Beckmann, age 87 of Plankinton, passed away May 14th. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Plankinton. Burial will be in St. John's Crystal Lake...

Vera Moe, age 94 of Mitchell, passed away May 11th. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Bittner Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6...

Millie "Minnie" Cooper, age 88 of Wessington Springs, passed away May 12th. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the United Church of Christ in Wessington Springs. Burial will be at...

Marcia Mogck, age 91 of Parkston, died Saturday, May 12 at the Good Samaritan Center in Sioux Falls. Funeral service will be Saturday, May 19 at 10:30 am at the Salem United Church of Christ in Parkst...