All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 26 2016 // The South Dakota Division of Insurance has issued a bulletin to surplus lines insurance brokers of changes in store for the filing of surplus lines policies.The changes are due to the wind down of the Nonadmitted Insurance...
May 24 2016 // Severe storms that crossed South Dakota led to reports of at least three tornadoes, including one that caused damage.The National Weather Service says a tornado in Tripp County on Sunday evening prompted reports of downed...
May 23 2016 // The former lawyer for a car crash victim accused an auto insurance company of hiding a $1 million policy that could have paid for his client’s medical bills during testimony in court.Attorney Jeff Cole testified in...
May 9 2016 // A full day of activities is planned in Delmont, S.D. on Tuesday to observe the one-year anniversary of the tornado that damaged the city. On the morning of May 10, 2015, an EF-2 tornado struck the city and damaged or...
May 4 2016 // Johnson & Johnson must pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the company’s talcum powder in the second such trial loss this year.J&J is accused in more than...
May 3 2016 // Police in Sioux Falls, S.D., are looking for the vandal who damaged construction equipment to the tune of $400,000. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the vandal was able to turn on a backhoe and tipped over a pickup truck,...
Apr 24 2016 // The state of South Dakota is working on new online flood mapping tools for the Big Sioux River Basin.The Google maps-style program should allow cities, counties, developers and emergency managers to test the flooding...
Apr 22 2016 // A woman convicted of setting fire to a bar and grill she co-owned in the South Dakota town of Herreid to get insurance money has been granted a new trial.A jury in February found 42-year-old Lori Brandner guilty of arson,...
Apr 18 2016 // A Colorado mining company will pay $10.3 million to the state of South Dakota and the federal government to cover part of environmental cleanup costs at an abandoned gold and silver mine in the northern Black Hills, a...
Apr 7 2016 // The Keystone pipeline will likely remain shut down for the rest of the week while officials investigate an apparent oil spill in southeastern South Dakota.Oil covered a 300-square-foot area in a farm field ditch 4 miles...
Apr 4 2016 // Delaware Bulletin“All Delawareans should have access to quality health care, regardless of their gender identity.” — Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart on prohibiting health insurers from...
Mar 28 2016 // South Dakota insurance companies would get tax credits for donating to private school scholarships under a measure Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into law, providing the financial backing for a school choice program that...
Mar 23 2016 // South Dakota has become the 29th state to implement statewide rules governing the operation of transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft, with news that Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed the ridesharing measure...
Mar 23 2016 // Legislation addressing insurance gaps for commercial rideshare drivers has been signed by South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) reported.House Bill 1091 was approved...
Mar 16 2016 // Federal authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a mink-processing business in Arlington.A team from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Saturday started investigating the...
Mar 10 2016 // A bill that would give insurance companies tax credits for contributions to help lower-income students in South Dakota attend private schools is headed to Gov. Dennis Daugaard after passing through the state...
Feb 8 2016 // A South Dakota woman accused of setting fire to her own bar to get more than $300,000 in insurance money has been convicted of arson.Attorney General Marty Jackley says a jury found Road House Bar and Grill owner Lori...
Feb 8 2016 // A bill introduced in the South Dakota House would clarify state law on when part-time employees injured on the job should also receive workers’ compensation benefits for their other part-time positions.The proposed...
Jan 28 2016 // A bill introduced in the South Dakota House would clarify state law on when part-time employees injured on the job should also receive workers’ compensation benefits for their other part-time positions.The proposed...
Jan 11 2016 // A county official says an elevation change on a highway in South Dakota’s Day County is partly responsible for the high accident rate along that stretch.Day County Emergency Management director Wes Williams calls the...