All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 29 2015 // A major winter storm impacting the central U.S. is not expected to cause major problems in the Dakotas, but it’s likely to add to what already has been a busy year for snow removal in South Dakota’s largest...
Nov 23 2015 // A South Dakota rancher has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 that left ranchers in the state reeling with financial losses.Karl...
Nov 20 2015 // Regional health system Avera Health is buying the DAKOTACARE health insurance company, creating what it says will be the second-largest health insurer in South Dakota.The two Sioux Falls-based companies announced their...
Oct 21 2015 // City leaders in Spearfish, S.D., are set to open a $5.8 million facility built to replace a city-owned call center that collapsed during a blizzard two years ago.The Atlas Building, funded by insurance money, is...
Oct 5 2015 // Michael K. Tveidt is the recipient of The Matt Wells Scholarship for The National Alliance Producer School on October 4-16 in Grapevine, Texas. Tveidt is with Fischer Rounds & Associates, in Sioux Falls, S.D.Selected...
Sep 21 2015 // Seven ethanol tanker cars derailed and at least one caught fire Saturday in southeastern South Dakota, according to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The company said no one was hurt.The 98-car train carrying ethanol...
Aug 12 2015 // Homeowners in South Dakota’s largest city might soon get a break on their insurance bills.The Insurance Services Office that scores about 48,000 fire departments nationwide is upgrading Sioux Falls’ public...
Aug 3 2015 // Ag producers across South Dakota will now be able to insure their winter wheat crop for 2016. State Agriculture Secretary Lucas Lentsch says the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently decided to expand crop insurance...
Aug 3 2015 // Rapid City, S.D., officials are considering requiring homebuilders to test soil conditions at building sites after homeowners complained of severe damage caused by expansive soils.The Rapid City Journal reports the...
Jul 27 2015 // Rapid City, S.D., officials are considering requiring homebuilders to test soil conditions at building sites after homeowners complained of severe damage caused by expansive soils.The Rapid City Journal reports the...
Jul 20 2015 // South Dakota organizations aiming to aid residents of the tornado-ravaged town of Delmont are encouraging those affected to utilize all the resources available to them.Scott Swier of the Swier Law Firm in Avon and Jesse...
Jul 15 2015 // Spearfish, S.D., residents who sued the city over sewer backups have settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money.Members of eight households in a five-block area in late 2013 filed a lawsuit that was scheduled...
Jul 8 2015 // A North Dakota man was killed while working at an asphalt production plant in central South Dakota. Sully County Sherriff Bill Stahl told KCCR radio that 66-year-old Jerold Walth of Wishek, North Dakota, was performing...
Jul 2 2015 // A rodeo for 4-H members scheduled for this weekend in northeastern South Dakota is in jeopardy because organizers have not submitted proof of insurance to local officials.The Aberdeen American News reports Brown County...
Jun 15 2015 // The indictment of a South Dakota man for falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 could be the first such case from the storm, which devastated ranchers in the western part of...
Jun 12 2015 // The family of a woman who died after a series of surgeries has named Lt. Gov. Matt Michels in his role as an attorney for Avera Health as a defendant in a federal lawsuit.Michels tells the Argus Leader that attorney-client...
Jun 9 2015 // The South Dakota Supreme Court says a man who broke his ankle running away from a co-worker on whom he had played a prank at a construction site is entitled to workers’ compensation.In Jason Petrik v. JJ Concrete,...
Jun 5 2015 // South Dakota insurance regulators and two insurance groups have reached a settlement that will result in a $750,000 total penalty against the companies.The state’s Division of Insurance announced the settlement with...
Jun 2 2015 // Slower economic growth is likely through the end of the third quarter this year for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report issued on June 1.The survey report says the overall Mid-America Business...
May 29 2015 // Gov. Dennis Daugaard has requested a presidential disaster declaration to help South Dakotans whose homes and businesses were damaged by the severe storm and tornado May 10 in Douglas and Charles Mix counties. The tornado...