All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
May 22 2015 // More than 400 homeowners whose property lies along the Missouri River in southeast South Dakota are no longer facing a potential surcharge on their flood insurance.The Federal Emergency Management Agency had threated to...
May 21 2015 // South Dakota and federal officials this week were assessing tornado damage to homes and businesses in Charles Mix and Douglas counties, including the town of Delmont.Officials say the preliminary assessment is the first...
May 19 2015 // An eastern South Dakota farm with 1.3 million egg-laying chickens is the first in the chicken-production business in the state to be infected with a deadly flu virus despite efforts to prevent it, state and farm officials...
May 14 2015 // Officials have confirmed damage to 84 structures from the tornado that ripped through the southeastern South Dakota town of Delmont on May 10.State Public Safety spokesman Tony Mangan says six of the structures were in...
May 12 2015 // Residents of the tornado-ravaged Iowa and South Dakota towns are beginning to assess property damage after twisters hit on Sunday.In South Dakota, the Tripp-Delmont School District called off classes on May 11 because...
May 12 2015 // Emergency responders on May 11 searched through wreckage in parts of the states of Texas and Arkansas after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities, killing at least five people, including a young couple...
May 4 2015 // South Dakotans wanting to get copies of car crash reports can now find those records online.The state Department of Public safety says the new online system for state-reportable crash records has gone live. The new system...
Apr 16 2015 // The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says there has been a significant bump in the number of drivers who die because they crash while not wearing a seat belt this year.Public Safety Department Secretary Trevor...
Apr 1 2015 // A low-clearance railroad bridge in Pierre, S.D., continues to win battles with semitrailers that seem drawn to it like a magnet.The latest truck to crash into the problematic bridge over South Pierre Street didn’t...
Mar 25 2015 // A low-clearance railroad bridge in Pierre, S.D., continues to win battles with semitrailers that seem drawn to it like a magnet.The latest truck to crash into the problematic bridge over South Pierre Street didn’t...