All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Mar 20 2015 // More than 400 homeowners whose property lies along the Missouri River in southeast South Dakota could end up paying a $50 surcharge on their flood insurance if officials in Union County do not meet a federal deadline to...
Mar 16 2015 // Federal transportation regulators have ordered a South Dakota trucking company and its owner to stop all commercial operations.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has deemed commercial driver Lonnie Roth and...
Mar 2 2015 // Thirteen Spearfish, S.D., residents have sued the city over years of sewer backups.Plaintiffs say in their lawsuit that they have suffered through a series of sewer backups stretching back to 2008, leading to stinky,...
Feb 17 2015 // The mood in the community of Lennox, S.D., is somber and likely will remain that way for a while, as residents prepare for the funeral of a man killed in a workplace shooting.The funeral for Jon Richter, 45, is scheduled...
Feb 17 2015 // A recent slide in oil prices is leading to fewer jobs in the western North Dakota oil patch, but officials there and in northwestern South Dakota say the regional industry is resilient and will ride out the slump.Openings...
Feb 4 2015 // Jennifer Eastman already was in anguish when she went to the hospital on Jan. 4, 2013, to have the dead fetus she was carrying removed from her uterus.The procedure and the loss of a child were bad enough. But it got...
Jan 30 2015 // State lawmakers want to make bicycling safer in South Dakota, but they’re having trouble figuring out how exactly to do it.The House Transportation Committee on Jan. 27 for the second time was unable to reach a...
Jan 26 2015 // Hays Companies announced that Steve Topel has joined its Chicago operations as president of property and casualty.Topel joins Hays Companies with extensive leadership experience. He served as the president and chief sales...
Jan 12 2015 // South Dakota Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman announced that Larry Deiter has been named the new director of the Division of Insurance.As director, Deiter will continue to be active at the national level in...
Dec 8 2014 // South Dakota Insurance Director Merle Scheiber plans to step down from his post on Dec. 29. He has been insurance director since 2005. Larry Deiter, currently the division’s assistant director of property and...