All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 10 2014 // The navigators who help uninsured people sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul would be regulated under a bill in the South Dakota Legislature.The sponsor, Sen. Al Novstrup,...
Jan 22 2014 // A South Dakota lawmaker plans to press “send” again and try to persuade his colleagues in the Legislature to join 41 other states and ban texting while driving.Similar measure have failed in recent legislative...
Jan 21 2014 // A South Dakota legislative panel has approved a package aimed at giving people better protection against unfair practices by insurance companies.The proposals were drafted at Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s request after...
Dec 11 2013 // An initiative by South Dakota Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard that was intended to draw 1,000 workers to the state has come up far short.Daugaard announced the New South Dakotans initiative in January 2012 and predicted...
Dec 4 2013 // Workplace fatalities in North Dakota last year totaled 64, up 20 over the year. In South Dakota, workplace fatalities last year totaled 31, unchanged from the previous year.The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says...
Nov 22 2013 // A woman who sued Sanford Medical Center for malpractice for a 2007 surgical procedure that was aborted should not be granted another trial, the South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled.Lisa Lewis sued Sanford after an...
Nov 14 2013 // An auction in Gillette, Wyo. raised $56,000 for ranchers in South Dakota who lost nearly 20,000 head of cattle in a blizzard last month.The Gillette News-Record reported nearly 500 people attended Saturday’s auction...
Nov 11 2013 // A South Dakota farmer is charged in federal court with three counts of filing false crop insurance claims.Fifty-two-year-old Nicholas Berbos has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Trial is scheduled May 13 in Aberdeen. The...
Nov 11 2013 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration allowing 14 South Dakota counties and two American Indian reservations to get federal financial help to recover from the early October blizzard that closed roads,...
Nov 5 2013 // Supporters of a South Dakota ballot measure that would prohibit insurance companies from restricting their customers’ choice of out-of-network health care providers have filed petition signatures seeking a public...
Nov 1 2013 // The hunters tramp through neck-high prairie grass with a pair of golden retrievers named Moe and Buck, flushing out birds in a freezing autumn drizzle.When one flutters from the South Dakota grassland, Dick Schmith, 58,...
Oct 21 2013 // The South Dakota Division of Insurance has provided guidelines on rebating, fees and commissions for licensed producers acting as consultants in the state.Prohibited for Producers Rebating. Negotiating commissions with...
Oct 15 2013 // Western South Dakota ranchers are reeling from the loss of tens of thousands of cattle in the recent early blizzard, and many will be disposing of carcasses in pits that were set to open Oct. 14.Rancher Heath Ferguson said...
Oct 9 2013 // A record-breaking storm that dumped 4 feet of snow in parts of western South Dakota left ranchers dealing with heavy losses, in some cases perhaps up to half their herds, as they assess how many of their cattle died during...
Oct 8 2013 // Due to the passage of SB 61 in the 2013 Legislature, which allows licensed producers to act as consultants, the South Dakota Division of Insurance provided the following guidelines on rebating, fees and commissions.To act...
Sep 17 2013 // Fewer than a quarter of the parents of children in the Sioux Falls, S.D., school district who have received laptop computers have bought insurance, though officials say a change in the policy might prompt more to sign...
Sep 10 2013 // Federal officials announced that Adams Thermal Systems Inc. has agreed to pay more than $1.33 million to resolve criminal penalties and fines in a prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S....
Sep 5 2013 // Recent hail storms on both sides of South Dakota were some of the worst in years, according to meteorologists and insurance officials.A Saturday night storm caused heavy damage to trees, homes and cars in Sioux Falls, and...
Sep 4 2013 // A proposed South Dakota ballot measure would prohibit insurance companies from restricting their customers’ choice of out-of-network health care providers.The proposed law, sponsored by three South Dakota doctors,...
Aug 13 2013 // A long-term care insurance company fined $325,000 by the state of South Dakota is being required to submit a timeline for fixing problems identified during an investigation.The state Division of Insurance examination of...