All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 4 2009 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions.The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Jun 8 2009 // As other states begin passing cell phone laws, South Dakota lawmakers say they won’t be surprised if legislation to ban or limit the use of cellular phones while driving arises again in the next state legislative...
May 26 2009 // South Dakota motorists will hear and feel more bumps on the road this summer. The state Department of Transportation has started putting temporary rumble strips down in construction zones in hopes of cutting down on the...
Mar 27 2009 // The town of Westport, S.D., north of Aberdeen is being flooded by the Elm River and South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed an emergency declaration allowing the use of state resources to help towns and cities respond to...
Mar 25 2009 // GSN Insurance in Madison, South Dakota, only opened its doors on January 5 but already it has a veteran staff, a stable of loyal customers, and a carrier roster that would be the envy of many long-time independent...
Mar 4 2009 // Members of the South Dakota House have killed an attempt to revive a failed bill strengthening the state seat belt law. The House voted 35-33 to defeat an attempt to insert language creating a primary enforcement seat belt...
Mar 2 2009 // A federal judge has signed a preliminary injunction that will allow a Sioux Falls trucking company to keep operating while a court case against it advances, as long as it carries insurance.Action Carrier Inc. was ordered...
Feb 27 2009 // South Dakota could collect more than $5 million in federal money by passing a primary seat belt law, a state lawmaker says.Rep. Rich Engels, D-Hartford, testified on Wednesday for SB79. The House Judiciary Committee will...
Feb 19 2009 // There’s a move afoot in Pierre to change South Dakota’s damage disclosure law for motor vehicles.SB98 would require vehicle titles to contain a statement as to whether the vehicle had been damaged in excess of...
Feb 18 2009 // State transportation officials are immune from a lawsuit filed by a brother of Gov. Mike Rounds over a fatal highway crash, the South Dakota Supreme Court says.The court’s 3-2 decision said the 2004 accident was...
Feb 17 2009 // State transportation officials are immune from a lawsuit filed by a brother of Gov. Mike Rounds over a fatal highway crash, the South Dakota Supreme Court says.The court’s 3-2 decision said the 2004 accident was...
Feb 9 2009 // Question: How many people does it take to support an insurance agency?Answer: At least 1,089. One to run the agency and 1,088 townspeople. The population required to support different businesses varies greatly but...
Jan 6 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a total of more than $240,000 to two South Dakota fire departments.The McIntosh Volunteer Fire Department gets most of the money, over $180,000 for vehicle acquisition....
Nov 10 2008 // A Sioux Falls man has been sent to prison for three years for paying a man to burn down his business in order to collect the insurance money. Chad Michael Blair pleaded guilty to conspiracy in May for the 2006 arson of...
Oct 31 2008 // South Dakota officials have announced that the state now has four teams of emergency specialists to help communities respond to disasters. Gov. Mike Rounds says 41 people volunteered to be on the Incident Management...
Oct 31 2008 // The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a circuit judge’s decision to grant a new trial in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Huron doctor. The lawsuit arose out of complications suffered by Lillian Glanzer...
Oct 6 2008 // Midwestern reaction to a proposed bail out of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has been varied.In Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is not happy about the Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to provide an $85...
Sep 22 2008 // Officials of the Wakpa Sica (WAHK’-pah SEECH’-uh) Reconciliation Place on the outskirts of Fort Pierre, South Dakota will spend this fall and winter repairing teepees that were damaged by a summer storm.Hail,...
Sep 19 2008 // Midwestern reaction to the bail out of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) varies by regions and officials.In Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is not happy about the Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to...
Sep 12 2008 // Balancing the need to drive and the need for safety is a tough call for South Dakota lawmakers, says state Rep. Garry Moore. But he says a call to raise the minimum age for driver’s licenses has never been warmly...