All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2020 // South Dakota’s governor on April 27 said she hopes Smithfield’s Sioux Falls pork processing plant can reopen soon, a day after U.S. labor regulators urged the meat industry to adopt certain measures to prevent...
Apr 17 2020 // The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in South Dakota has surpassed 1,100 and more than half of those cases have some connection to the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls.Health...
Apr 14 2020 // Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, until further notice after hundreds of employees tested positive for the coronavirus — a step...
Apr 8 2020 // As mayors, nurses and doctors across South Dakota urged Gov. Kristi Noem to take action to restrict daily activity, the Republican governor on April 6 dialed up the pressure on businesses and people to curb the spread of...
Mar 19 2020 // South Dakota officials have announced the state will receive $3.4 million in a settlement with the company that used to provide its 911 call system. After a series of alleged 911 call failures, the state decided to switch...
Mar 10 2020 // Southeastern South Dakota is only one heavy rain or snow storm away from major flooding this spring.While Sioux Falls got a fraction of snow during February, there’s still an elevated risk of flooding. City, county...
Mar 5 2020 // A bill passed by the South Dakota Legislature bans the use of smartphones and other electronic communication devices while driving, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) reported.The APCIA supports...
Feb 24 2020 // Jacob William Dahl was a 19-year-old Northern State University student when he was killed after running into the back of a soybean truck while looking at his cellphone.Dahl, a 2013 graduate of Castlewood High School, was...
Feb 19 2020 // Four downtown businesses in a small southwestern South Dakota community have been lost in a fire, according to the city’s mayor.The Vault restaurant, China Buffet, the Quilt Shop and an ice cream shop were burned in...
Jan 31 2020 // Public safety officials say South Dakota may have recorded its lowest number of traffic deaths in state history.So far, 102 traffic fatalities have been recorded for 2019, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety said....
Jan 17 2020 // Townships in South Dakota are facing economic difficulties as 2019 flood repair costs mount.Townships primarily depend on their taxpayers for funds to repair more than 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) of roads while they...
Jan 14 2020 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Co....
Jan 14 2020 // A school district in South Dakota has agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a sexual discrimination lawsuit brought by a former honor student who said her high school principal punished her for using a phrase her male peers used...
Jan 2 2020 // Three people were hurt in an explosion at a South Dakota petroleum distributor on Dec. 30, the company’s co-owner said.The explosion happened around 2 p.m. in the truck maintenance shop of Harms Oil just west of...
Dec 18 2019 // A construction company was sentenced to a year of probation in the death of a worker during a 2016 building collapse in downtown Sioux Falls.U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier ordered Hultgren Construction to serve a year...
Dec 2 2019 // South Dakota has lost an appeal for federal funding to rebuild from tornadoes and floods that hit six counties in August.The Federal Emergency Management Agency ruled that the damage was not severe enough to qualify for...
Nov 19 2019 // A South Dakota neurosurgeon made millions of dollars by performing unnecessary and dangerous surgeries, including one that left a patient partially paralyzed, federal prosecutors contend in a lawsuit against the doctor.Dr....
Nov 1 2019 // TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in northeastern North Dakota, state regulators said Thursday.Crews on Tuesday, Oct. 29 shut down the pipeline that carries...
Nov 1 2019 // South Dakota-based Sanford Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems, has agreed to pay more than $20 million to resolve kickback allegations stemming from a whistleblower lawsuit filed by two Sanford...
Nov 1 2019 // Gov. Kristi Noem is requesting a presidential disaster declaration for the damage caused by tornadoes and floods that struck southeastern South Dakota in September.Noem made her request in a letter to President Donald...