All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2018 // A series of human errors led to a BNSF Railway train striking and killing two railroad workers in South Dakota last year, federal investigators said.The National Transportation Safety Board released its report on Sept. 6...
Aug 20 2018 // A newspaper says the total number of traffic fatalities for this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota may be higher than the state’s official count of four. The Rapid City Journal counted at least...
Aug 14 2018 // A newspaper says the total number of traffic fatalities for this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota may be higher than the state’s official count of four. The Rapid City Journal counted at least...
Aug 6 2018 // Following its placement into liquidation by the South Dakota Division of Insurance in late June, the Texas Department of Insurance removed ReliaMax Surety Co. from the list of eligible surplus lines insurers in Texas, the...
Aug 6 2018 // ReliaMax Surety Co. has been placed into liquidation by the South Dakota Division of Insurance.The South Dakota DOI petitioned the Hughes County Circuit Court on June 12, 2018, to place ReliaMax into liquidation due to...
Jul 26 2018 // Recent hail damage to public buildings in Deadwood, South Dakota, is expected to exceed $2 million.Transportation and Facilities Director Tom Kruzel says a $1.8 million damage estimate involves only the 45 public...
Jul 26 2018 // Following its placement into liquidation by the South Dakota Division of Insurance in late June, the Texas Department of Insurance removed ReliaMax Surety Co. from the list of eligible surplus lines insurers in Texas, the...
Jul 26 2018 // ReliaMax Surety Co. has been placed into liquidation by the South Dakota Division of Insurance.The South Dakota DOI petitioned the Hughes County Circuit Court on June 12, 2018, to place ReliaMax into liquidation due to...
Jul 23 2018 // The Sioux Falls company that was remodeling the Copper Lounge building when it collapsed in December 2016 has filed for bankruptcy protection.The Argus Leader reports Hultgren Construction’s Chapter 11 filing will...
Jul 5 2018 // An RV dealership in western South Dakota says a recent hail storm damaged about 500 trailers and motorhomes, resulting in millions of dollars in damages.The Rapid City Journal reports the storm produced hailstones ranging...
Jul 3 2018 // Business remains strong in nine Midwest and Plains states, but a new monthly survey suggests growth is slowing as concerns about trade and tariffs increase.The region’s overall economic index decreased to 61.8 in...
Jul 2 2018 // A Missouri appeals court on June 29 threw out a $55 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after using its talc-based products, including...
May 30 2018 // This year is shaping up to be a deadly one for drivers on South Dakota’s roadways. The Rapid City Journal reports that there have been 42 motor vehicle fatalities in the state so far in 2018, a 60 percent increase...
May 23 2018 // The future of a central South Dakota movie theater is uncertain after lightning struck the facility, according to its owners.A digital projector, server and computer components were damaged last month at the Lyric Theatre...
May 10 2018 // A fire on May 8 at a South Dakota ammunition plant where more than 2 million rounds of ammunition were stored, destroyed the facility and prompted evacuations because of initial fears of exploding bullets.The blaze was...
Apr 17 2018 // A Brookings County, South Dakota, jury has awarded a girl more than $34,000 after she was attacked by a dog that had been declared vicious by county authorities twice before.The Argus Leader reports the award consists of...
Mar 18 2018 // The South Dakota Office of Highway Safety says the number of traffic fatalities in the state continues to be among the lowest in the nation despite a spike in accidents near the end of 2017. Highway Safety Director Lee...
Mar 16 2018 // A woman who survived beneath rubble for hours after a 2016 building collapse in Sioux Falls is suing the developer and construction company.Emily Fodness was sleeping in an apartment above the Copper Lounge in December...
Feb 27 2018 // Another lawsuit has been filed over a duplex explosion that killed four people on the Pine Ridge reservation. The lawsuit filed in Oglala Lakota County Court this month on behalf of 13 plaintiffs names Nebraska-based...
Feb 23 2018 // The federal government issued a recall of chicken salad made by an Iowa processing company and distributed by Fareway Stores which has now sickened more than 100 people in five states and prompted lawsuits in Illinois,...