Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Dakota Prankster Entitled to Workers’ Comp: Court
Jun 9 2015 // The South Dakota Supreme Court says a man who broke his ankle running away from a co-worker on whom he had played a prank at a construction site is entitled to workers’ compensation. In Jason Petrik v. JJ Concrete,...
Farmers and Foremost to Pay South Dakota $750K after Probe
Jun 5 2015 // South Dakota insurance regulators and two insurance groups have reached a settlement that will result in a $750,000 total penalty against the companies. The state’s Division of Insurance announced the settlement with...
Economic Report Suggests Slower Growth in Midwest
Jun 2 2015 // Slower economic growth is likely through the end of the third quarter this year for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report issued on June 1. The survey report says the overall Mid-America Business...
South Dakota Requests Disaster Declaration for Delmont Tornado
May 29 2015 // Gov. Dennis Daugaard has requested a presidential disaster declaration to help South Dakotans whose homes and businesses were damaged by the severe storm and tornado May 10 in Douglas and Charles Mix counties. The tornado...
Homeowners in a South Dakota County Won’t See Flood Insurance Surcharge
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...
South Dakota Officials Assess Delmont-Area Tornado Damage
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...
South Dakota Egg-Laying Chicken Farm Hit with Bird Flu
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...
South Dakota Tornado Damaged 84 Structures
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...
Iowa, South Dakota Towns Assessing Tornado Damage
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...
5 Dead After Twisters Hit Texas, Arkansas
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...
Car Crash Records Now Available Online in South Dakota
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...
South Dakota Sees Uptick in Un-Belted Driver Deaths
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...
South Dakota Bridge Wins Again; ‘Bridge 29, Trucks 0’
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...
Another Truck Crashes into Problematic South Dakota Bridge
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...
FEMA to South Dakota County: Submit Flood Insurance Records
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...
South Dakota Trucking Company Ordered Off the Road
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...
Years of Sewer Backups in South Dakota Town Prompt Lawsuits
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,...
South Dakota Workplace Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 2 Injured
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...
North Dakota Officials Stress Job Resiliency in Oil Industry
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...
Lawyers Scarce for Medical Malpractice Victims in South Dakota
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...
