Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Dakota Must Shift Some Federal Money for Roads
Feb 6 2013 // South Dakota will divert some federal highway money to safety issues because the state falls short of national standards when it comes to drunken driving laws. The state expects to receive $240 million in federal money...
South Dakota House Passes Bill on Arming Teachers
Feb 1 2013 // A bill that would allow school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns was approved by the South Dakota House after supporters said it could make would-be attackers think twice about entering a school...
Study Says South Dakota Agriculture Has $21B Impact
Jan 25 2013 // An associate professor at South Dakota State University says agriculture and related industries had a $21.4 billion impact on South Dakota’s economy in 2010. Gary Taylor, an associate professor of economics, says the...
South Dakota Tree Farms Agree to Pay $170K in Insurance Fraud Case
Jan 14 2013 // The owners of two South Dakota tree farms linked to a Federal Crop Insurance Program fraud case have agreed to pay the federal government $170,000 to settle the case. The payment settled allegations Black Hills Tree Farm...
South Dakota Cheese Company Settles Discrimination Charge
Dec 21 2012 // A South Dakota cheese making company has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a sex discrimination charge. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Milbank-based Valley Queen Cheese Factory has agreed to pay the...
Slight Uptick in South Dakota Highway Fatalities
Dec 17 2012 // Highway fatalities in South Dakota are up slightly this year after a 20 percent drop in 2011, state Department of Public Safety officials say. So far in 2012, 125 people have died in automobile accidents, department...
Midwest Economic Index Rises Slightly
Dec 4 2012 // A monthly economic index report suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months for nine Midwest and Plains states. The Mid-America Business Conditions index rose slightly in November to a weak...
South Dakota Burn Victim Sues Nebraska County, Village
Nov 1 2012 // A South Dakota man who was burned in a controlled grass fire in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay is suing local authorities for negligence. Bryan Bluebird, of Pine Ridge, says authorities failed to spot him lying in a...
South Dakota Officials Urge Residents to Reassess Flood Damage
Oct 15 2012 // State emergency officials say that South Dakotans who registered with FEMA in 2011 for damage caused by Missouri River flooding may be eligible for additional assistance if further damage has been discovered. Residents of...
Declarations – Midwest
Oct 8 2012 // Cover the Dog “We believe that policyholders will benefit from having an independent agent review their insurance coverages to ensure they have adequate protection against the alarming increase in lawsuits over bites...
South Dakota’s Northern Plains Insurance Declared Insolvent, in Liquidation
Oct 8 2012 // A Watertown, S.D., insurance company has been placed into litigation by state insurance regulators. A liquidation order issued by the South Dakota Division of Insurance for Northern Plains Insurance Co. was approved on...
South Dakota Town Hit Hard by Fires; Damage Costs Top $1.3M
Oct 5 2012 // As Stephanie Bowers sifted through the charred remains of her mother’s books, she paused and cried. Bowers’ mother, Cheryl Roop, 59, died in a trailer home fire in Mitchell, S.C. early on Sept. 29. Now living...
South Dakota Will Not Run its Own Health Insurance Exchange
Sep 28 2012 // South Dakota will not set up its own health insurance exchange, instead deferring to the federal government to operate and pay for a key component required by the federal health care overhaul, Gov. Dennis Daugaard...
Planned USD Student Center Upgrade Sparks Copyright Lawsuit
Sep 25 2012 // A Massachusetts architectural firm has sued a competitor in South Dakota, accusing it of using the firm’s copyrighted designs in a planned upgrade to the University of South Dakota’s student center. Charles...
South Dakota’s Northern Plains Insurance Declared Insolvent
Sep 24 2012 // A Watertown, S.D., insurance company has been placed into liquidation by state insurance regulators. A liquidation order issued by the South Dakota Division of Insurance for Northern Plains Insurance Co. was approved on...
ABC News Sued for Defamation Over ‘Pink Slime’ Reports
Sep 13 2012 // ABC News was hit with a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit on Thursday by a South Dakota meat processor that accused it of misleading viewers into believing that a product that critics have dubbed “pink slime” was...
South Dakota’s Biggest City Bans Texting While Driving
Sep 6 2012 // South Dakota’s biggest city has banned texting while driving. The Sioux Falls City Council voted to make sending and receiving electronic messages while operating a vehicle a crime within city limits. The ordinance...
Drought, Low Export Demand Sap Midwest Economy
Sep 5 2012 // An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday. The...
Texting South Dakota Driver Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter
Aug 15 2012 // A 21-year-old man accused of fatally injuring a motorcyclist while he was speeding and texting has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges. Brent O’Neal was indicted by a grand jury on the traffic violations and...
Texting Driver in South Dakota Charged with Manslaughter
Jul 30 2012 // A man accused of fatally injuring a motorcyclist while he was speeding and texting is facing manslaughter charges in a case that could fuel efforts to ban texting while driving in South Dakota’s largest...
