Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Denies Class Action Status in South Dakota Med Mal Lawsuit
Mar 4 2011 // A federal judge has refused to expand a lawsuit beyond the seven people who are suing a South Dakota urology clinic and its owners. The plaintiffs sought to make it a class action suit representing more than 6,000...
South Dakota Senate Panel Rejects Subrogation Bill
Feb 27 2011 // A measure aimed at changing South Dakota’s insurance law to give some injured people a better chance of receiving full compensation for their losses has been rejected by a state Senate committee. However, one of the...
Accidents Shine Spotlight on Grain Elevators
Feb 9 2011 // Recent high-profile accident cases have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. Speakers at the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association annual meeting in Fargo talked about a range of financial perils elevators must...
Agriculture, Energy Help Bolster Mid-America States Economy
Feb 2 2011 // The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb....
ND, SD Auto Insurance Premiums Among Lowest
Jan 6 2011 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says auto insurance premiums paid by drivers in the Dakotas remain among the lowest in the nation. Hamm cites a new report issued by the National Association of Insurance...
Group Says Canadian Firm Unprepared for Spill Response in Midwest
Dec 1 2010 // A lack of equipment and personnel has left TransCanada unprepared to deal with a major spill of crude oil on its Keystone pipeline system, according to a report by a nonprofit environmental group. The 60-page report from...
South Dakota Unemployment Rate Improving
Nov 23 2010 // The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports South Dakota’s preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October 2010 was 4.5 percent, a slight increase from the September 2010 rate of 4.4 percent. “The...
Fewer Properties Expected in Flood Plain With South Dakota Project
Sep 20 2010 // A flood-control project in the works for more than 20 years should be completed next year, removing 1,500 properties from Sioux Falls, S.D.’s flood plain, a city official said. Once the flood-control measures are in...
New South Dakota Flood-Control Project to Protect Properties
Sep 7 2010 // A flood-control project in the works for more than 20 years should be completed next year, removing 1,500 properties from Sioux Falls’ flood plain, a city official said. Once the flood-control measures are in place,...
$245K Settlement Reached in South Dakota Mine Spat
Aug 19 2010 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that a South Dakota couple filed against the U.S. Forest Service over two disabled gold mines in the Black Hills. Arron and Judy Marston said the Forest Service illegally...
Midwest Economy: North Dakota Tops Region in Job Growth
Aug 3 2010 // 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...
Mid-America Business Conditions Index at Highest Level in Four Years
Jun 1 2010 // The May Business Conditions Index for the Mid-America region advanced for a sixth straight month, pointing to a growing economy in the months ahead, according to the May Business Conditions survey of supply managers in the...
Real Benefits Assoc. Told to Stop Selling Insurance in South Dakota
May 20 2010 // South Dakota Insurance Division Director Merle Scheiber has ordered a company offering medical benefits insurance plans in the state to stop the practice. A temporary cease and desist order has been issued against Real...
Convicted Kidnapper of South Dakota Insurance Executive Sues Insurer
Apr 22 2010 // Eric Castaneira, who went to prison in for kidnapping an executive at South Dakota-based Midland National Life Insurance Co. in 1991, has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $500,000 from the company, plus punitive damages...
South Dakota Governor Vetoes Subrogation Bill
Apr 5 2010 // South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds vetoed a bill that supporters said would have changed South Dakota insurance law to help give injured people a better chance of receiving compensation for their losses. The Associated Press...
South Dakota Governor Vetoes Insurance Bill
Mar 26 2010 // South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has vetoed legislation that would have prohibited insurers from recovering funds from liable parties and would have unfairly and unnecessarily increased insurance costs for South Dakotans...
South Dakota: Insured Drivers Covered Even If Struck When Pedestrians
Mar 26 2010 // South Dakota Division of Insurance Director Merle Scheiber is warning property/casualty insurers that auto policy forms that restrict the types of motor vehicles for which coverage may apply when an insured is struck as a...
Insurer Group Wants South Dakota Governor to Veto Subrogation Bill
Mar 17 2010 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has requested that South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds veto Senate Bill 169, which PCI says will increase litigation costs and cause higher insurance premiums for...
South Dakota Bills Favor Plaintiff Attorneys over Consumers
Feb 16 2010 // Two bills expected to be heard this week by the South Dakota legislature would favor attorney interests over consumers by changing important policies that control consumers’ insurance costs, according to the Property...
Extensions Available for Crop Insurance Deadlines in South Dakota
Nov 16 2009 // The South Dakota Agriculture Department says wet conditions have delayed what looks like a near-record harvest for many South Dakota farmers and raised concerns about a Dec. 10 harvest deadline for crop insurance. In a...
