Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Dakota Court : Hospitals Don’t Have to Turn Over Doctor Performance Documents
Oct 28 2016 // South Dakota’s Supreme Court says hospitals don’t have to turn over documents related to doctor performance even when there’s evidence they committed fraud against patients. The high court in a Wednesday...
South Dakota Senator Requests Federal Aid for Ranchers Impacted by Fire
Oct 19 2016 // U.S. Sen. John Thune is requesting federal disaster aid for ranchers affected by a large prairie fire in western South Dakota that has destroyed buildings and killed livestock. Thune wrote to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom...
Record Construction Pace in South Dakota’s Sioux Falls Not Easing
Oct 11 2016 // The record pace of construction in Sioux Falls isn’t letting up. The Argus Leader reported that the city has permitted $573.4 million in construction through September, up from $546 million over the same period last...
Former South Dakota Police Chief Found Guilty in Murder-for-Insurance Case
Sep 28 2016 // A Gregory County jury on Sept. 26 found a former South Dakota police chief guilty of first degree murder in the death of his pregnant fiancee in 2009. Prosecutors accused Russell Bertram, 64, of killing 26-year-old Leonila...
Flood Estimates Rise in Minnesota; South Dakota Storms Damage 18 Homes
Sep 28 2016 // Estimates of flood damage from last week’s flood are rising in Waseca, Minnesota, officials say, and in neighboring South Dakota weekend storms damaged homes in the Oglala area. In Minnesota, Waseca County’s...
South Dakota Storm-Related Cattle Death Ruling Prompts Insurance Policy Reviews
Sep 13 2016 // Some ranchers are revisiting their insurance policies following a South Dakota Supreme Court ruling that allows a family in Quinn to collect insurance for cattle that drowned during a blizzard in 2013. The unanimous ruling...
Sued Over Injuries from Infected Corneas, South Dakota Eye Bank Denies Fault
Jul 29 2016 // A South Dakota-based eye and tissue bank says it isn’t responsible for injuries caused by infected corneas that were shipped to the Palestinian territories. Two Palestinians are suing the South Dakota Lions Eye and...
South Dakota High Court: Insurer Must Pay for Storm-Drowned Cattle
Jul 22 2016 // The South Dakota Supreme Court says a Quinn family should collect insurance for cattle that drowned during the autumn 2013 blizzard that devastated western South Dakota ranchers. The high court in an opinion released July...
South Dakota Tornado Had Estimated Wind Speeds Up to 125 MPH
Jun 16 2016 // A tornado that damaged homes and other buildings near the southwestern South Dakota community of Hermosa had estimated wind speeds of up to 125 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The agency has rated the...
South Dakota Reminds Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers of Policy Filing Changes
May 26 2016 // The South Dakota Division of Insurance has issued a bulletin to surplus lines insurance brokers of changes in store for the filing of surplus lines policies. The changes are due to the wind down of the Nonadmitted...
3 Tornadoes Reported in South Dakota
May 24 2016 // Severe storms that crossed South Dakota led to reports of at least three tornadoes, including one that caused damage. The National Weather Service says a tornado in Tripp County on Sunday evening prompted reports of downed...
South Dakota Lawyer Says Auto Insurer Misled Him about Policy
May 23 2016 // The former lawyer for a car crash victim accused an auto insurance company of hiding a $1 million policy that could have paid for his client’s medical bills during testimony in court. Attorney Jeff Cole testified in...
South Dakota City Set to Observe Tornado Anniversary
May 9 2016 // A full day of activities is planned in Delmont, S.D. on Tuesday to observe the one-year anniversary of the tornado that damaged the city. On the morning of May 10, 2015, an EF-2 tornado struck the city and damaged or...
J&J Faces 1K More Talc-Cancer Suits After Verdict for South Dakota Woman
May 4 2016 // Johnson & Johnson must pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the company’s talcum powder in the second such trial loss this year. J&J is accused in more than...
Vandal Causes $400K in Damage at South Dakota Construction Site
May 3 2016 // Police in Sioux Falls, S.D., are looking for the vandal who damaged construction equipment to the tune of $400,000. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the vandal was able to turn on a backhoe and tipped over a pickup truck,...
Flood Mapping Tools to Help Residents in South Dakota’s Big Sioux River Basin
Apr 24 2016 // The state of South Dakota is working on new online flood mapping tools for the Big Sioux River Basin. The Google maps-style program should allow cities, counties, developers and emergency managers to test the flooding...
New Trial Granted for South Dakota Woman in Arson-for-Insurance Case
Apr 22 2016 // A woman convicted of setting fire to a bar and grill she co-owned in the South Dakota town of Herreid to get insurance money has been granted a new trial. A jury in February found 42-year-old Lori Brandner guilty of arson,...
Company to Pay $10.3M for Cleanup of South Dakota Mine
Apr 18 2016 // A Colorado mining company will pay $10.3 million to the state of South Dakota and the federal government to cover part of environmental cleanup costs at an abandoned gold and silver mine in the northern Black Hills, a...
Oil Spill in South Dakota Forces Shut Down of Keystone Pipeline
Apr 7 2016 // The Keystone pipeline will likely remain shut down for the rest of the week while officials investigate an apparent oil spill in southeastern South Dakota. Oil covered a 300-square-foot area in a farm field ditch 4 miles...
Declarations
Apr 4 2016 // Delaware Bulletin “All Delawareans should have access to quality health care, regardless of their gender identity.” — Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart on prohibiting health insurers from...
