Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Flood Losses Loom for Some South Dakota Farmers
Jul 14 2014 // Soybean and corn crops are progressing well in South Dakota, agriculture officials said, though farmers in the eastern part of the state could suffer some losses after heavy rains flooded portions of many fields. Gregg...
Flood Damage in South Dakota’s Lincoln County Estimated at $2M
Jul 10 2014 // Officials in Lincoln County estimate recent flood damage to roads and bridges at more than $2 million, and they’re hoping for federal aid. “The damage is massive,” County Emergency Manager Harold...
South Dakota Lawmakers Seek Federal Help for Flooding and Tornado
Jul 7 2014 // South Dakota’s three members of Congress have asked President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster for three counties hit last month by a tornado and flooding. In a letter to the president, Rep. Kristi Noem and...
Indian Activist Widow Files Suit Against New Mexico Doctors
Jun 25 2014 // The widow of Native American activist Russell Means has filed a lawsuit accusing doctors in New Mexico of overlooking his esophageal cancer. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that the lawsuit by Pearl Means in state...
Wellmark Opts Out of South Dakota Health Insurance Marketplace
Jun 23 2014 // The largest private health insurer in South Dakota has opted to not sell plans through the federal marketplace during the open enrollment period that begins in November. Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield says it will...
South Dakota Agency Owner to Fill Vacant House Seat
Jun 18 2014 // South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has appointed Mark Willadsen, owner of Willadsen Insurance Agency in Sioux Falls, to the state House of Representatives. The governor’s office announced that Willadsen, 59, will...
Federal Oil Well Inspections Lag in Dakotas
Jun 17 2014 // Federal oilfield inspectors are hustling to clear a backlog of hundreds of uninspected well sites on public and tribal lands in North Dakota, amid the explosion of drilling activity. The Bureau of Land Management, which...
Hailstorm Pummels Hundreds of Vehicles in South Dakota
Jun 9 2014 // Sioux Falls, S.D., auto body shops are in for a busy summer after a storm that pelted the metro area with pea- to golf ball-size hail, damaging hundreds of vehicles. No injuries were immediately reported from the afternoon...
Weather Service: Straight-Line Wind Damaged South Dakota Manufacturing Facility
Jun 5 2014 // The National Weather Service says a storm that damaged a manufacturing facility in southeastern South Dakota was the result of straight-line wind and not a tornado. The Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan reports that the...
Midwest Hit by Damaging Hail Storms, Tornadoes
Jun 5 2014 // Baseball-sized hail pummeled homes and cars in Nebraska and Iowa on June 2 as powerful thunderstorms moved through a swath of Midwest states, also causing severe flooding and prompting reports of tornadoes. The National...
Dr. Phil Show Appearance Lands South Dakota Woman in Prison
May 27 2014 // An appearance on the Dr. Phil television show has cost a South Dakota woman her freedom. Mandi Jackson, 38, was on probation for forging checks from a Rapid City cosmetology school and defrauding an insurance company when...
South Dakota Judge: No Dismissal of $1.2B ‘Pink Slime’ Defamation Suit
Mar 31 2014 // A South Dakota judge has refused to throw out a defamation lawsuit against ABC related to its coverage of a meat product called lean, finely textured beef, which critics have dubbed “pink slime.” Beef Products...
South Dakota Legislature Approves Texting While Driving Ban
Mar 24 2014 // After years of debate on the issue, the South Dakota Legislature has finally approved a statewide ban on texting while driving. The state House voted 52-18 in favor of the measure and senators approved it by a 28-7...
South Dakota Robocall Scam Falsely Using Houston Insurance Firm’s ID
Mar 21 2014 // An automated phone message reaching South Dakota residents has been prompting MasterCard customers to enter their card numbers in the dial pad. The South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns consumers that this...
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Flood-Control Project Nearly Complete
Mar 13 2014 // Sioux Falls, S.D., officials can almost see the finish line in a flood-control upgrade project that has lasted nearly 15 years. But the work construction crews are completing in the city’s west side was not part of...
South Dakota Flood-Control Project Nearly Complete
Mar 10 2014 // Sioux Falls, S.D. officials can almost see the finish line in a flood-control upgrade project that has lasted nearly 15 years. But the work construction crews are completing in the city’s west side was not part of...
Fatalities on South Dakota Highways Higher Compared to 2013
Feb 27 2014 // Fatalities in car wrecks on South Dakota highways so far this year have almost doubled compared to the same period in 2013. The state’s Department of Public Safety says 24 people have died in crashes in 2014. The...
South Dakota Bill Calls for Amusement Ride Regulation
Feb 26 2014 // The president of the Thunder Road attractions is behind a bill to further regulate amusement rides in South Dakota. Organization president and Republican Sen. Al Novstrup of Aberdeen co-sponsored the measure. The South...
The Main Street America Group Expands Main Line BOP Policy to South Dakota
Feb 20 2014 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its flagship Main Line Business Owners Policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super-regional property/casualty...
Bill Would Regulate South Dakota Insurance Exchange Navigators
Feb 10 2014 // The navigators who help uninsured people sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul would be regulated under a bill in the South Dakota Legislature. The sponsor, Sen. Al Novstrup,...
