Latest South Dakota Headlines
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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,...
Texting While Driving Ban Goal of South Dakota Lawmaker
Jan 22 2014 // A South Dakota lawmaker plans to press “send” again and try to persuade his colleagues in the Legislature to join 41 other states and ban texting while driving. Similar measure have failed in recent legislative...
South Dakota Panel Endorses Insurance Bills Aimed at Consumer Protection
Jan 21 2014 // A South Dakota legislative panel has approved a package aimed at giving people better protection against unfair practices by insurance companies. The proposals were drafted at Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s request after...
Job Development, Worker Recruitment Initiative in South Dakota Falls Short
Dec 11 2013 // An initiative by South Dakota Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard that was intended to draw 1,000 workers to the state has come up far short. Daugaard announced the New South Dakotans initiative in January 2012 and predicted...
Workplace Fatalities Up in North Dakota, Stay the Same in South Dakota
Dec 4 2013 // Workplace fatalities in North Dakota last year totaled 64, up 20 over the year. In South Dakota, workplace fatalities last year totaled 31, unchanged from the previous year. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says...
South Dakota Supreme Court Says No to New Malpractice Trial
Nov 22 2013 // A woman who sued Sanford Medical Center for malpractice for a 2007 surgical procedure that was aborted should not be granted another trial, the South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled. Lisa Lewis sued Sanford after an...
