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Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year. For abortion-seekers [Read More…]
Minnesota prepares to be abortion destination if Roe falls
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota could become a destination for abortion services for women from other states if the U.S. Supreme Court throws out the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and the state’s abortion providers [Read More…]
South Dakota readies for state-lines abortion access fight
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s anti-abortion lawmakers and the state’s only abortion provider are poised to turn their fight to accessing abortion over state lines if the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on a [Read More…]
SD pot legalization campaign submits signatures for ballot
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota on Tuesday submitted petition signatures to the secretary of state, saying they were confident they had collected enough to place the initiative [Read More…]
Attorney General’s office deems shooting involving law enforcement justified
PIERRE, S.D. – The Office of the Attorney General and the Division of Criminal Investigation has released the summary into the shooting of 41 year old Ryan John Waldner of Spencer on March 19, in [Read More…]
667K Minnesota workers to get pandemic ‘hero pay’ bonuses
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some 667,000 Minnesota workers who were on the front lines of the pandemic can expect to claim their $750 bonus checks in 10 to 12 weeks, state officials said Monday. [Read More…]
South Dakota ethics board grinds forward on Noem complaints
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota ethics board on Monday moved to hire an outside attorney as it considers a pair of ethics complaints against Gov. Kristi Noem, delaying its decision on whether [Read More…]
Elite Eight Academic Award Winners
The recipients of the KORN News Radio/Q107.3/KORN Country 92.1 Elite 8 Academic Award presented by Poet have been announced. The eight boys and eight girls along with an edited narrative are listed below in alphabetical [Read More…]
Rapid City police: Altercation over debt turns deadly
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — An altercation over a debt has turned deadly in Rapid City, according to police. Officers responded to an alley about 8:30 p.m. Friday where they found a man with a [Read More…]
Woman given 8 years in Porcupine teen’s overdose death
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a woman to eight years in prison for providing the fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a 16-year-old Porcupine boy. Tarriah Provost, 24, earlier [Read More…]
Air Force preparing Ellsworth air show after 7-year hiatus
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Military officials are preparing to put on an air show at Ellsworth Air Force Base for the first time in seven years. The Rapid City Journal reported Friday that the Ellsworth [Read More…]
Prosecutors weigh death penalty in shooting that killed 3
TYNDALL, S.D. (AP) — Prosecutors are weighing whether to pursue the death penalty for a Scotland man if he’s convicted of shooting five people, including three fatally, in Bon Homme County. Francis Lange, 42, is [Read More…]
Iowa lawmakers OK bill mandating sale of E15 at gas stations
s DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa would become the first state in the nation to require that gas stations have pumps selling fuel with at least 15% ethanol under a bill that received final [Read More…]
Hy-Vee seeks to move corporate workers to retail
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hy-Vee will ask up to 500 of its employees to move from corporate-level jobs to retail positions at its stores, it said in a public statement. The move comes [Read More…]
Man who drove drunk in fatal crash given 6 years in prison
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man has been ordered to serve six years in prison for a 2021 New Year’s Day crash that killed a South Dakota woman. Kenyon Eagle, 20, pleaded guilty in [Read More…]
Wagner woman pleads guilty in connection with son’s death
LAKE ANDES, S.D. (AP) — A Wagner woman has pleaded guilty to felony child abuse in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son. Twenty-seven-year-old Calarina Drapeaux agreed to a plea deal and appeared in [Read More…]
South Dakota Senate approves 2-day impeachment trial for AG
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate on Tuesday approved the rules for an impeachment trial of the state’s attorney general for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash, laying out a [Read More…]
2022 Mitchell Kernels football schedule released
The 2022 Mitchell Kernels football schedule has been released, highlighted by five of Mitchell’s nine regular season games at home, including a first time homecoming matchup with Sioux Falls Jefferson. Mitchell is coming off a [Read More…]
Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a prairie fire in rural southwestern Nebraska that [Read More…]
Grassland group: Ranchers need a plan to deal with drought
SIOUX FALLS, S.D (AP) — Ranchers say moisture from recent scattered rains are a welcome addition but nowhere near the amount needed to get South Dakota pastures back on track for normal production. The South [Read More…]
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