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07/19/11 Recently my wife, Jean and I were privileged to attend the induction of my cousin, Gordon Garnos, into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. The reception for the new inductees took place in the lovely new Hall Headquarters Building alongside Interstate 90, between Chamberlin and Oacoma, in central South Dakota.
07/18/11 Participants on a weeklong 90-mile trail ride in South Dakota are taking extra precautions because of the heat wave hitting the central U.S. The Historic Bad River Trail Scotty Philip Memorial Ride began Sunday at the town of Philip, with about 250 people taking part.
07/18/11 PLANKINTON, S.D. (AP) - A toddler who went missing in a southeast South Dakota corn field overnight was found safe early Monday after 10 hours.
07/18/11 Opening statements are scheduled to start Monday afternoon in the resentencing trial of an Alaska man who helped murder a South Dakota man 11 years ago.
07/18/11 The attorney for an Alaska man facing the death penalty for his role in the killing of a 19-year-old South Dakota man says ...
07/18/11 A group of students and staff from William Woods University traveled to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota last month for a week of service-learning among the Oglala Lakota Sioux. Sydnee Kuster of Bunceton, was one of them.
07/18/11 Heat advisories and warnings are in place in 17 states from Texas to Michigan. A heat warning for central and eastern South Dakota is in effect through Tuesday.
07/17/11 The Harney All-Stars must have gotten some ideas from the Home Run Derby held last week during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Phoenix, deciding to show off their own power surge at the North Dakota/South Dakota District All-Star Tournament on Sunday evening.
07/17/11 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced that South Dakota will receive more than $2 million to assist homeowners in an emergency loan program.
07/17/11 WHITECLAY, Neb. (AP) - South Dakota's Oglala Sioux Tribe has started construction of a nursing home across the Nebraska border in a village at the center of a booze dispute.
07/16/11 South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is attending the annual meeting of the National Governors Association in Salt Lake City.
07/15/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press WILLOW LAKE, S.D. The 2011 Missouri River flood in South Dakota is the subject of a new display at the state Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. State Historical Society officials say the flooding might not have happened a century ago, but it's certainly historical. Items on display include everything from a shovel used to fill sandbags to T-shirts made ...
07/15/11 WILLOW LAKE, S.D. (AP) _ The 2011 Missouri River flood in South Dakota is the subject of a new display at the state Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.
07/15/11 South Dakota Lottery officials say a winning Wild Card 2 ticket worth $5,000 in Wednesday's drawing was sold in Mitchell.
07/15/11 IPSWICH, S.D. (AP) - North Central Farmers Elevator is building a $2 million corporate office building in the northeast South Dakota town of Ipswich that will serve as the administrative hub for its 17 facilities in South Dakota and North Dakota.
07/15/11 A South Dakota man has been sentenced to two years in prison on a drug charge.
07/15/11 The Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota is one of three grantees in South Dakota to participate in the Emergency Homeowner's Loan Program. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced that South Dakota will receive $2,051,563 to assist homeowners through the program. The money is part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and ...
07/15/11 The Huron Community Foundation board voted Wednesday to equal the $30,000 that was donated by the chamber to the Central Park fund drive. In addition, the foundation also accepted a $2,500 check from the South Dakota Community Foundation.
07/15/11 A jury is in place for the resentencing trial of an Alaska man who helped murder a South Dakota man 11 years ago.
07/15/11 Matthew Betzen begins walking a new beat today as Vermillion's police chief. He replaces Art Mabry, who resigned in January after serving as chief for nearly eight years to begin work as director of South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Project.
07/15/11 Former Hawkeye All-American wrestler Ty Eustice was hired as an assistant coach at South Dakota State last week. The move will be the first time Eustice, a native of Blue Earth, Minn., will coach at the Division-I level, although he coached at lower-level schools after graduating from Iowa. | 
