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A Mitchell man is accused of intending to distribute marijuana and violating a drug-free zone. Elmer Pickner Jr., 25, was arrested Feb. 18 after law enforcement found less than 1 ounce of raw marijuana during a search of Pickner's residence, according to court documents. Pickner...

Two incumbents on the Mitchell Board of Education are officially candidates for the June school board election. Lacey Musick and Neil Putnam returned their petitions to the district business office Tuesday and have been certified as candidates after having enough valid signatures,...

PIERRE -- Motorists passing bicyclists in South Dakota would need to allow specific distances between their vehicles and the bicycles, under a measure that received final approval Tuesday by the Legislature. The state Senate voted 27-7 in favor. HB 1030 now goes to Gov. Dennis Daugaard...

PIERRE -- The state Senate quickly passed legislation Tuesday that would allow motorists on South Dakota's two-lane highways to drive 10 miles per hour over the 65 mph speed limit while passing another vehicle. The vote was 34-0. The measure, HB 1124, now heads to Gov. Dennis Daugaard...

PIERRE -- The state Senate made changes Tuesday sought by state Attorney General Marty Jackley in a South Dakota law that allows arrests to be expunged from a people's records if they weren't found guilty. The legislation seeks to remove the requirement that the prosecutor must give...

Three men from Brooklyn, New York, have been arrested and charged with trying to help the Islamic State, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court on Wednesday. They had also discussed harming President Barack Obama and carrying out attacks in the United States...

CHICAGO -- Crop insurance price guarantees for U.S. corn, soybeans and spring wheat in 2015 will fall 10 percent or more based on futures settlement prices for February, grain analysts said on Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency (RMA), which oversees...

Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan, Yankton, March 2, 2015 One of the more embarrassing and aggravating examples of what our government is now all about is occurring right now — at an extraordinary and precarious moment, at a time when we need a little bit of unity to face a serious...

CHICAGO -- Just a week into the Chinese "Year of the Goat," chefs in New York are sharpening their knives and diners are preparing to drool over bowls of braised goat shoulder tortellini in a smoked broth and plates of rosemary-goat cheese ice cream. The homage dinner menu to...