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SCOTLAND -- No major injuries resulted from a single vehicle rollover Thursday night near Scotland. According to Highway Patrol Trooper Brandon Hansen, at 8:48 p.m., a juvenile female, whose name he declined to release, lost control of a 2003 Ford Ranger pickup near the intersection...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Sioux Falls radio listeners are without the trusted voice of newsman Gene Hetland for the first time in 38 years. The 63-year-old started at KSOO-AM in August 1976 and retired Friday, which was proclaimed Gene Hetland Day in the city. He's on the short...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Andrew Fischer was a stock clerk earning less than $100 a week in 1963 when a doctor explained why his pregnant wife's belly had grown so large: She was about to give birth to five babies, who would become the first known surviving quintuplets born in the U.S. Fischer,...

PIERRE (AP) — Freshman legislator Mathew Wollmann is the South Dakota Legislature's "top gun." The Madison representative scored two perfect rounds Thursday at an annual legislative shooting contest, hosted by the attorney general's office and the Division of Criminal Investigation. With...

SENECA (AP) — The South Dakota Highway Patrol says a Seneca man died Friday after his pickup truck crashed near Faulkton. Forty-two-year-old Lorne Weber was driving westbound on 172nd Street. His truck hit a field approach and rolled. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Authorities...

PIERRE (AP) — A legislative panel has approved a measure allowing a mother to breast-feed her child anywhere as long as she's following other state and local laws. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Friday passed the proposal, which was originally broader but...

PIERRE (AP) — A bill aimed at addressing South Dakota's rural teacher shortage survived its first test on Friday, but sponsor Rep. Thomas Holmes has to figure out how to pay for it. The House Appropriations Committee approved a proposal to offer tuition assistance to certain...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A 21-year-old man who planned a drug robbery that left a former business partner dead has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Kevin Rice, of Dell Rapids, was sentenced Friday morning in Sioux Falls. Rice pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in July...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Sioux Falls police have identified two suspects in a shooting late Thursday that left one man with life-threatening injuries. Police spokesman Sam Clemens said Friday morning they're looking for 17-year-old Bryon Hanson and 19-year-old Robert Montes. One...

YANKTON (AP) — The state of South Dakota has found a new operator for its marina at the popular Lewis and Clark Recreation Area near Yankton. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission accepted a proposal from Chris Donlin of Pickstown for the purchase of the marina's...

BROOKINGS (AP) — A South Dakota company will be featured on national TV Sunday hours before its products show up on Super Bowl coverage. "CBS Sunday Morning" plans to run a story on video display maker Daktronics Inc. The Argus Leader reports a CBS crew spent three...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Broadway artists will be joining the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra for two concerts in Sioux Falls. Artists Marni Raab and John Cudia will perform along the orchestra in the upcoming concerts of "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, and More!" The...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Broadway artists will be joining the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra for two concerts in Sioux Falls. Artists Marni Raab and John Cudia will perform along the orchestra in the upcoming concerts of "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, and More!" The...