City law open-ended on animal neglect, cruelty

Practice is outlawed but not defined, so officers must decide.

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Mitchell hotels and motels

There are 17 hotels and motels and 1,072 hotel and motel rooms in Mitchell, according to Daily Republic research.

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Hotel tax for Corn Palace not popular

The tax could be based on the square footage, on a building’s frontage or any other calculation, he said. For example, each business could agree to assess itself a $1,000 annual tax toward the Corn Palace project.

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Pierre pastor is LSS distinguished volunteer

PIERRE (AP) — A community organization is recognizing a Pierre pastor for his volunteer work during the area's flooding last year.

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Missouri River has some extra flood-storage space

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The unusually warm winter weather allowed the Army Corps of Engineers to clear out some additional flood-storage space in the Missouri River's reservoirs.

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Bison on way to becoming official South Dakota mascot

PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota has a state bread, state soil, state sport and even state grass. Soon, it could also have a state mascot in the bison.

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Accused shooter's neighbors say they're shocked

WATERTOWN (AP) — Neighbors of a 73-year-old Watertown man accused of fatally shooting his long-ago classmate say they're shocked at the accusation.

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Forum Communications releases photo gallery app for the iPad

FARGO, N.D - Forum Communications Co. announced today that it has released a new iPad app designed to aggregate the work of its dozens of award-winning photojournalists from newspapers throughout the Upper Midwest.

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Farm Rescue taking apps for spring planting help

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — The nonprofit Farm Rescue organization is accepting requests for spring planting help from farmers in the Dakotas, Minnesota and eastern Montana.

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SD House panel OKs AIDS testing of prostitutes

PIERRE (AP) — A measure advancing in the South Dakota Legislature would require that people convicted of prostitution or soliciting prostitutes be tested for AIDS.

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Officials investigate wolf killing near Custer

CUSTER (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are investigating the killing of a wolf near Custer, in western South Dakota's Black Hills.

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Martin mother gets 20 years in newborn's death

PIERRE (AP) — A South Dakota woman accused in the death of her newborn son has been sentenced to prison for manslaughter and desertion of a child.

New Wildland Fire chief named in South Dakota

RAPID CITY (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Agriculture has named a new director for the state Wildland Fire Suppression Division.

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Herried man dead, another hurt in crash

HERREID (AP) — A Herreid man has died in a collision of vehicles at the intersection of two Campbell County roads.

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Box Elder teen arrested in shooting near Reptile Gardens

RAPID CITY (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Box Elder man who allegedly shot at a vehicle on U.S. Highway 16 in southwest South Dakota.