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    Happy Chef sold to Mitchell business owners
    A Mitchell couple have purchased the former Happy Chef building and are planning some major changes at its site. Kelly and Emily Hohn, of Mitchell, bought the building for $350,000, according to Mitchell Area Development Corporation Executive Director Bryan Hisel.
    news / local5 hours 42 min ago
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    Tribe pushing for Rapid City tournament to be moved
    RAPID CITY (AP) — Oglala Sioux officials are pushing for a popular basketball tournament to be moved out of Rapid City due to racial tensions there. Tensions were exacerbated by reports of Native American children being subjected to racial slurs and sprayed with beer at a minor...
    news / state6 hours 2 min ago
    SD delegation urging VA secretary to save Hot Springs VA
    SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The South Dakota congressional delegation is continuing to urge Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to withdraw plans to reconfigure the VA Black Hills Health Care System from President Barack Obama's budget proposal. Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds...
    news / politics6 hours 15 min ago
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    Illegal synthetic drug an issue at minimum security prison
    SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota Corrections officials are working to address the use of an illegal synthetic drug by inmates at the minimum security unit of the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Authorities believe smuggled synthetic marijuana likely sickened two inmates this...
    news / crime6 hours 20 min ago
    South Dakota farmers deciding on crop coverage for farm bill
    SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Farmers have until Friday to make some key decisions that will govern their operations for the next five years under the new farm bill. The first deadline of Feb. 27 requires them to update base acre and yield history for their chosen crops. Those are then...
    news / state6 hours 21 min ago
    Sioux Falls man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
    SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A convicted sex offender has pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography in a Sioux Falls court. The Argus Leader reports 40-year-old Mario Castaneda Jr. initially faced five child pornography charges after officers followed a lead from...
    news / crime6 hours 24 min ago
    House committee votes to approve youth minimum wage measure
    PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota's youngest workers may soon be exempted from the $8.50 minimum wage voters approved in November as part of a proposal that's cruising through the Legislature. The House Commerce and Energy Committee voted 11-2 Wednesday for a plan to carve out a $7.50...
    news / state7 hours 36 min ago
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    Effort to acquire Nebraska land for pipeline remain on hold
    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company trying to build a pipeline to carry Canadian oil south to the Gulf Coast says its efforts to force Nebraska landowners to agree to the project remain on hold because of several pending lawsuits. Earlier this month, a Holt County judge blocked...
    news / nation7 hours 43 min ago
    U.S. justices show support for Muslim woman denied job due to head scarf
    A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled support for a Muslim woman who filed a lawsuit after she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons. The nine justices heard a one-hour...
    news / nation8 hours 1 min ago
    SD House defeats plan requiring parental consent for tanning
    PIERRE (AP) — A proposal that would have required parental consent for minors to use indoor tanning beds at salons has died in the state Legislature. The state House voted Wednesday 40-29 against the plan, which faced opposition in part because it would have put more burdens...
    news / state8 hours 14 min ago
    Senate approves $11.5M in bonds to upgrade Custer State Park
    PIERRE (AP) — The state Senate has passed a measure that would dole out $11.5 million in state bonds for improvements to resort facilities at Custer State Park. The measure passed the full chamber 34-0 on Tuesday. State Parks Director Doug Hofer has said the goal is protecting...
    news / state8 hours 30 min ago
    Thune pushes legislative approach to handling net neutrality
    PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota U.S. Sen. John Thune is pushing for a legislative solution to Internet regulation after the Federal Communications Commission votes on its rules as part of the so-called "net neutrality" debate. The commission will vote Thursday on whether to put...
    news / politics8 hours 50 min ago
    Soda pop robber declared incompetent to stand trial
    HURON (AP) — A Lane man accused of stealing soda pop from a Huron convenience store at gunpoint last June has been declared incompetent to stand trial. Prosecutor Dan Nelson tells KOKK radio that a Sioux Falls psychiatrist who examined Martin Moeller determined that he suffered...
    news / crime8 hours 56 min ago
    Judge overturns Peterson suspension
    MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal judge overturned Adrian Peterson's suspension Thursday, ruling an NFL arbitrator exceeded his authority in upholding Commissioner Roger Goodell's punishment of the Vikings' star running back. In a 16-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge David Doty of...
    sports9 hours 2 min ago
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