PIERRE (AP) — A key proposal for Gov. Dennis Daugaard that that aims to significantly decrease the number of juvenile offenders in state-sponsored care breezed through its first legislative test Friday. The Senate State Affairs Committee voted unanimously to send the measure...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The committee tasked with reviewing the hours-long vote-counting delay in a South Dakota county during the Nov. 4 election still has work to be done. KELO-AM reports the committee appointed by the Minnehaha County Commission is meeting again Friday. The committee...

PIERRE (AP) The governor's mansion in Pierre now includes a piece of the nearby state Capitol. A crew installed the stained glass window in the residence on Friday morning. The window includes a glass remnant from stained glass restoration recently completed at the Capitol. It...

ABERDEEN (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman in Aberdeen now faces murder charges. Thirty-three-year-old John Hemminger initially was charged with attempted murder after the Jan. 7 attack on 26-year-old Jessica Goebel. She died of her injuries five days later,...

The Mitchell School District has received word that a company, Spirit Star, has been contacting local businesses to purchase or sponsor "spirit" items in support of the Mitchell Schools. This company is not acting with the support or knowledge of the Mitchell School District, and...

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PIERRE — A legislative panel endorsed legislation Friday repealing the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority and the Wind Energy Competitive Advantage Task Force. No opponents testified on either measure. The House Commerce and Energy Committee voted 12-0 to support...

Q: With the price of corn so cheap and fuel costs so high, has the school district put the expensive corn burning heat source back into operation? Though corn prices have fallen, currently, it is still more economical to burn natural gas than corn, according to Superintendent Joe...

• Dakota Wesleyan University men’s basketball vs. Midland University, 4 p.m. in Fremont, Neb. • Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball vs. Midland University, 2 p.m. in Fremont, Neb. • Mitchell High School wrestling at West Central tournament, 10 a.m. • Mitchell...

Today, at the Corn Palace, 16 teams will battle in the Hanson Boys Classic. Schedule: 10 a.m.: Alcester-Hudson vs. Sully Buttes; 11:30 a.m.: McCook Central/Montrose vs. Clark/Willow Lake; 1 p.m.: (RV) Canistota vs. Warner; 2:30 p.m.: Faith vs. Gregory; 4 p.m.: (RV) St. Thomas More...

Four players signed to play volleyball for Dakota Wesleyan University next season. Second-year coach Lindsay Wilber announced the signings of Ashton Auch, Leslie Carsrud, Sydney Eddy and transfer Shelbie Budmayr, a Belle Fourche native, from Iowa Lakes Community College on Thursday. Auch,...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A pipeline oil spill in Montana that contaminated a river and a city's drinking water supply is adding to fears about a proposed pipeline to carry oil from western North Dakota to a terminal in Illinois for distribution to refineries in eastern states. Many...