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UNDATED – Taylor Frederick scored a season-high 21 points and No. 21 South Dakota made Dawn Plitzuweit’s 100th win with the Coyotes an easy one, racing past Omaha 73-42. Ciara Duffy added 14 points and Hannah Sjerven 10 for South Dakota, which has won nine straight since losing to now-No. 1 South Carolina 73-60 in […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – South Dakota’s attorney general says a Rapid City police officer was justified in fatally shooting a gunman who opened fire on law officers after the suspect killed a man in an apartment complex last month. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the state Division of Criminal Investigation released a summary of the […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota House has passed a bill that would ban gender-change treatment — including surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormone therapy — for children under 16. The measure would make it possible to charge physicians who do so with a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 […]
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has released the names of the two Air Force officers killed in the crash of their electronic surveillance plane in Afghanistan on Monday. They are 46-year-old Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, of Yigo, Guam, and 30-year-old Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, of Hudson, New Hampshire. Voss was based in Virginia, while Phaneuf […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Newly adopted security measures at the State Capitol in Pierre appear to be working. State Troopers and Department of Public Safety Officers have turned away only five prohibited items in the first two weeks of operation. “We have been very pleased with how the Capitol Security system has worked in its first […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Legislators in South Dakota are considering harsher penalties for stalking if a person has been convicted of similar charges in another state. Currently, out-of-state stalking convictions cannot be considered in court, unlike assault or drunken driving convictions that occur elsewhere. The first stalking conviction is a misdemeanor and automatically triggers a restraining […]
MIAMI, Fla. – Kansas City’s Travis Kelce and San Francisco’s George Kittle are talkative tight ends at this year’s Super Bowl who are among the most entertaining personalities in the NFL. They also could play big roles in who wins the big game Sunday. Kelce comes up with zany dances to celebrate his touchdowns that […]
CASPER, Wyo. – Wyoming’s largest hospital is looking into affiliation with a major regional health care organization. Wyoming Medical Center in Casper says a nonbinding agreement with Banner Health will allow both to determine terms before deciding on affiliation. The potential deal apparently will not mean a merger. Nonprofit Banner Health runs nearly 30 hospitals […]
CASPER, Wyo. – A Navajo Nation company says it has an agreement to pay outstanding taxes and royalties on three large coal mines that it bought last year in Wyoming and Montana. The Navajo Transitional Energy Company says it made its first payment in December under an installment agreement with the Department of Interior. The […]
STURGIS, S.D. – The Meade County Commission on Tuesday approved a public election to decide the formation of an ambulance that would serve the rural areas outside Sturgis currently served by the city owned ambulance service. Meade County Auditor Lisa Schieffer says the election will be held March 23 with absentee voting beginning on February […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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