Officials say highway patrol troopers from South Dakota and Minnesota have made 188 arrests and issued 522 warnings during a joint enforcement operation on a stretch of Interstate 90. The daylong enforcement effort took place Thursday on I-90 between Chamberlain, …
Federal officials have been meeting with state and local officials in South Dakota to coordinate the dispersal of emergency funding to help affected areas recover from a three-day snowstorm last month that caused millions of dollars in damage. President Barack …
The city of Faith, S.D., is using an $800,000 grant to build a community safe room that can serve as a public shelter against severe storms. The funding comes through the Hazard Mitigation Grant program. The city’s application for the …
An insurance company does not have to cover a Rapid City woman for a crash because her policy expired 12 hours before she hit four boys on their bicycles, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Tamara Bradford pleaded guilty …
South Dakota officials will restrict the use of golf carts on the state fairgrounds to improve safety during this year’s State Fair. State Fair manager Jerome Hertel says an average of 30,000 people a day attend the fair in Huron. …
Both sides in a legal dispute involving the trademark for the name “Sturgis” say recommendations by a federal magistrate judge are positive. Judge John Simko says a jury ultimately should decide the matter. The Rapid City Journal reports Simko is …
South Dakota officials say the number of traffic fatalities in the state were up in 2012, but below the average for the last 10 years. State Department of Transportation figures show there were 134 people killed on the roads last …
It has come to the attention of the South Dakota Division of Insurance that uninsured motorist/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage is not always included in personal umbrella policies. Umbrella policies are generally considered, by insureds, to provide additional protection above the …
The drought that plagued the Midwest last summer sparked enough grass fires in South Dakota to make 2012 the busiest year the Yankton Fire Department has seen in more than a decade. The total number of calls for the year …
A South Dakota legislative panel is looking at a proposal that would prohibit beginning drivers from using cellphones while behind the wheel. The proposal is part of a package of bills recommended by a task force that was created a …