A popcorn machine fire forced about 30 people to evacuate a Sioux Falls mall Monday night. No one was hurt. The blaze happened at the West Mall 7 Theatres inside the Western Mall shortly after 6:30 p.m. Firefighters said it …
An insurance company is suing the maker of a portable pool to try to recoup money paid out as a result of a collapsed pool at the Mitchell Aquatic Center. The Mitchell Daily Republic reports Nautilus Insurance Company filed an …
A Pennington County jury says the city of Rapid City owes a local couple more than $125,000 for the loss of 42 pine trees that experts say were killed by salt used to de-ice a neighboring street. The Rapid City …
A man who pleaded guilty to playing a role in cases of stolen vehicles and arson in the Madison, S.D., area earlier this fall has been sentenced to three years in prison for that and for a burglary last year. …
More than $9 million is federal and state disaster aid has been approved for individuals and businesses affected by this summer’s flooding in South Dakota. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says 1,048 South Dakota households in five South Dakota counties …
The family of a rural Brandon man killed in 2009 when a train collided with his truck has filed a lawsuit against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The Argus Leader reports that the family of Robert Defries filed the …
Authorities are investigating three more suspicious fires in a Sioux Falls, S.D., neighborhood that has been plagued by vehicle and garage fires over the past month and a half. Fire crews responded to two vehicles burning in an alley early …
The Rapid City Fire Department has a new truck designed to put out fires on large aircraft. KEVN television reports that the $572,000 truck uses chemical suppressing agents, water and foam to combat flames. Officials say it’s worth the hefty …
The western South Dakota community of Lead (leed) is getting a $3.3 million fire hall. Ground was broken late last week for the facility that is being built largely with the help of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development …
State and federal officials are cautioning South Dakota flood victims that time might be running out to file flood insurance claims. Normally, claims for flood damage under policies underwritten by the National Flood Insurance Program must be filed within 60 …