Western North Dakota, Bismarck, Minot, Williston and Dickinson http://www.kxnet.com//en-usCopyright 2009 KXNet.com1800Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=473568http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=473568<p> For the third straight month, a survey of rural bankers in the Midwest and Plains suggests the weak economic conditions are strengthening, if slowly. A report issued by economist Ernie Goss of Creighton University says the overall index for the Rural</p>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=471309http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=471309<p> Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan (KAHG'-lihn) is the National League Rookie of the Year, and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey is the AL winner. Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ in a close race, receiving 17 first-pl</p>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=471085http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=471085<p> The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is offensive. The high court on Monday turned away an appeal from Suzan Shown Harjo. That ends the latest r</p>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=470788http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=470788<p> The U.S. attorney for South Dakota, Brendan Johnson, will chair an American Indian issues subcommittee that reports to the nation's attorney general. The Native American Issues Subcommittee is part of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of</p>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=470764http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=470764<p> The U.S. attorney for South Dakota, Brendan Johnson, will chair an American Indian issues subcommittee that reports to the nation's attorney general. The Native American Issues Subcommittee is part of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=468086http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=468086<p> State and federal officials have boosted the reward to $11,000 in a grizzly bear poaching case on the Rocky Mountain Front. They say investigators are still looking for leads in the death of the large grizzly, dubbed Maximus. The carcass of the bear </p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=468082http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=468082<p> State and federal officials have increased the reward to $11,000 in a grizzly bear poaching case on the Rocky Mountain Front. Mike Martin is a game warden captain with the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. He says investigators are still l</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:33:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467664http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467664<p> State wildlife officials are investigating the poaching of a trophy bull moose in the Cardwell area. Justin Gibson, a game warden with the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, says the poaching was reported on Oct. 28 and he believes the moos</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:03:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467559http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467559<p> Fire has destroyed the museum at the Whitestone Hill Battlefield State Historic Site near the southeastern North Dakota town of Kulm. The Edgeley Volunteer Fire Department says no one was hurt in the Monday morning blaze, which was reported by a</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:42:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467550http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467550<p> A former Glendive police officer has been ordered to repay nearly $2,400 he took from the Glendive Police Union and the Glendive Police Association. Franklin Robinson was charged in April with using checking accounts from both groups and a credit car</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467541http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467541<p> The Montana Department of Corrections is seeking American Indian applicants for five probation and parole positions that will specialize in the supervision of Indian offenders. The effort stems from a $925,000 federal grant meant to help an off</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467539http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467539<p> The Montana Department of Corrections is seeking American Indian applicants for five probation and parole positions that will specialize in the supervision of Indian offenders. The effort stems from a $925,000 federal grant meant to help an off</p>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467532http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467532<p> The Montana Department of Corrections is seeking American Indian applicants for five probation and parole positions that will specialize in the supervision of Indian offenders. The effort stems from a $925,000 federal grant meant to help an off</p>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467032http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=467032<p> Sioux Falls police say a fight at a party led to a 35-year-old man being shot in the head. The man was taken to a hospital early Sunday with what was described as a non-life threatening injury. Police say another man at the scene was shot i</p>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:42:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466947http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466947<p> Sioux Falls police say a fight at a party led to a 35-year-old man being shot in the head. The man was taken to a hospital early Sunday with what was described as a non-life threatening injury. Police say another man at the scene was shot i</p>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466891http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466891<p> Residents along the Gulf Coast are bracing for the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year. Hurricane Ida is slowly moving toward the region with 90 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. Foreca</p>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466864http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466864<p> Relatives of legendary American Indian athlete Jim Thorpe are ready to go federal court to win the return of his body to Oklahoma. The Olympic gold-medal winner and football MVP has been buried for decades in a Pennsylvania town that changed its</p>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466607http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466607<p> Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2009. There are 41 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 20, 1947, Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke</p>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466254http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=466254<p> An Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman says people should be careful of scams involving undelivered income tax refund checks. Carrie Resch says the annual announcement of undelivered checks prompts scammers to send e-mails to taxpayers saying t</p>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465927http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465927<p> The Stark County sheriff says preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death of three college softball players whose vehicle went into a livestock pond in southwestern North Dakota. The women were believed to have gone on a stargazin</p>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465707http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465707<p> Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin says she will oppose the health care reform bill expected to be considered this weekend in the House. The South Dakota Democrat says the plan falls short of her goals for health care reform and could threaten exist</p>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465703http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465703<p> The Obama administration says it will try to resolve a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers. The lawsuit dates back to 1999. It contends Indian farmers and ranchers lost about 500 million dollars during the past three decades because of disc</p>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465699http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465699<p> The Obama administration says it will try to resolve a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers. The lawsuit dates back to 1999. It contends Indian farmers and ranchers lost about 500 million dollars during the past three decades because of disc</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464966http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464966<p> President Barack Obama is telling Native American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of Indian nations. Opening an all-day conference at the Interior Department on</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464958http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464958<p> Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik (KEHR'-ihk) has pleaded guilty to lying to the White House and says he'll also admit tax crimes. Kerik made his first of an expected eight pleas on Thursday. The plea bargain includes t</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464615http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464615<p> A federal appeals court says it won't review failed appeals by government prosecutors who want to try a Canadian man for a 1975 slaying on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. John Graham of Yukon territory is one of two men charged in federal co</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:47:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464423http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464423<p> The Montana [[kxtopic:supreme-court:t[Supreme Court]:t]] has upheld a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off worker's compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is of retirement [[kxtopic</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464333http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464333<p> A U.S. Senate committee plans a Wednesday hearing into the government's &quot;broken&quot; process for acknowledging American Indian tribes Federal recognition makes tribes eligible for economic assistance, housing grants and other government benefits. But </p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464332http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464332<p> A U.S. Senate committee plans a Wednesday hearing into the government's &quot;broken&quot; process for acknowledging American Indian tribes Federal recognition makes tribes eligible for economic assistance, housing grants and other government benefits. But </p>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:18:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463226http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463226<p> Today in History Today is Tuesday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2009. There are 51 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 10, 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress</p>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:31:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=462804http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=462804<p> Today in History Today is Tuesday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2009. There are 51 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 10, 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress</p>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461644http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461644<p> Final tests confirm that six pigs from the Minnesota State Fair contracted swine flu, three more than initial research had indicated. The U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday follow-up tests confirmed the presence of the H1N1 virus, more co</p>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:04:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461544http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461544<p> U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Department of Justice is spending almost $400 million to help tribes reduce violence on their reservations. Holder said Thursday that the money will go to hire new law enforcement officers, fund domesti</p>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:54:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461510http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461510<p> U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Department of Justice is providing almost $400 million to help tribal communities reduce violence on their reservations. Holder announced the grants Thursday at the completion of a two-day listening ses</p>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:33:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461499http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461499<p> U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the Department of Justice is providing almost $400 million to help tribal communities reduce violence on their reservations. Holder announced the grants Thursday at the completion of a two-day listening ses</p>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461149http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461149<p> A federal appeals court is being asked to order a hearing for an 88-year-old federal prisoner who's trying to erase his conviction because he says the alleged child victims in a [[kxtopic:sexual-assault:t[sexual assault]:t]] case have recanted their t</p>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461096http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461096<p> Two-thirds of the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Parole members have been part of the panel for less than a year, and soon, another member will be new. One of the new members, former Minnehaha County State's Attorney Dave Nelson, compared ser</p>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461093http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461093<p> Parents, legislators, community members and alumni of the state School for the Deaf are part of a team working on a long-term plan to serve all North Dakotans who suffer from hearing loss. The 13-member transition team is holding a series of meetings</p>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460438http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460438<p> Officials from the Department of Justice will be in the Twin Cities over the next two days to discuss public safety issues on American [[kxtopic:indian-reservation:t[Indian Reservation]:t]]s around the country. Members from all 564 federally reco</p>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460435http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460435<p> Officials from the Department of Justice will be in the Twin Cities over the next two days to discuss public safety issues on American [[kxtopic:indian-reservation:t[Indian Reservation]:t]]s around the country. Members from all 564 federally reco</p>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460405http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460405<p> Officials from the Department of Justice will be in the Twin Cities over the next two days to discuss public safety issues on American Indian reservations around the country. Members from all 564 federally recognized tribes nationwide including</p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459734http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459734<p> Prosecutors are declining to discuss why they agreed to drop murder charges against a suspect in the 2001 deaths of three women at a Florence hair salon, but defense attorney have alleged misconduct by the prosecution. An agreement filed Friday </p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459717http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459717<p> It's a top ranking Bismarck might not be so proud of. Transportation Department figures show Bismarck was the leader among North Dakota's largest cities last year in the number of vehicle crashes per 1,000 people. It had 34. Minot was next</p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459709http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459709<p> Soggy fields and more rain continue to hold up South Dakota's row-crop harvest. The weekly crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says statewide last week, there were only two days suitable for field work. Precipitation was he</p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459545http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459545<p> A long-awaited decision on whether a landless American Indian tribe in Montana deserves federal recognition was put off again on Monday. The 4,300 members of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians submitted their formal recognition petition </p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:32:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459454http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459454<p> Citi, which employs about 3,000 people in South Dakota, announced Monday that $280,000 in grants are being made available to support small business growth and education for American Indians in the state. In a release, Citi said the grants will b</p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459177http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459177<p> A long-awaited decision is due Monday on whether a landless [[kxtopic:american-indian:t[American Indian]:t]] tribe in [[kxtopic:montana:t[Montana]:t]] deserves federal recognition. The 4,300 members of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians </p>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459123http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459123<p> A ranch couple has filed a lawsuit against Blaine County in an attempt to close a road that goes through their property and leads to public land valued by hunters for its elk, deer and [[kxtopic:bighorn-sheep:t[bighorn sheep]:t]]. William and Ol</p>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459003http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459003<p> Illness is keeping about 7 percent of South Dakota's K-12 students out of classes, but the state's universities are also seeing their share of H1N1 flu absences. The latest numbers from the South Dakota Board of Regents show 113 cases at Black H</p>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=458892http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=458892<p> The South Dakota Oral History Center is using a three-year, $409,000 federal grant to convert thousands of reel-to-reel tape recordings to a digital format. The goal is to preserve more than 5,500 recordings of people who saw and took part in th</p>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=458794http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=458794<p> The cost of speeding in South Dakota is apparently more than $4.5 million. That's how much drivers shelled out in speeding fines for the 12 months ending June 30. Figures from the Unified Judicial System show more than 52,000 speeding tickets handed </p>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=458575http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=458575<p> The South Dakota State Historical Society has released a children's book titled &quot;The Raccoon and the Bee Tree,&quot; a traditional American Indian story written a century ago. Wahpeton Dakota Dr. Charles A. Eastman and teacher Elaine Goodale Eastman </p>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455943http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455943<p> A judge ruled that a Canadian man charged in federal court with killing a fellow American Indian Movement activist in 1975 is not entitled to documents from state court on charges filed there. John Graham's lawyer argued that grand jury transcri</p>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455392http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455392<p> Defense lawyers for a Marion man charged with killing a Turner County deputy sheriff will be allowed to have his eyes examined by a Sioux Falls ophthalmologist, to show the limitations of Ethan Johns' eyesight. Johns is charged with murder in the Mar</p>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:11:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455387http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455387<p> American Indian tribes in the Dakotas are getting about $42 million in federal stimulus money for water projects. The Bureau of Reclamation says South Dakota's Oglala Sioux Tribe is getting $14.7 million and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe is gettin</p>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:11:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455386http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455386<p> American Indian tribes in the Dakotas are getting about $42 million in federal stimulus money for water projects. The Bureau of Reclamation says South Dakota's Oglala Sioux Tribe is getting $14.7 million and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe is gettin</p>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=454537http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=454537<p> Gov. Mike Rounds says there are signs of optimism in the business community but that the recovery from the recession remains slow. After meeting with business people in eastern South Dakota this week, Rounds said South Dakotans are cautious abou</p>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=454338http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=454338<p> The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Theresa Two Bulls, has been chosen recording secretary of the National Congress of American Indians for the 2009-2011 term. In a release, the tribe says Two Bulls was selected during the 66TH annual NCAI </p>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=453535http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=453535<p> New math scores show Montana fourth- and eighth-graders continue to test above the national average. Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau says Montana's eighth-graders scored better than students in all states but Minnesota and Mas</p>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=452498http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=452498<p> The flu is hitting some South Dakota schools hard. Great Plains Lutheran High School in Watertown decided to cancel classes Wednesday. Principal Bert Falak says more than 25 percent of the school's 117 students have been sick this week. He</p>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=452255http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=452255<p> The Canadian developer of a planned uranium mine near Edgemont can move ahead with its request for a federal permit. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission informed Powertech Uranium Corp. that its application for a detailed technical and environmen</p>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450673http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450673<p> The state Health Department says South Dakota has recorded its second swine flu death. The department said Friday the patient was a Todd County resident in the 30-39 age group. The Health Department has said victim's names and other details</p>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450668http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450668<p> An 18-year-old died after the car she was riding in collided with a school bus carrying the Ely High School football team. The State Patrol says the crash happened on Highway 169 in Coleraine about 3:30 p.m. Friday when the car pulled out in fro</p>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:50:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450555http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450555<p> President Barack Obama and his war council are scheduled to meet next Wednesday to again discuss Afghanistan. The president and his advisers huddled today for three hours. An official says Obama's team dug into the recommendations from the top U.S. c</p>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:54:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450514http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450514<p> The Contra Costa County Sheriff's office says bone fragments dug up from the backyard of kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido's home and a neighboring property probably belonged to American Indians buried a long time ago. Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy</p>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:01:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450284http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450284<p> The South Dakota defense lawyer for a Canadian man charged with killing a woman in 1975 says a rehearing before a full appeals court is not warranted because prosecutors have repeatedly lost their argument. A district judge and a three-judge pan</p>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450231http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=450231<p> The University of [[kxtopic:minnesota:t[Minnesota]:t]] Board of Regents unanimously approved a $193.3 million request to the Legislature for building and repair projects. The university would contribute another $46.7 million in university bonds </p>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449545http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449545<p> The Agriculture Department says North Dakota State University is getting a $4 million research award. It will be used to study legumes and their health benefits. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The state Commission on Education Improvement is meeting </p>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449481http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449481<p> Both of South Dakota's senators say they support a resolution of apology to American Indians included in a defense spending bill. But they don't think it's enough. Sen. John Thune called the resolution &quot;symbolic.&quot; Sen. Tim Johnson says American Ind</p>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449480http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449480<p> Both of South Dakota's senators say they support a resolution of apology to American Indians included in a defense spending bill that passed the U.S. Senate. But they don't think it's enough. Republican Sen. John Thune called the resolution</p>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449477http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449477<p> Officials say schools in Fort Yates, south of Bismarck, have closed for the rest of the week because of the number of students absent due to the flu. Keith Johnson is the administrator of the Custer Health District, which includes the Fort Yates</p>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:31:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449214http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449214<p> Environmentalists have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to re-designate 1,320 square miles of Southern California as protected habitat for an endangered sheep. The Sierra Club and other groups filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday in San Di</p>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:42:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449184http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449184<p> A defense spending bill that has passed the U.S. Senate contains a resolution of apology to American Indians. Both of South Dakota's senators said Wednesday they approve of the resolution but that it's not enough. Republican Sen. John Thune says</p>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:42:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449183http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449183<p> The Senate has approved a resolution apologizing to American Indians for years of &quot;ill-conceived policies&quot; and acts of violence by U.S. citizens. Lawmakers said the resolution, included in a defense spending bill approved late Tuesday, was a sym</p>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:35:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449173http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=449173<p> The Senate has approved a resolution apologizing to American Indians for years of &quot;ill-conceived policies&quot; and acts of violence by U.S. citizens. Lawmakers said the resolution, included in a defense spending bill approved late Tuesday, was a sym</p>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448661http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448661<p> A circuit judge has ruled the American Cancer Society can take part in a lawsuit that will determine whether a smoking ban approved by the South Dakota Legislature will be referred to a public vote. Circuit Judge Kathleen Trandahl said the socie</p>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448437http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448437<p> A Rapid City woman pleaded not guilty to murder charges filed in a 1975 shooting death on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Thelma Rios was arraigned Monday on one count of felony murder in relation to kidnapping and one count of premeditated m</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:43:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448335http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448335<p> Native American Day, observed Monday in South Dakota, will include a celebration at the Crazy Horse mountain carving near Custer. In a release from Crazo Horse, the event will include hoop dancers, artists, an educational program, a free buffalo</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448278http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448278<p> U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his agency will decide soon whether to approve a request for disaster declarations for counties in the northeast part of South Dakota hurt by spring flooding. In late March, Gov. Mike Rounds asked for </p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448121http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=448121<p> U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his agency will decide soon whether to approve a request for disaster declarations for counties in the northeast part of South Dakota hurt by spring flooding. In late March, Gov. Mike Rounds asked for </p>