Western North Dakota, Bismarck, Minot, Williston and Dickinson http://www.kxnet.com//en-usCopyright 2010 KXNet.com1800Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:33:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=605735http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=605735<p> A tropical depression is now racing toward the Gulf of Mexico. That's putting pressure on BP and the U.S. government to decide whether to evacuate dozens of ships at the site of the ruptured oil well. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says </p>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=605704http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=605704<p> Federal officials are defending their response to devastating flooding in Tennessee that killed 22 people earlier this year while acknowledging they could have done a better job communicating with the public. Testifying before Congress, leaders </p>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=605109http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=605109<p> Sen. Tim Johnson announced Tuesday that he supports Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. The South Dakota Democrat met with Kagan last week. He says he was impressed with her intellect and independence. President Barack Obama nominated Kagan,</p>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=604940http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=604940<p> The National Mining Association is suing two federal agencies over the Obama administration's efforts to limit surface coal mining in Appalachia. The trade association filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia</p>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:21:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=604823http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=604823<p> The Army Corps of Engineers has increased releases from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton. Two of the spillway gates at Gavins Point Dam were opened Monday afternoon as corps works to drain more than 9 million acre feet of excess water from the Miss</p>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:35:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=603522http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=603522<p> The Army Corps of Engineers says releases from southeast North Dakota dams on the James River have been cut after heavy rain downstream. Corps officials in Omaha, Neb., say combined releases from the Jamestown and Pipestem dams have been cut fro</p>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:35:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=603521http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=603521<p> The Army Corps of Engineers says releases from southeast North Dakota dams on the James River have been cut after heavy rain downstream. Corps officials in Omaha, Neb., say combined releases from the Jamestown and Pipestem dams have been cut fro</p>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601256http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601256<p> The South Dakota Highway Patrol is trying to determine why a woman drove the wrong way on Interstate 229 and caused an accident that killed one Sioux Falls man. The crash happened around 2 a.m. Saturday. The Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Micha</p>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601070http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601070<p> A man convicted of robbing a Sioux Falls casino has been sentenced to serve 12 years in prison. Authorities say Delwin Terveen was on parole for grand theft and drunken driving when he showed a knife to an employee at Deuces Casino and demanded mon</p>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=600864http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=600864<p> Brookings-based Daktronics Inc. will build a video display system for baseball's Milwaukee Brewers. The system will be installed at Miller Park before the start of next season. Daktronics says that at 5,940 square feet it will be the third-large</p>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=600705http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=600705<p> The Army Corps of Engineers says heavy runoff from rain and mountain snow melt is keeping the Missouri River's upstream reservoirs above normal this summer. The corps' long-term plan is to move flood water out of Gavins Point Dam at Yankton, but</p>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=600702http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=600702<p> The Army Corps of Engineers says heavy runoff from rain and mountain snow melt is keeping the Missouri River's upstream reservoirs above normal this summer. The corps' long-term plan is to move flood water out of Gavins Point Dam at Yankton, but</p>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=600081http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=600081<p> Authorities have recovered a body believed to be that of a Manvel man whose brother recently bailed out of jail, and they say the brother will face charges in the death. The Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department said Rodney Chisholm was to ap</p>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:53:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=599963http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=599963<p> The Army Corps of Engineers is providing more time for the public to comment on a feasibility study and environmental impact statement for a Red River diversion project in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area. The deadline for comments has been m</p>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=598945http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=598945<p> Nearly 300 local government agencies in North Dakota will share $4 million to deal with the impact of energy development. The state's Energy Development Impact Office says it got requests totaling nearly $32 million. Director Jeff Engleson</p>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:25:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=598835http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=598835<p> Water projects in McKenzie County and on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation are getting federal stimulus help. U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Jasper Schneider says both projects will construct pipelines and ot</p>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=597362http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=597362<p> The Army Corps of Engineers says a levee protecting a Des Moines, Iowa, neighborhood remains stable despite a leak it's characterizing as &quot;seepage.&quot; No evacuations have been ordered in Birdland, a working-class neighborhood that was flooded two ye</p>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=597339http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=597339<p> President Barack Obama says the economy is headed in the right direction, but not fast enough to satisfy him or many Americans. The president spoke as a new report showed that the unemployment rate dropped to 9.5 percent in June, the lowest level in </p>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:08:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=597097http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=597097<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/7/1/tbn_6_2010-7-1-newsmin6-4035912501157435306.jpg"/>The levee system designed to protect the city of Williston from flooding of the Missouri River received a negative rating from the Corps of Engineers this winter. The project had a moderate to high risk rating. But Jeff Keller, the manager of the Corps<br clear="all"/></p>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596810http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596810<p> President Barack Obama says America's borders are &quot;just too vast&quot; for the immigration problem to be solved with fences and border patrols alone. He said that a comprehensive solution is needed, instead, urging one that holds everyone accountable</p>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596747http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596747<p> Residents of a neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa, are anxiously watching to see what happens, as water is released from a flooded reservoir into a river headed toward the city. It'll be a critical test of a levee that failed in 1993 and again in</p>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596589http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596589<p> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday plans to slowly lower an inflatable dam to release some water that's been building in a lake threatening to overflow and flood a Des Moines neighborhood. The dam was installed as a temporary fix for t</p>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:01:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596162http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596162<p> Federal legislation has been introduced to speed up research on ways to stop the spread of the invasive Asian carp by permanently separating waterways linking the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. Democratic U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Mi</p>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:47:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596154http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596154<p> Legislation has been introduced to speed up research on ways to stop the spread of the invasive Asian carp by permanently separating waterways linking the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. Democratic U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan a</p>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=595980http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=595980<p> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says commercial and recreational boaters will be affected by construction work on two lock and dams in the Twin Cities area. The Corps says the Lower St. Anthony Falls lock and dam will be closed to all navigatio</p>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=595520http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=595520<p> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hoping to reduce water levels in the Mississippi River near Winona. The Corps' St. Paul office and the Water Level Management Task Force started drawing down the Upper Mississippi River Pool 6 on June 18 and p</p>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:29:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=595239http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=595239<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/6/28/tbn_7_2010-6-28-newsmin6-4035612502314829010.jpg"/>It's been 66 years since the Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act created the Garrison Dam and Lake Sakakawea. Now, the Corps of Engineers is taking a new look at how the river and its reservoirs are used. Jim Olson reports on the review process. For Terry Fle<br clear="all"/></p>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:57:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593046http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593046<p> U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says the area where an Asian carp was found for the first time beyond electric barriers meant to keep the voracious fish out of the Great Lakes should be poisoned. The Michigan Democrat on Thursday reiterated her call f</p>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592864http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592864<p> The Democrat and Republican parties in South Dakota meet this week to nominate their remaining statewide candidates for the November ballot. Republicans will meet in Huron tomorrow and Saturday. The Democratic convention is Saturday in Sioux Falls. </p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592801http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592801<p> A 101-year-old woman injured when a car crashed into a Garretson nursing home has died. Minnehaha County Sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Gromer says Mildred Ellefson was treated at a hospital after Sunday night's crash, then sent back to Palisade Manor, whe</p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592581http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592581<p> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is releasing extra water into the Missouri River in order to lower reservoir levels and better control flooding. Heavy rains have raised water levels at Gavins Point near Yankton, S.D. On Wednesday, the c</p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592578http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592578<p> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is releasing extra water into the Missouri River in order to lower reservoir levels and better control flooding. Heavy rains have raised water levels at Gavins Point near Yankton, S.D. On Wednesday, the c</p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592537http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592537<p> Officials say an Asian carp has been found for the first time beyond the electric barriers constructed to keep the dreaded invasive species out of the Great Lakes. State and federal officials said Wednesday that commercial fishermen found the 3-</p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592528http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592528<p> Officials say an Asian carp has been found for the first time beyond the electric barriers constructed to keep the dreaded invasive species out of the Great Lakes. State and federal officials said Wednesday that commercial fishermen found the 3-</p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:04:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592221http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592221<p> High water levels on Lake Francis Case are causing the closure of some boat ramps, campgrounds and roads on the Missouri River Reservoir in central South Dakota. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says water releases from the reservoir's Fort Rand</p>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589994http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589994<p> State officials say Montana's unemployment rate ticked up slightly in May to 7.2 percent. The Labor Department is also reporting that extended benefits that have helped more than 1,000 unemployed in the state have run dry. The agency says </p>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:47:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589982http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589982<p> Federal dam operators have stopped spilling water over Montana's Libby Dam. Now they will see if the effort will help endangered wild Kootenai River white sturgeon reproduce for the first time in more than three decades. The U.S. Army Corps of E</p>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589972http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589972<p> The millions of sandbags used to fight spring flooding in North Dakota look impressive until they are stacked next to the 2009 totals. Figures released by the North Dakota Emergency Services Department show that more than 2.4 million sandbags w</p>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589928http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589928<p> Upstream interests on the Missouri River hope recreation will be treated fairly as federal officials study the authorized purposes of the river system. Many people in the upper basin have long believed that recreation is given less of a priority</p>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589927http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=589927<p> Upstream interests on the Missouri River hope recreation will be treated fairly as federal officials study the authorized purposes of the river system. Many people in the upper basin have long believed that recreation is given less of a priority</p>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=588510http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=588510<p> A judge has granted a request from Hyperion Resources to have a state board review and possibly amend parts of an air quality permit it received for a $10 billion oil refinery near Elk Point. Several groups filed a lawsuit to have the permit approval</p>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=588290http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=588290<p> The Army Corps of Engineers says it has increased releases from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton to prevent water from flowing over the emergency spillway gates. The move Monday night leveled the elevation of the reservoir at a record 1,209.7 feet,</p>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=588257http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=588257<p> The Army Corps of Engineers says it has increased releases from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton to prevent water from flowing over the emergency spillway gates. The move Monday night leveled the elevation of the reservoir at a record 1,209.7 feet,</p>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587960http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587960<p> The Agriculture Department says a mixture of cool temperatures and scattered showers left many South Dakota farmers with only about three days suitable for field work last week. Farmers still are trying to finish corn, soybean, sorghum and sunflower </p>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587958http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587958<p> The Army Corps of Engineers says the three largest Missouri River reservoirs gained water in May because snow in the mountains and rain in the upper basin pushed runoff 27 percent above normal. Lake Sakakawea gained 1.9 feet last month. FAR</p>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587938http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587938<p> The Army Corps of Engineers said the three largest Missouri River reservoirs gained water in May because snow in the mountains and rain in the upper basin pushed runoff to 127 percent of normal. The amount of water in the six reservoirs was 60.8</p>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587933http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587933<p> The Army Corps of Engineers said the three largest Missouri River reservoirs gained water in May because snow in the mountains and rain in the upper basin pushed runoff to 127 percent of normal. The amount of water in the six reservoirs was 60.8</p>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587524http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587524<p> The state Department of Mineral Resources says the number of drill rigs perforating North Dakota's oil patch has jumped 25 percent in three months. The agency says 127 rigs were drilling in western North Dakota's oil patch on Monday. That's up f</p>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:53:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587402http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587402<p> The Army Corps of Engineers is holding three public meetings in North Dakota this week as it prepares to study the authorized purposes of the Missouri River system. The meetings are Wednesday in Williston, Thursday in Bismarck and Friday in Farg</p>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587203http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587203<p> A North Dakota town has lost its state district judge, and now the job may be moved elsewhere. Southeast District Judge James Bekken died May 3 of lung disease. Bekken was a longtime resident of New Rockford. North Dakota's Supreme Court is</p>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:17:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587166http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=587166<p> A group of Cass County officials will travel to Washington, D.C., this month to brief federal officials on the proposed Red River diversion project in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area. Officials say the purpose of the June 28 meetings with No</p>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:21:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=585511http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=585511<p> More than 12,000 Minneapolis-area nurses hit picket lines today in a labor dispute over staffing levels and pension benefits. The nurses have authorized a one-day strike on 14 hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The hospitals say they've hire</p>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=585471http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=585471<p> A La Crosse, Wis., company has been awarded a $3.4 million contract to restore islands, and ultimately wildlife habitat, in the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday that it awarded the contract to J.F. Brennan </p>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=584767http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=584767<p> Repairs are expected to start soon on a levee protecting a Des Moines neighborhood inundated by the Des Moines River in the past 17 years. The levee in the Birdland neighborhood is a source of concern because of failures in 1993 and 2008. </p>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=583891http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=583891<p> Stock market gains have allowed the South Dakota Retirement System to recover a big part of its losses from the past two years. State Investment Officer Matt Clark says the retirement system for public employees has earned about 20 percent on it</p>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=583762http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=583762<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/6/7/tbn_7_2010-6-7-newsmin6-4033512502314829016.jpg"/>Water levels along the Missouri River are higher now than they've been since 1999. The Army Corps of Engineers reports runoff into the Missouri system were 127% of normal in May, pushing reservoir levels higher. Lake Sakakawea stands 1841 feet - eight f<br clear="all"/></p>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=583487http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=583487<p> Nearly a century after it was installed, the clay tile system of wastewater collection in Iroquois is crumbling. The Iroquois City Council is proposing a citywide improvement project estimated to cost $875,000 to fix the system. Officials </p>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=583392http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=583392<p> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says work has been completed on a paved hiking and biking trail along Lake Yankton. Lake manager Gary Ledbetter says the trail has been planned for about five years. He says the 6,400-foot asphalt trail gives wa</p>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:32:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=582092http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=582092<p> If there's one thing industry and environmentalists can agree on about Asian carp, it's that focusing on lock closures is a distraction. John Brammeier of the Alliance for the Great Lakes says lock closure as a long-term strategy won't work. He </p>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:54:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=582042http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=582042<p> A coalition of industry, labor and agriculture groups is supporting the occasional closures of Chicago-area shipping locks to fight Asian carp as long as industry gets 30 days' notice. During a news conference in Chicago on Friday, coalition lea</p>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581625http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581625<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/6/3/tbn_6_2010-6-3-newsmin6-4033112502314835304.jpg"/> Residents of Surrey and the surrounding rural area received a surge of good news today. A cooperative agreement was signed between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the North Prairie Rural Water District that will provide for a rural water expansion <br clear="all"/></p>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:26:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581597http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581597<p> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ruled out closing Chicago-area shipping locks on a regular basis. It says doing so wouldn't stop dreaded Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes but could damage the local economy. The Thursday decision</p>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581556http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581556<p> The judge who oversaw last year's case involving a Sleepy Eye boy who did not want to receive chemotherapy to treat his cancer has been honored for his work. Brown County District Judge John Rodenberg received the Rosalie E. Wahl Judicial Award </p>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:31:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581501http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581501<p> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has no immediate plans to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. The Corps on Thursday outlined short-term measure it will take to help keep the unwanted fi</p>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=580917http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=580917<p> State Sen. Gordon Howie, a Republican candidate in the South Dakota governor's race, has chosen a former state senator and Sioux Falls city councilman as his running mate. Howie, of Rapid City, on Wednesday announced Kermit Staggers as his pick.</p>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=580691http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=580691<p> A federal appeals court has rejected the Yankton Sioux Tribe's attempt to prevent the transfer of two federal recreation areas along the [[kxtopic:missouri-river:t[Missouri River]:t]] to the state of [[kxtopic:south-dakota:t[South Dakota]:t]]. T</p>Sun, 30 May 2010 17:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579503http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579503<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/5/30/tbn_7_2010-5-30-newsmin10-4032712502314835309.jpg"/>A Corps of Engineers plan to study the effects of water usage on the Missouri River reservoir system is going forward. But an origial plan to put a moratorium on new water use permits until the study was done has been scrapped. That study could take sev<br clear="all"/></p>Thu, 27 May 2010 06:57:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577815http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577815<p> Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen has approved portions of Louisiana's $350 million plan to try to protect its coastline from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill with a wall of sand. Allen announced Thursday that about half of the proposed 86-mile network of</p>Wed, 26 May 2010 23:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577589http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577589<p> If you have news or sports stories of statewide interest, please call at 1-800-472-2186 or 1-701-223-8450. For technical problems with delivery of AP news and photo services, call 1-800-552-7252. AP stories, along with the photos that accompany t</p>Wed, 26 May 2010 23:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577582http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577582<p> Please send stories of state or regional interest by electronic carbon, by fax at 605-332-3931 or e-mail to apsiouxfalls(at)ap.org. Technical problems may be reported to 800-552-7252. AP stories, along with the photos that accompany them, can be </p>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577544http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577544<p> A Sioux Falls man accused of hiring a fellow jail inmate to kill a witness in his murder case has pleaded not guilty to the additional charges. Samuel Blue Lint was in court Wednesday to enter the pleas to criminal solicitation of murder, robber</p>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577297http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577297<p> Federal officials say Louisiana's request for a coastal sand barrier to block the oil slick pushing in from the Gulf of Mexico could inadvertently funnel oil deeper into unprotected areas and onto neighboring Mississippi. Documents released Wedn</p>Wed, 26 May 2010 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577263http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577263<p> South Dakota has settled a lawsuit filed by two Pine Ridge women who were barred from voting in 2008. The women said they were illegally removed from the voter registration list after being convicted of a felony and given probation but no prison ti</p>Wed, 26 May 2010 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577245http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577245<p> The state attorney general's office has dropped a complaint that alleged phone book advertising by paralegal Jerry O'Neil of Columbia Falls deceived people about his practice. A complaint filed against O'Neil in June 2007 alleged he violated th</p>Wed, 26 May 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577184http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577184<p> Representatives of American Indian tribes say they must be consulted during a five-year federal study of the Missouri River and its reservoirs. At a meeting in Fort Pierre on Wednesday, officials of several South Dakota tribes told the Army Corp</p>Wed, 26 May 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577183http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577183<p> Representatives of American Indian tribes say they must be consulted during a five-year federal study of the Missouri River and its reservoirs. At a meeting in Fort Pierre on Wednesday, officials of several South Dakota tribes told the Army Corp</p>Wed, 26 May 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577182http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=577182<p> Representatives of American Indian tribes say they must be consulted during a five-year federal study of the Missouri River and its reservoirs. At a meeting in Fort Pierre on Wednesday, officials of several South Dakota tribes told the Army Corp</p>Tue, 25 May 2010 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=576637http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=576637<p> A Nebraska man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for a 1998 killing in southeastern South Dakota. James Strahl of Dakota City, Neb., was sentenced Tuesday in a Union County court on charges of manslaughter and grand theft. The 42-yea</p>Tue, 25 May 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=576626http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=576626<p> The state Board of Higher Education has hired a former federal prosecutor to lead an investigation into spending on some university projects. David Peterson, who worked in the U.S. attorney's office in Bismarck, was beginning the probe on Tuesda</p>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=576532http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=576532<p> After years of drought, the Missouri River is running full this year, raising hopes among some that barge traffic will return to the river. But others say that the long drought that began in 2000 decimated barge traffic and may have permanently </p>