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Plan to ban SD schools from suing state defeated Feb 9 2010 4:48PM
A South Dakota Senate panel has rejected a
proposed constitutional amendment that would have prohibited public
school districts from suing the state.
The measure was proposed after about half the state's school
districts gave financial support t
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| SD Senate OKs nursing home for reservation Feb 9 2010 4:27PM
The South Dakota Senate has unanimously
approved a plan that would allow construction of a nursing home on
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Sen. Jim Bradford, R-Pine Ridge, said the reservation needs a
nursing home so elderly people don't have
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 9 2010 4:27PM
A state Senate committee has approved a bill
aimed at boosting aid to South Dakota schools. Its main sponsor
says the goal is to more closely tie school aid with the overall
health of the budget. The bill requires that state aid increase
each year by
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 9 2010 4:27PM
A Minot State University alumnus and his wife
are giving the school $1 million to start an academy aimed at
promoting entrepreneurship and developing business leaders.
The gift is from 1973 alum Clint Severson and his wife, Conni
Ahart. Severson
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 9 2010 4:27PM
Communities could choose to allow alcohol
sales on Sundays and Memorial Day, but not Christmas Day, under a
revised bill passed by the House on Tuesday.
The original legislation called for lifting the state's ban on
wine and liquor sales on Sund
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| Senate committee approves change in SD school aid Feb 9 2010 11:12AM
A South Dakota Senate committee has approved
a bill aimed at increasing state financial aid to school districts
once the economy recovers.
The main sponsor, Sen. Dave Knudson of Sioux Falls, says the
bill would more closely tie school aid with t
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| House committee advances birth center bill Feb 9 2010 10:16AM
A legislative committee on Tuesday moved
forward a bill that would allow birth centers in South Dakota.
A birth center is defined as a homelike facility within a health
care system not attached to a hospital. It is staffed by licensed
profession
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| Acupuncture licensing bill killed by committee Feb 9 2010 9:27AM
A bill that would have regulated
acupuncturists in South Dakota was killed by a legislative
committee Tuesday.
The bill would have adopted National Certification Commission
for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine standards used in 44 other
states
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| SD murder suspect pleads on Iowa drug charges Feb 9 2010 8:17AM
The suspect in the killing of a Sioux
Falls man has pleaded not guilty to drug charges in Iowa.
Eighteen-year-old Samuel Lint of Sioux Falls is being held in
Milford, Iowa, while he awaits extradition to South Dakota to face
charges in the death
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| School bond issue finally passes in Dell Rapids Feb 9 2010 7:14AM
The southeastern South Dakota town of
Dell Rapids is getting a new elementary school, after voters
approved it in a fifth vote on the matter.
The bond measure needed 60 percent approval to pass and got 65
percent in Monday's election. More than
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 9 2010 6:53AM
The Associated Press' monthly analysis of
economic stress found that North Dakota and South Dakota remained
the two least-stressed states in December. But weakness in Western
energy-producing states helped raise the average U.S. county's
economic str
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| Election of SD ag secretary is proposed Feb 9 2010 5:22AM
A bill filed in the South Dakota
Legislature would make the office of state agriculture secretary an
elected position rather than one filled by a governor's
appointment.
Sponsors say it would make the secretary accountable to voters
and to the
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 9 2010 2:13AM
Police don't suspect foul play in the
death of a 47-year-old woman found along a street in Rapid City.
The woman is identified as Mary Fast Horse. Her death remains under
investigation.
DENVER (AP) South Dakota is getting $2 million to d
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 9 2010 2:13AM
A check of the names of people who are owed
refunds for excessive traffic fines in Fargo has turned up 118
people who owe child support totaling $1.3 million.
Department of Human Services child support director Mike
Schwindt says the agency will
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 9 2010 2:13AM
A 47-year-old woman is found dead along
a street in Rapid City, but police say foul play is not suspected.
The body of Mary Fast Horse was discovered shortly before 7 a.m.
Monday in the 300 block of First Street.
Police say a cause of dea
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| Monday's Women's Basketball Scores Feb 9 2010 12:28AM
By The Associated Press
EAST
Alvernia 62, Cabrini 36
Baruch 67, Richard Stockton 58
Canisius 77, Rider 58
Cheyney 71, Bloomsburg 61
Delaware 67, George Mason 63
Manhattan 59, St. Peter's 57
Marywood 70, Rosemont 65, OT
McDa
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| South Dakota boys basketball poll Feb 8 2010 4:55PM
This is the South Dakota Sportswriters Association Boys
Basketball Poll for the week of Feb. 8. Teams are listed with
first-place votes in parenthesis, record, total points and previous
ranking.
Class AA
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| South Dakota girls basketball poll Feb 8 2010 4:55PM
This is the South Dakota Sportswriters Association Girls
Basketball Poll for the week of Feb. 8. Teams are listed with
first-place votes in parenthesis, record, total points and previous
ranking.
Class AA
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| Colo. getting $30 million for barkbeetle epidemic Feb 8 2010 4:48PM
U.S. Forest Service officials in Colorado are
getting $30 million to deal with the aftermath of the bark-beetle
epidemic that have killed about 3.6 million pine trees in the state
and southern Wyoming.
U.S. Democratic Sens. Mark Udall and Michae
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| Harrisburg School selling online ads Feb 8 2010 2:14PM
The Harrisburg School District is
selling advertising on part of the school's Web site, and at least
one parent is not happy.
Jennifer McNamara, who has a daughter at one of Harrisburg's
three elementary schools, says she is worried that ad sale
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| USD wants help paying for DakotaDome renovations Feb 8 2010 12:15PM
The University of South Dakota says the
DakotaDome needs $8 million worth of renovations, and it wants the
Vermillion School District to help pay.
The district uses the dome for high school football games. USD
is asking the district to pay betwe
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 8 2010 11:05AM
Snow and cold is socking parts of the
Dakotas.
The National Weather service said as much as 8 inches of snow
could accumulate in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern
North Dakota by Tuesday, with strong winds blowing it around.
Icy r
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 8 2010 10:58AM
Snow and cold is socking parts of the
Dakotas.
The National Weather service said as much as 8 inches of snow
could accumulate in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern
North Dakota by Tuesday, with strong winds blowing it around.
Icy r
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| AP analysis: US economic stress hit a peak in Dec. Feb 8 2010 10:23AM
Weakness in Western energy-producing states helped raise the
average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest
point since the recession began in December 2007.
But the Dakotas continued to see relatively low stress level
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| AP analysis: US economic stress hit a peak in Dec. Feb 8 2010 10:23AM
Weakness in Western energy-producing states helped raise the
average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest
point since the recession began in December 2007.
But the Dakotas continued to see relatively low stress level
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| Parts of Dakotas deal with snow, cold Feb 8 2010 9:34AM
Snow and cold is socking parts of the
Dakotas.
The National Weather service said as much as 8 inches of snow
could accumulate in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern
North Dakota by Tuesday, with strong winds blowing it around.
Icy r
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| Parts of Dakotas deal with snow, cold Feb 8 2010 9:34AM
Snow and cold is socking parts of the
Dakotas.
The National Weather service said as much as 8 inches of snow
could accumulate in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern
North Dakota by Tuesday, with strong winds blowing it around.
Icy r
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| Mother of baby thrown from van believes in miracle Feb 8 2010 8:24AM
The mother of a baby who was thrown
from a van during a rollover crash on Interstate 29 in southeast
South Dakota says she thinks it is a miracle her daughter survived.
The 3-month-old infant was secured in a baby seat but the seat
with Adrianna
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| Lion count at 30 in SD Black Hills Feb 8 2010 8:03AM
Black Hills hunters are closing in on
the bag limit set for [[kxtopic:mountain-lion:t[mountain lion]:t]]s in 2010.
The Game, Fish and Parks Department says 30 lions 19 females
and 11 males were taken as of Sunday. The most recent was a
female
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 8 2010 6:46AM
Gov. Mike Rounds is asking that flags in the
state be flown at half-staff today in honor of a South Dakota
native who died when his Navy plane crashed in Louisiana's Lake
Pontchartrain late last month. Funeral services for Lt. Clinton
Wermers are sch
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| Flags to be at halfstaff for Wermers Feb 8 2010 6:18AM
Gov. Mike Rounds is asking that flags in the
state be flown at half-staff Monday in honor of a South Dakota
native who died when his Navy plane crashed in Louisiana's Lake
Pontchartrain late last month.
Funeral services for Lt. Clinton Wermers a
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| Piedmont school bids under budget Feb 8 2010 5:08AM
The new school in the western South Dakota
town of Piedmont will cost about 20 percent less than the original
estimate.
The Meade School Board has approved bids totaling $11.6 million,
down from the original estimate of $14.2 million.
Offi
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Skype with a Soldier Feb 7 2010 11:41PM
It's his first deployment overseas... and one soldier is continuing his military education while on duty.
Meet Sgt Jared Klempel...as we Skype with a Soldier.
In his first deployment overseas... Sgt. Jared Klempel is busy at work... keeping track of s
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State Roads and Accidents Feb 7 2010 11:41PM
Nasty driving conditions across the state... have law enforcement urging drivers to slow down.
Strong winds, snow and slippery roads didn't seem to stop a lot of football fans from driving to their game-watching destination...
But nasty weather across
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| Hunters in SD's Black Hills bag 24 mountain lions Feb 7 2010 5:58PM
Black Hills hunters are closing in on
the bag limit set for mountain lions in 2010.
The Game, Fish and Parks Department says 30 lions 19 females
and 11 males were taken as of Sunday. The most recent was a
female taken Saturday southeast of Spe
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| Building permits set record in Brookings, SD Feb 7 2010 4:55PM
Some South Dakota cities saw a rise in
building permits last year but a drop in the value of construction.
The number of building permits issued in Brookings in 2009
increased more than 5 percent from the year before, setting a
record. However,
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 7 2010 4:48PM
The copper wire that brings broadband
Internet to the Estelline School District can get pretty jammed
when more than 200 students are accessing distance classes and
pulling up Web sites from their tablet PCs.
District network administrator Joey
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 7 2010 3:17PM
The copper wire that brings broadband
Internet to the Estelline School District can get pretty jammed
when more than 200 students are accessing distance classes and
pulling up Web sites from their tablet PCs. But thanks to some $20
million in federal
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| Driver killed in crash on icy road in South Dakota Feb 7 2010 2:14PM
One man has died after a two-vehicle
collision on an icy road south of Allen.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol identified the victim as
67-year-old Charles Bettelyoun of Martin.
The patrol says Bettelyoun lost control of his SUV and traveled
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| South Dakota Girls How They Fared Feb 7 2010 1:18PM
By The Associated Press
Class AA
1. Aberdeen Central (14-2) beat Mitchell 48-36, beat Brandon Valley 42-29, beat Yankton 50-35.
2. Sioux Falls Roosevelt (9-1) beat Worthington Minn. 64-41.
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| South Dakota Boys How They Fared Feb 7 2010 1:18PM
By The Associated Press
Class AA
1. Huron (12-2) beat Yankton 64-49, beat Spearfish 71-55, lost to Sturgis 64-58.
2. Rapid City Central (10-3) beat Rapid City Stevens 81-56, lost to Hull Western Christian, Iowa 83-68.
3.
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| Inmate as South Dakota prison dies at hospital Feb 7 2010 11:54AM
A 52-year-old inmate at the Rapid City
Minimum Unit has died at a local hospital.
The South Dakota Department of Corrections identified the inmate
at Bruce King, who was serving a two-year sentence for
third-offense driving while intoxicated out
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| Busload of SD wrestlers stranded after I90 crash Feb 7 2010 11:12AM
Thirty-one high school wrestlers have been
stranded in Mitchell after their charter bus crashed while en route
from Spearfish to Sioux Falls.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol says the bus driver lost control
on icy Interstate 90 east of Mitchell
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 7 2010 3:03AM
Prairie City residents want their post
office reopened. They filed a petition in support of the rural
Perkins County post office, which closed in December. Residents say
the next closest post office is about 17 miles away.
Information from:
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| Saturday's Women's Basketball Scores Feb 7 2010 12:28AM
By The Associated Press
EAST
Bentley 75, St. Michael's 56
Bridgeport 74, C.W. Post 71
Brooklyn 68, NYCCT 53
Brown 61, Cornell 54
Buffalo 60, Cent. Michigan 52
Capital 76, Baldwin-Wallace 59
Cent. Connecticut St. 73, Bryant 59
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MSU Men Feb 6 2010 10:52PM
The Minot State Men's basketball team was at home for the 2nd straight night taking on the Dakota State Trojans. The last time the two faced off was on January 8th in Madison South Dakota and the Trojans defeated the Beavers by 1.
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| South Dakota State defeats UMKC 7857 Feb 6 2010 10:03PM
Clint Sargent scored 18 points and
Griffan Callahan added 14 to lead South Dakota State to a 78-57
victory against UMKC on Saturday night.
Garrett Callahan had 12 points and Anthony Cordova 11 for the
Jackrabbits (13-11, 9-4 Summit League).
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| South Dakota State defeats UMKC 7857 Feb 6 2010 10:03PM
Clint Sargent scored 18 points and
Griffan Callahan added 14 to lead South Dakota State to a 78-57
victory against UMKC on Saturday night.
Garrett Callahan had 12 points and Anthony Cordova 11 for the
Jackrabbits (13-11, 9-4 Summit League).
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| Summit League at South Dakota State Feb 6 2010 8:25PM
Half: South Dakota State 42 Missouri-Kansas City 30
High Scorers: UMKC - Jay Couisnard 16
S. Dakota St. - Garrett Callahan 10
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 6 2010 4:13PM
The U.S. Geological Survey says South
Dakota is the first state to have watershed boundary data viewable
through Google Earth software.
Hydrologist Ryan Thompson says the new tool will help
conservation and watershed managers better understand t
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| South Dakota watershed data available via Google Feb 6 2010 3:52PM
The U.S. Geological Survey says South
Dakota is the first state to have watershed boundary data viewable
through Google Earth software.
Hydrologist Ryan Thompson says the new tool will help
conservation and watershed managers better understand t
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 6 2010 2:56PM
Martine Jeanty is helpless but not
hopeless trying to aid her family and friends after the January
Haiti earthquake. Her relatives are all homeless now, and her uncle
was killed in a building collapse. The 27-year-old USD student
keeps looking for so
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| State fair to celebrate 125th anniversary Feb 6 2010 5:15AM
The South Dakota State Fair will
celebrate its 125th anniversary this year.
This year's "From Memories to Milestones" theme will showcase
agriculture, youth, achievement, community and the arts.
The dates are Sept. 2-6 in Huron.
A pre
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 6 2010 2:13AM
President Barack Obama has appointed South
Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds to a newly created Council of Governors.
Members will meet occasionally to offer views and advice on
military and homeland defense matters.
Rounds is one of 10 people on the
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 6 2010 2:13AM
The National Weather Service says a
weather system has moved into the Northern Plains that could bring
half a foot of snow to some areas. But ice and strong winds that
can lead to downed power lines aren't in the forecast.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP)
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| Friday's College Basketball Scores Feb 6 2010 12:28AM
By The Associated Press
EAST
CCNY 73, John Jay 72
Columbia 65, Brown 54
Cornell 90, Yale 71
Fairfield 59, St. Peter's 46
Hamilton 64, Skidmore 45
Hunter 73, Lehman 71, OT
Loyola, Md. 80, Rider 73
Malone 63, Daemen 55
Ma
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| South Dakota routs S. IllinoisEdwardsville 9169 Feb 5 2010 9:28PM
Tyler Cain scored 16 points and South
Dakota shot 64.9 percent in defeating Southern
Illinois-Edwardsville 91-69 in a nonconference game Friday night.
South Dakota made 37 of 57 shots, and eight of the 10 players
shot 50 percent or better. The C
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| South Dakota routs S. IllinoisEdwardsville 9169 Feb 5 2010 9:28PM
Tyler Cain scored 16 points and South
Dakota shot 64.9 percent in defeating Southern
Illinois-Edwardsville 91-69 in a nonconference game Friday night.
South Dakota made 37 of 57 shots, and eight of the 10 players
shot 50 percent or better. The C
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nconference at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Half: South Dakota 43 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 31
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| Body of man killed in Navy crash arrives in SD Feb 5 2010 5:23PM
The body of a South Dakota native who died
when his Navy plane crashed in Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain has
arrived in the state in preparation for his funeral.
A funeral service for Lt. Clinton Wermers is scheduled for 11
a.m. Monday at Holy F
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