South Dakota
Mom says son who died in river was ‘biggest hero’
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The mother of a man who died in an icy South Dakota river while trying to rescue a 6-year-old boy says her son made the ultimate sacrifice.
Republicans: Searching for their Mr. or Mrs. Right
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Tired of election defeats, conservatives are searching for their next Mr. or Mrs. Right at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Listen to a rundown from a local college professor in this interview with Maggie and Michael.
SD gov signs into law that teachers can be armed
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into law Friday a measure allowing the state’s school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns, the first of its kind since the Connecticut school shooting.
SD college tests fingerprint purchasing technology
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners. It’s happening in South Dakota.
Honest! The door attacked me!
Bizarre injury of the week comes from the NBA. Celtics rookie center Fab Melo (he’s fab but also mellow) suffered a concussion… in his hotel room… when he collided with… a door frame.
Police using Twitter to offer virtual ridealongs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Riding side by side as a police officer answers a call for help or investigates a brutal crime during a ridealong gives citizens an up close look at the gritty and sometimes dangerous situations officers can experience on the job.
Drought unrelenting despite recent snowstorms
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The snowstorm that pummeled the upper Midwest last week is helping ease dry conditions in Iowa but hasn’t done much to relax the overall grip of the worst U.S. drought in decades.
Tribes raise $9M for sacred SD land
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — After months of high-profile fundraising that drew celebrities’ attention and dollars, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota‘s […]
Judge bows out of ‘pink slime’ suit over ABC ties
A federal judge has recused himself from presiding over a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC because his daughter-in-law works as a producer on one of the network’s morning shows.
ABC News asks judge to toss 'pink slime' lawsuit
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Lawyers for ABC News asked a judge Wednesday to toss out a $1 billion defamation lawsuit filed by a South Dakota-based meat processor over a meat product that critics dub […]



















