South Dakota News

YANKTON, SD Department of Transportation officials advise the Vermillion River has broken through the dikes and flooded SD 19 south of Centerville.

In the 40 years since the Enola Gay, a B-29 long-range medium bomber, dropped its atom bomb over Hiroshima, America's nuclear-weapons systems have evolved into what has been known for the past 25 years as the Triad.

Office of the Governor 500 E. Capitol Ave. Pierre , SD 57501 773-3212 www.state.sd.us MEDIA ADVISORY: Friday, July 30, 2010 CONTACT: Joe Kafka or Roxy Everson at 605-773-3212 News Tips for the week of Aug.

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 30, 2010 Media Contact: Nathan Sanderson, 605-773-6211 Pierre, S.D. Three South Dakota FFA members have qualified for the National FFA Organization's highest honor.

For Immediate Release: Friday, July 30, 2010 Contact: Various Southeastern & South central S.D. Highways Closed Due to Flooding SOUTHEAST, SD Heavy rains overnight have caused flooding over several highways in southeastern and south central South Dakota .

Mitch Krebs has resigned as Avera McKennan Hospital's assistant vice president of media and community relations to take a job with Poet.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 PIERRE, S.D. - Gov. Mike Rounds announced today that a new hospital project in Hand County is getting a shot in the arm from the Community Development Block Grant program.

A hailstone that fell in central South Dakota has set U.S. records, even though it likely shrunk after plummeting to a field, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed today.

Pierre , S.D. 57501 773-3212 www.state.sd.us : Thursday, July 29, 2010 CONTACT: Joe Kafka or Roxy Everson, 605-773-3212 A Year of Unity note: South Dakota is culturally diverse, and some of that diversity this summer will include visitors from Japan who will be making a return appearance for the 29th year in a row.

YANKTON, SD Beginning Thursday, July 29, the Department of Transportation will begin pavement repairs in the Yankton Area.

Morgan Kleinsasser of Huron , a member of the South Dakota Youth Congress, seeks assistance Wednesday from Barbara Garcia during a poverty simulation for students and adults held at the University of South Dakota School of Law in Vermillion.

Is an Internet sales tax coming? UPDATE: Adds opposing resolution from Rep. Paul W. Hodes By Ylan Q. Mui A movement is slowly building in Washington to banish one of the biggest perks of shopping online: not paying sales tax.

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for South Dakota and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of June 16-24, ...

Watertown businessman Jim Spies has resigned from the South Dakota Transportation Commission just days after being appointed by the governor to another state commission.

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Contact: Doug Sherman or Brad Norrid at 842-0810 Phase 2 work on Bridges near Winner to Start Winner, SD Work on two bridges on SD 44 between the City of Winner and the junction of SD Highway 47 east of Winner is expected to begin on Monday, August 2. The work involves rehabilitation of the two ...

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: BOTCHED BUDGET Error requires big fix to Minnehaha County budget SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Minnehaha County commissioners will have to redo the 2011 budget after an accounting error of more than $500,000. County Administrator Ken McFarland says the error was made by the auditor's office, and ...

South Dakota officials say an estimated 50 to 60 million dollars will leave South Dakota every year, and will end up in Iowa, once the new casino in Lyon County is built.

A federal judge's decision Wednesday to block the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect adds more questions as to how South Dakota might revamp its own immigration law, which some legislators have proposed be similar to Arizona's. The law in Arizona still will take effect today but without many of the provisions ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson said he's taking comments from South Dakotans on how the current farm bill is working in preparation for congressional work on writing a new one.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Wednesday, July 28, 2010 CONTACT : Mary Stadick Smith, South Dakota Department of Education, 773-7228, mary.stadicksmith@state.sd.us More high schools found to have met AYP goals PIERRE, S.D. Six additional South Dakota high schools have been determined to have met adequate yearly progress goals for 2009-10, as reported on ...