South Dakota drug bust ends in arrests, dog killed CHANCELLOR, S.D. (AP) — Authorities searching a home for drugs in the southeastern South Dakota town of Chancellor during a parole check arrested three people and shot and killed a dog. The Turner County Sheriff's Office says authorities were using a police dog to aid in the search Tuesday when one ...

Dairy economist to speak at South Dakota State BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A University of Minnesota dairy economist will speak at South Dakota University on Wednesday about current federal dairy legislation. Marin Bozic will talk at the Alfred Dairy Science Hall from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The session is sponsored by the South Dakota Dairy Producers. Bozic has been ...

Burn ban lifted in state land south of Bismarck BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has removed the open fire ban on the Oahe Wildlife Management Area south of Bismarck. The department had prohibited open fires, including campfires, on state property south of Bismarck and Mandan along both sides of the Missouri River. Officials say ...

Two Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday called for more hearings into the Internal Revenue Service scandal that involved targeting conservative and religious groups. We got more non-answers than answers today, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota told...

Full time RVers have not applied for statehood - yet.  I have not been able to come up with a good estimate of what the population of RVania would be.  I have seen estimates of anywhere from 200,000 to 1,000,000.  The latter would put five states behind RVania in population.  I saw one estimate, a bit implausible, that 500,000 full-time RVers ...