Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Risk Partners Acquires South Dakota’s McKinneyOlson
Mar 7 2024 // North Risk Partners, one of the largest independent insurance brokers and risk advisory firms in the Midwest, has acquired McKinneyOlson Insurance in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, effective February 1. With this new...
Ice Storms and Blizzards Pummel the Central US
Dec 28 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard conditions in Colorado causing hundreds of airport delays and cancellations, a winter storm pummeled much of the central United...
World Acquires South Dakota’s American Trust Insurance
Dec 5 2023 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of American Trust Insurance, LLC (“ATI”) of Huron, South Dakota on December 1, 2023. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ATI was...
EWG Report Finds Rapidly Rising Crop Payouts As Climate Change Hits U.S. Agriculture
Dec 4 2023 // Drought, heat, hail, rain and freezing temperatures – the five horsemen of crop insurance. A new report from EWG found that crop insurance payouts for the top five weather-related losses totaled over $118.7 billion...
EWG Report Finds Rapidly Rising Crop Payouts As Climate Change Hits U.S. Agriculture
Nov 15 2023 // Drought, heat, hail, rain and freezing temperatures – the five horsemen of crop insurance. A new report from EWG found that crop insurance payouts for the top five weather-related losses totaled over $118.7 billion...
Nearly 1M Chickens Will be Killed on a Minnesota Farm Due to Bird Flu
Nov 9 2023 // Nearly 1 million chickens on a Minnesota egg farm will be slaughtered to help limit the spread of the highly contagious bird flu after it was confirmed there, officials said Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Bird Flu Strikes Turkey Farms in South Dakota and Utah, Prompting Fears of More Cases
Oct 12 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Highly pathogenic bird flu has made its first appearances in U.S. commercial poultry flocks this season, affecting one turkey farm in South Dakota and one in Utah and raising concerns that more...
No Injuries Reported in Train Derailment, Partial Rail Bridge Collapse in South Dakota
Sep 1 2023 // NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) – No injuries or hazardous spills have been reported in a train derailment in a southeastern South Dakota town that also saw a rail bridge partially collapse. The derailment happened shortly...
Two Killed After Car is Struck by Train in South Dakota
Aug 22 2023 // ELKTON, S.D. (AP) – Two people died when a car was struck by train in South Dakota, an accident that caused the train to derail and crash into a grain elevator. The South Dakota Highway Patrol said the accident that...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires South Dakota’s Hagan
Jul 25 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Hagan Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Hagan Insurance Group provides insurance member benefits and...
First MainStreet Enters South Dakota
Dec 19 2022 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C., announced its expansion into the state of South Dakota as the firm partners with Revo Insurance Alliance. Revo Insurance Alliance is an...
South Dakota Social Services Agency Fined $320K
Dec 7 2022 // Rural Office of Community Services Inc., a Wagner, South Dakota-based social services agency, which serves low-income families and individuals across multiple locations in South Dakota, will pay $320,000 in monetary relief...
South Dakota Pot Legalization Effort Faces Resistance
Nov 7 2022 // When it comes to marijuana, South Dakota has been a leader among its Great Plains neighbors: one of the first to legalize recreational use, the first to approve both medical and recreational forms on the same ballot and...
South Dakota Sees Increase in Medical Pot Cards
Oct 31 2022 // SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota has seen a rapid rise in people registering to use medical marijuana in recent months, as many obtain their patient cards through temporary consultation sites rather than their...
South Dakota Pot Legalization Effort Facing Resistance
Oct 24 2022 // SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – When it comes to marijuana, South Dakota has been a leader among its Great Plains neighbors: one of the first to legalize recreational use, the first to approve both medical and recreational...
South Dakota State-Licensed Medical Marijuana Store Opens This Week
Aug 16 2022 // Patients enrolled in South Dakota’s medical marijuana program will have their first opportunity to buy cannabis from a state-licensed facility this week. It has been a year and a-half since state voters...
Wildfire Burning in Southwest South Dakota 40% Contained
Jul 22 2022 // A wildfire that started earlier this week west of Oglala, South Dakota has burned about 11 square miles and is 40% contained, according to officials. The fire began near Prairie Wind Casino on Tuesday evening and moved...
Severe Storms Cause Damage, Power Outages in South Dakota
Jul 8 2022 // Xcel Energy says 55,000 customers lost service when a long line of severe thunderstorms rolled across South Dakota. By Wednesday morning, 90% of power lost on Tuesday has been restored by more than 600 employees and...
South Dakota Health Care System Says Data Breach Affected 700
Jun 16 2022 // The private information of hundreds of patients at a Sioux Falls-based health care system have been compromised, according to the provider. Avera Health says a data breach allowed someone to obtain the personal information...
South Dakota Hotel Owners Sued by Relative Over Social Media Post
Jun 14 2022 // The owners of Rapid City, South Dakota hotel are facing a lawsuit over a social media post by one of them that promised to ban Native Americans from the property. The lawsuit comes from a shareholder who happens to be a...
