Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Dakota Robocall Scam Falsely Using Houston Insurance Firm’s ID
Mar 21 2014 // An automated phone message reaching South Dakota residents has been prompting MasterCard customers to enter their card numbers in the dial pad. The South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns consumers that this...
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Flood-Control Project Nearly Complete
Mar 13 2014 // Sioux Falls, S.D., officials can almost see the finish line in a flood-control upgrade project that has lasted nearly 15 years. But the work construction crews are completing in the city’s west side was not part of...
South Dakota Flood-Control Project Nearly Complete
Mar 10 2014 // Sioux Falls, S.D. officials can almost see the finish line in a flood-control upgrade project that has lasted nearly 15 years. But the work construction crews are completing in the city’s west side was not part of...
Fatalities on South Dakota Highways Higher Compared to 2013
Feb 27 2014 // Fatalities in car wrecks on South Dakota highways so far this year have almost doubled compared to the same period in 2013. The state’s Department of Public Safety says 24 people have died in crashes in 2014. The...
South Dakota Bill Calls for Amusement Ride Regulation
Feb 26 2014 // The president of the Thunder Road attractions is behind a bill to further regulate amusement rides in South Dakota. Organization president and Republican Sen. Al Novstrup of Aberdeen co-sponsored the measure. The South...
The Main Street America Group Expands Main Line BOP Policy to South Dakota
Feb 20 2014 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its flagship Main Line Business Owners Policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super-regional property/casualty...
Bill Would Regulate South Dakota Insurance Exchange Navigators
Feb 10 2014 // The navigators who help uninsured people sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul would be regulated under a bill in the South Dakota Legislature. The sponsor, Sen. Al Novstrup,...
Texting While Driving Ban Goal of South Dakota Lawmaker
Jan 22 2014 // A South Dakota lawmaker plans to press “send” again and try to persuade his colleagues in the Legislature to join 41 other states and ban texting while driving. Similar measure have failed in recent legislative...
South Dakota Panel Endorses Insurance Bills Aimed at Consumer Protection
Jan 21 2014 // A South Dakota legislative panel has approved a package aimed at giving people better protection against unfair practices by insurance companies. The proposals were drafted at Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s request after...
Job Development, Worker Recruitment Initiative in South Dakota Falls Short
Dec 11 2013 // An initiative by South Dakota Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard that was intended to draw 1,000 workers to the state has come up far short. Daugaard announced the New South Dakotans initiative in January 2012 and predicted...
Workplace Fatalities Up in North Dakota, Stay the Same in South Dakota
Dec 4 2013 // Workplace fatalities in North Dakota last year totaled 64, up 20 over the year. In South Dakota, workplace fatalities last year totaled 31, unchanged from the previous year. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says...
South Dakota Supreme Court Says No to New Malpractice Trial
Nov 22 2013 // A woman who sued Sanford Medical Center for malpractice for a 2007 surgical procedure that was aborted should not be granted another trial, the South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled. Lisa Lewis sued Sanford after an...
Wyoming Event Raises $56,000 For Blizzard-Hit South Dakota Ranchers
Nov 14 2013 // An auction in Gillette, Wyo. raised $56,000 for ranchers in South Dakota who lost nearly 20,000 head of cattle in a blizzard last month. The Gillette News-Record reported nearly 500 people attended Saturday’s auction...
South Dakota Farmer Charged With Filing False Insurance Claims
Nov 11 2013 // A South Dakota farmer is charged in federal court with three counts of filing false crop insurance claims. Fifty-two-year-old Nicholas Berbos has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Trial is scheduled May 13 in...
President Signs South Dakota Blizzard Disaster Declaration
Nov 11 2013 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration allowing 14 South Dakota counties and two American Indian reservations to get federal financial help to recover from the early October blizzard that closed roads,...
Signatures Filed for South Dakota Out-of-Network Insurance Measure
Nov 5 2013 // Supporters of a South Dakota ballot measure that would prohibit insurance companies from restricting their customers’ choice of out-of-network health care providers have filed petition signatures seeking a public...
Lost Pheasants, Disappearing Grasslands: Is Crop Insurance to Blame?
Nov 1 2013 // The hunters tramp through neck-high prairie grass with a pair of golden retrievers named Moe and Buck, flushing out birds in a freezing autumn drizzle. When one flutters from the South Dakota grassland, Dick Schmith, 58,...
South Dakota Provides Guidance on Insurance Producer/Consultant Rules
Oct 21 2013 // The South Dakota Division of Insurance has provided guidelines on rebating, fees and commissions for licensed producers acting as consultants in the state. Prohibited for Producers Rebating. Negotiating commissions with...
South Dakota Ranchers Reeling From Cattle Losses
Oct 15 2013 // Western South Dakota ranchers are reeling from the loss of tens of thousands of cattle in the recent early blizzard, and many will be disposing of carcasses in pits that were set to open Oct. 14. Rancher Heath Ferguson...
Early Snow Kills Thousands of Cattle in South Dakota
Oct 9 2013 // A record-breaking storm that dumped 4 feet of snow in parts of western South Dakota left ranchers dealing with heavy losses, in some cases perhaps up to half their herds, as they assess how many of their cattle died during...
