Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Planned USD Student Center Upgrade Sparks Copyright Lawsuit
Sep 25 2012 // A Massachusetts architectural firm has sued a competitor in South Dakota, accusing it of using the firm’s copyrighted designs in a planned upgrade to the University of South Dakota’s student center. Charles...
South Dakota’s Northern Plains Insurance Declared Insolvent
Sep 24 2012 // A Watertown, S.D., insurance company has been placed into liquidation by state insurance regulators. A liquidation order issued by the South Dakota Division of Insurance for Northern Plains Insurance Co. was approved on...
ABC News Sued for Defamation Over ‘Pink Slime’ Reports
Sep 13 2012 // ABC News was hit with a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit on Thursday by a South Dakota meat processor that accused it of misleading viewers into believing that a product that critics have dubbed “pink slime” was...
South Dakota’s Biggest City Bans Texting While Driving
Sep 6 2012 // South Dakota’s biggest city has banned texting while driving. The Sioux Falls City Council voted to make sending and receiving electronic messages while operating a vehicle a crime within city limits. The ordinance...
Drought, Low Export Demand Sap Midwest Economy
Sep 5 2012 // An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday. The...
Texting South Dakota Driver Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter
Aug 15 2012 // A 21-year-old man accused of fatally injuring a motorcyclist while he was speeding and texting has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges. Brent O’Neal was indicted by a grand jury on the traffic violations and...
Texting Driver in South Dakota Charged with Manslaughter
Jul 30 2012 // A man accused of fatally injuring a motorcyclist while he was speeding and texting is facing manslaughter charges in a case that could fuel efforts to ban texting while driving in South Dakota’s largest...
South Dakota Motorist Hits Motorcycle, Vehicles While Texting
Jul 27 2012 // Police say a Sioux Falls, S.D., man was texting and driving too fast when he hit a motorcycle, three other vehicles and a light pole, and then ran from the accident scene. Brent O’Neal faces charges of felony hit and...
Despite Grant, South Dakota Will Wait on Health Insurance Exchange
May 18 2012 // South Dakota has been awarded a $5.9 million federal grant to continue research into the possibility of a state-run health insurance exchange. But Gov. Dennis Daugaard says the state will continue to wait for the outcome...
Madison, South Dakota, Residents Want Changes After Flooding
May 15 2012 // Madison residents continue to clean up a week after a storm dropped six inches of rain that caused flash flooding, and some want to ensure it never happens again. They plan to ask city leaders to consider building a water...
South Dakota Company in Trouble With OSHA
May 3 2012 // Federal safety regulators have labeled a southeast South Dakota company a “severe violator” after a worker died and two others were seriously injured. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is...
OSHA Investigating Death At South Dakota Steel Business
May 2 2012 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking into the death of a worker at a Rapid City, S.D. steel business. Twenty-six-year-old Adam Klynsma was killed at TrueNorth Steel on Friday. Pennington County...
Officials Want Day Care Centers in South Dakota Town to Be Insured
Apr 10 2012 // Health officials want the Sioux Falls City Council to require home day care centers to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance. It’s part of a package of rules the council are considering. It includes higher...
Former South Dakota Deputy, Insurance Agent Sentenced for Fraud
Mar 15 2012 // A South Dakota sheriff’s deputy and former insurance producer who pleaded guilty in an insurance fraud case has been sentenced to about 2 1/2 months in jail and 2 1/2 years of probation. Forty-two-year-old Rob...
Indiana, Nebraska and South Dakota Pass Contractor Fraud Bills
Mar 14 2012 // The Indiana and Nebraska legislatures recently passed much needed legislation that could help protect homeowners from contractor fraud and abuse, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
South Dakota Deputy Who Pleaded Guilty to Insurance Fraud Resigns
Jan 19 2012 // A South Dakota deputy sheriff who pleaded guilty in an insurance fraud case has resigned. The Press & Dakotan newspaper reports that Douglas County Deputy Rob Hotchkiss stepped down on Jan. 14, and county commissioners...
South Dakota Governor Says He Won’t Pursue Health Exchange
Jan 16 2012 // Gov. Dennis Daugaard has announced that his administration will not pursue legislation to establish a health insurance exchange during this year’s South Dakota’s legislative session. In a news release, Daugaard...
South Dakota Deputy Pleads Guilty to Theft in Insurance Fraud Case
Jan 13 2012 // A Douglas County, South Dakota sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft by deception for submitting fraudulent applications to an insurer. The Mitchell Daily Republic reports that Rob Hotchkiss...
South Dakota Jury Says County Not Covered for Dairy Lawsuit
Jan 9 2012 // A jury ruled Aurora County doesn’t have insurance coverage for a lawsuit filed by a South Dakota dairy farming family. Thompson Farms says the southeastern South Dakota county put them out of business by imposing a...
AIPSO Central Region Closing East Wacker Drive Office in Chicago
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
