Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New South Dakota Flood-Control Project to Protect Properties
Sep 7 2010 // A flood-control project in the works for more than 20 years should be completed next year, removing 1,500 properties from Sioux Falls’ flood plain, a city official said. Once the flood-control measures are in place,...
$245K Settlement Reached in South Dakota Mine Spat
Aug 19 2010 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that a South Dakota couple filed against the U.S. Forest Service over two disabled gold mines in the Black Hills. Arron and Judy Marston said the Forest Service illegally...
Midwest Economy: North Dakota Tops Region in Job Growth
Aug 3 2010 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Mid-America Business Conditions Index at Highest Level in Four Years
Jun 1 2010 // The May Business Conditions Index for the Mid-America region advanced for a sixth straight month, pointing to a growing economy in the months ahead, according to the May Business Conditions survey of supply managers in the...
Real Benefits Assoc. Told to Stop Selling Insurance in South Dakota
May 20 2010 // South Dakota Insurance Division Director Merle Scheiber has ordered a company offering medical benefits insurance plans in the state to stop the practice. A temporary cease and desist order has been issued against Real...
Convicted Kidnapper of South Dakota Insurance Executive Sues Insurer
Apr 22 2010 // Eric Castaneira, who went to prison in for kidnapping an executive at South Dakota-based Midland National Life Insurance Co. in 1991, has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $500,000 from the company, plus punitive damages...
South Dakota Governor Vetoes Subrogation Bill
Apr 5 2010 // South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds vetoed a bill that supporters said would have changed South Dakota insurance law to help give injured people a better chance of receiving compensation for their losses. The Associated Press...
South Dakota Governor Vetoes Insurance Bill
Mar 26 2010 // South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has vetoed legislation that would have prohibited insurers from recovering funds from liable parties and would have unfairly and unnecessarily increased insurance costs for South Dakotans...
South Dakota: Insured Drivers Covered Even If Struck When Pedestrians
Mar 26 2010 // South Dakota Division of Insurance Director Merle Scheiber is warning property/casualty insurers that auto policy forms that restrict the types of motor vehicles for which coverage may apply when an insured is struck as a...
Insurer Group Wants South Dakota Governor to Veto Subrogation Bill
Mar 17 2010 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has requested that South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds veto Senate Bill 169, which PCI says will increase litigation costs and cause higher insurance premiums for...
South Dakota Bills Favor Plaintiff Attorneys over Consumers
Feb 16 2010 // Two bills expected to be heard this week by the South Dakota legislature would favor attorney interests over consumers by changing important policies that control consumers’ insurance costs, according to the Property...
Extensions Available for Crop Insurance Deadlines in South Dakota
Nov 16 2009 // The South Dakota Agriculture Department says wet conditions have delayed what looks like a near-record harvest for many South Dakota farmers and raised concerns about a Dec. 10 harvest deadline for crop insurance. In a...
Report: South Dakota Lost 1,400 Construction Jobs
Nov 2 2009 // A national trade organization estimates the number of lost construction jobs in South Dakota at 1,400 during a year in which a weak economy and tight credit slowed developers and builders. The 6 percent drop in South...
South Dakota Group Seeks to Strengthen Traffic Safety Laws
Oct 26 2009 // More than a dozen organizations and state Sen. Ben Nesselhuf of Vermillion have formed Safe and Sound South Dakota, a coalition they say is designed to promote traffic safety legislation. In a release, the coalition said...
South Dakota Urology Clinic Wants Iowans’ Lawsuit Dismissed
Sep 16 2009 // A South Dakota urology clinic and its owners have asked a judge to dismiss an amended lawsuit and its class-action request filed by five Iowans who claim they could have been exposed to blood-borne infections. State health...
South Dakota Insurance Agent Told to Stop Operating in North Dakota
Aug 18 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order to Floyd Sheridan, a Baltic, S.D., insurance agent who is alleged to have sold, solicited or negotiated insurance to a Barnes County, N.D....
Survey: Midwest Economy Improving
Aug 4 2009 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Lawmakers: South Dakota Cell Phone Rules Might Be Tried Again
Jun 8 2009 // As other states begin passing cell phone laws, South Dakota lawmakers say they won’t be surprised if legislation to ban or limit the use of cellular phones while driving arises again in the next state legislative...
South Dakota Hopes Rumble Strips Will Reduce Accidents
May 26 2009 // South Dakota motorists will hear and feel more bumps on the road this summer. The state Department of Transportation has started putting temporary rumble strips down in construction zones in hopes of cutting down on the...
High Water a Problem in South Dakota; Governor Declares Emergency
Mar 27 2009 // The town of Westport, S.D., north of Aberdeen is being flooded by the Elm River and South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed an emergency declaration allowing the use of state resources to help towns and cities respond to...
