Latest South Dakota Headlines
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South Dakota Property Owners Sue Over Recently Exposed Mine, Sinkhole
May 29 2020 // Residents of a Black Hawk, South Dakota, neighborhood where a sinkhole has exposed an abandoned mine endangering their properties have filed a $75.5 million lawsuit claiming government entities and private developers were...
South Dakota Bull Facility Faces $122.6K in Penalties After Employee Dies
May 27 2020 // A South Dakota bull stud facility faces penalties of more than $122,000 after being cited by federal officials following a worker fatality. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Man Dies in Fall at South Dakota Construction Site
May 15 2020 // A 24-year-old man died on May 12 in a fall at a downtown Sioux Fall, South Dakota, construction site, police said. Police were called around 10:45 a.m. about a man injured at the construction site of the First Premier Bank...
Meat Workers Taking Leave, Quitting as Plants Reopen Amid Coronavirus Scare
May 6 2020 // America’s meat-processing plants are starting to reopen but not all workers are showing up. Some still fear they’ll get sick after coronavirus outbreaks shut more than a dozen facilities last month. Employees...
South Dakota’s Security Insurance Joins Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance
May 5 2020 // Security Insurance Group Inc. (SIG) of Pierre, South Dakota, has joined Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance (MIAA), a network of insurance agencies across seven states. Founded in 2012, SIG is a full-service insurance agency...
Smithfield South Dakota Plant Eyes Reopening as U.S. Issues Meatpacking Guidance
Apr 27 2020 // South Dakota’s governor on April 27 said she hopes Smithfield’s Sioux Falls pork processing plant can reopen soon, a day after U.S. labor regulators urged the meat industry to adopt certain measures to prevent...
South Dakota COVID-19 Cases at Meat Plant Top 1,000; One Worker Dies
Apr 17 2020 // The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in South Dakota has surpassed 1,100 and more than half of those cases have some connection to the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls. Health...
Smithfield’s South Dakota Pork Plant Closed After 100s Test Positive for Virus
Apr 14 2020 // Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, until further notice after hundreds of employees tested positive for the coronavirus — a step...
South Dakota’s Noem Allows Businesses to Stay Open but Backs Limit on Group Size
Apr 8 2020 // As mayors, nurses and doctors across South Dakota urged Gov. Kristi Noem to take action to restrict daily activity, the Republican governor on April 6 dialed up the pressure on businesses and people to curb the spread of...
Company to Pay South Dakota $3.4M in 911 Call System Lawsuit
Mar 19 2020 // South Dakota officials have announced the state will receive $3.4 million in a settlement with the company that used to provide its 911 call system. After a series of alleged 911 call failures, the state decided to switch...
High Rivers, Saturated Soil in South Dakota: A Recipe for Spring Flooding
Mar 10 2020 // Southeastern South Dakota is only one heavy rain or snow storm away from major flooding this spring. While Sioux Falls got a fraction of snow during February, there’s still an elevated risk of flooding. City, county...
South Dakota Legislation Banning Cell Phone Use While Driving Sent to Governor
Mar 5 2020 // A bill passed by the South Dakota Legislature bans the use of smartphones and other electronic communication devices while driving, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) reported. The APCIA supports...
Parents in South Dakota Plead for Tougher Texting While Driving Penalties
Feb 24 2020 // Jacob William Dahl was a 19-year-old Northern State University student when he was killed after running into the back of a soybean truck while looking at his cellphone. Dahl, a 2013 graduate of Castlewood High School, was...
Fire Destroys 4 Businesses in Busy South Dakota Town
Feb 19 2020 // Four downtown businesses in a small southwestern South Dakota community have been lost in a fire, according to the city’s mayor. The Vault restaurant, China Buffet, the Quilt Shop and an ice cream shop were burned in...
Officials: South Dakota 2019 Traffic Deaths Possibly State’s Lowest
Jan 31 2020 // Public safety officials say South Dakota may have recorded its lowest number of traffic deaths in state history. So far, 102 traffic fatalities have been recorded for 2019, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety...
2019 Floods Brought Financial Woes to South Dakota Townships
Jan 17 2020 // Townships in South Dakota are facing economic difficulties as 2019 flood repair costs mount. Townships primarily depend on their taxpayers for funds to repair more than 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) of roads while they...
Outlooks to Revised to Stable for Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance
Jan 14 2020 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Co....
South Dakota School District Settles Former Student’s Lawsuit for $65K
Jan 14 2020 // A school district in South Dakota has agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a sexual discrimination lawsuit brought by a former honor student who said her high school principal punished her for using a phrase her male peers used...
3 Hurt in Explosion at South Dakota Petroleum Distributor
Jan 2 2020 // Three people were hurt in an explosion at a South Dakota petroleum distributor on Dec. 30, the company’s co-owner said. The explosion happened around 2 p.m. in the truck maintenance shop of Harms Oil just west of...
Construction Company Put on Probation for Fatal South Dakota Building Collapse
Dec 18 2019 // A construction company was sentenced to a year of probation in the death of a worker during a 2016 building collapse in downtown Sioux Falls. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier ordered Hultgren Construction to serve a year...
