Latest South Dakota Headlines
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5 Dead After Twisters Hit Texas, Arkansas
May 12 2015 // Emergency responders on May 11 searched through wreckage in parts of the states of Texas and Arkansas after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities, killing at least five people, including a young couple...
Car Crash Records Now Available Online in South Dakota
May 4 2015 // South Dakotans wanting to get copies of car crash reports can now find those records online. The state Department of Public safety says the new online system for state-reportable crash records has gone live. The new system...
South Dakota Sees Uptick in Un-Belted Driver Deaths
Apr 16 2015 // The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says there has been a significant bump in the number of drivers who die because they crash while not wearing a seat belt this year. Public Safety Department Secretary Trevor...
South Dakota Bridge Wins Again; ‘Bridge 29, Trucks 0’
Apr 1 2015 // A low-clearance railroad bridge in Pierre, S.D., continues to win battles with semitrailers that seem drawn to it like a magnet. The latest truck to crash into the problematic bridge over South Pierre Street didn’t...
Another Truck Crashes into Problematic South Dakota Bridge
Mar 25 2015 // A low-clearance railroad bridge in Pierre, S.D., continues to win battles with semitrailers that seem drawn to it like a magnet. The latest truck to crash into the problematic bridge over South Pierre Street didn’t...
FEMA to South Dakota County: Submit Flood Insurance Records
Mar 20 2015 // More than 400 homeowners whose property lies along the Missouri River in southeast South Dakota could end up paying a $50 surcharge on their flood insurance if officials in Union County do not meet a federal deadline to...
South Dakota Trucking Company Ordered Off the Road
Mar 16 2015 // Federal transportation regulators have ordered a South Dakota trucking company and its owner to stop all commercial operations. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has deemed commercial driver Lonnie Roth and...
Years of Sewer Backups in South Dakota Town Prompt Lawsuits
Mar 2 2015 // Thirteen Spearfish, S.D., residents have sued the city over years of sewer backups. Plaintiffs say in their lawsuit that they have suffered through a series of sewer backups stretching back to 2008, leading to stinky,...
South Dakota Workplace Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 2 Injured
Feb 17 2015 // The mood in the community of Lennox, S.D., is somber and likely will remain that way for a while, as residents prepare for the funeral of a man killed in a workplace shooting. The funeral for Jon Richter, 45, is scheduled...
North Dakota Officials Stress Job Resiliency in Oil Industry
Feb 17 2015 // A recent slide in oil prices is leading to fewer jobs in the western North Dakota oil patch, but officials there and in northwestern South Dakota say the regional industry is resilient and will ride out the slump. Openings...
Lawyers Scarce for Medical Malpractice Victims in South Dakota
Feb 4 2015 // Jennifer Eastman already was in anguish when she went to the hospital on Jan. 4, 2013, to have the dead fetus she was carrying removed from her uterus. The procedure and the loss of a child were bad enough. But it got...
Roadway Bicycle Safety Bill Stalls in South Dakota House
Jan 30 2015 // State lawmakers want to make bicycling safer in South Dakota, but they’re having trouble figuring out how exactly to do it. The House Transportation Committee on Jan. 27 for the second time was unable to reach a...
People – Midwest
Jan 26 2015 // Hays Companies announced that Steve Topel has joined its Chicago operations as president of property and casualty. Topel joins Hays Companies with extensive leadership experience. He served as the president and chief sales...
Deiter Picked to Lead South Dakota Insurance Division
Jan 12 2015 // South Dakota Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman announced that Larry Deiter has been named the new director of the Division of Insurance. As director, Deiter will continue to be active at the national level in...
South Dakota Insurance Director Scheiber to Leave Post
Dec 8 2014 // South Dakota Insurance Director Merle Scheiber plans to step down from his post on Dec. 29. He has been insurance director since 2005. Larry Deiter, currently the division’s assistant director of property and...
Big Money Spent on South Dakota Doctor Choice Ads
Oct 24 2014 // Activists on both sides of the “any willing provider” ballot measure that would give South Dakota patients more choice of in-network doctors say the issue is too complicated for sound bites, but have still...
Texas-Based Premium Finance Group to Be Sold to South Dakota’s MetaBank
Oct 15 2014 // Cecil Y. Ray Jr., chairman of AFS/IBEX and former chairman of The Rigg Group, has announced the sale of substantially all of the loan portfolio and related assets of Dallas-based AFS/IBEX Financial Services Inc. –...
Rebuild of Storm-Collapsed Facility in South Dakota Funded by Insurance
Oct 13 2014 // City leaders in Spearfish, S.D., have approved the construction of a $5.8 million facility to replace a city-owned call center that collapsed during a blizzard last year. The City Council this week also signed a seven-year...
South Dakota Proposal on Doctor Choice Opposed by Health Insurers
Oct 9 2014 // South Dakota patients could have more choice of doctors within their health insurance networks if voters approve a ballot measure that is drawing strong opposition from the health insurance industry. The proposal on the...
Rough Year for South Dakota Event Organizers, Insurance Helped
Oct 2 2014 // Event organizers often do more than hold their breath and hope for success. Sometimes, they hedge their bets when they plan an entertainment venture. Insurance seems like such a dull subject that it would have no place in...
