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SIOUX FALLS

Mount Rushmore may adjust security after protest

7 hrs ago

Officials at Mount Rushmore may change their security measures after environmentalists were able to hang a banner warning about global warming from atop the national monument, a spokesman said.The activists intentionally damaged part of the memorial's security system and were able to delay rangers' response to the demonstration Wednesday, said Nav Singh, a spokesman for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. He would not be more specific.

WATERTOWN

Prairie Lakes CEO takes new job in Minnesota

12 hrs ago

The president and chief executive of Prairie Lakes Healthcare System in Watertown is stepping down.Paul Hanson said Thursday that he's resigning to become the president and CEO of North Country Health Services in Bemidji, Minn.

RAPID CITY

Woman gets prison for $50K Rapid City firm theft

18 hrs ago

A 34-year-old Arizona woman has to serve prison time and repay nearly $50,000 she stole from the Rapid City law firm where she worked as a bookkeeper.Tanya Tennyson was indicted on 20 counts of bank fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud.

SIOUX FALLS

Scientists hope tiny insect can help save soybeans

20 hrs ago

An insect no bigger than a comma is being studied as a natural predator that farmers could use instead of chemicals to protect the nation's soybean crop from aphids.The question for university researchers across the Midwest is whether the tiny Asian insect can survive harsh winters here.

SIOUX FALLS

Environmentalists unfurl banner on Mount Rushmore

1 day ago

Environmentalists using park service rock anchors scaled Mount Rushmore on Wednesday and unfurled a banner along President Abraham Lincoln's face challenging America's leaders to stop global warming.Eleven people were charged with trespassing and the misdemeanor crime of climbing on Mount Rushmore National Monument, U.S. Attorney Marty Jackley said. They pleaded not guilty to all charges.

TEA

Pastor's past raises concerns in Tea

2 days ago

The founder of a youth center that's set to open this month in Tea has criminal convictions and charges pending.Joe Panaia Jr., the 42-year-old pastor of Bridging the Gap Ministries, says on his Web site that his past is an "open book." But he declined to talk about it, other than to say his lawyer misled him about a plea deal involving an indecent exposure charge.

YANKTON

Obama: Rural tour kicks off Wednesday

9 days ago

Vice President Joe Biden is headed to northwestern Pennsylvania for the first in a series of meetings on how to revitalize rural America.President Barack Obama says the main topic in Wednesday's session is to be rural broadband access. Biden is to attend Wednesday's meeting in Wattsburg, a small town 17 miles east-southeast of Erie.

SIOUX FALLS

Oil settles above $71; China to boost reserves

10 days ago

Oil prices settled above $71 a barrel Monday, as China said it would boost oil reserves and Nigerian militants partly shut down an offshore oil platform belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC.Benchmark crude for August delivery gained $2.33 to settle at $71.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

RAPID CITY

Man tries to rob hotel with a butter knife

10 days ago

Police arrested a man they said tried to rob a hotel around 6 p.m. on Sunday with a butter knife. The clerk refused to give the man any money, and he left the hotel on foot. Police said about an hour later they spotted a man matching the description given by the clerk.Officers arrested a 34-year-old man on a robbery charge. They said they also recovered the knife.

SIOUX FALLS

Oil jumps above $71 on Nigerian platform attack

10 days ago

Oil prices jumped above $71 a barrel Monday, as Nigerian militants damaged and partly shut down an offshore oil platform belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC.Benchmark crude for August delivery gained $2.11 at $71.27 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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