5 Children Killed In South Dakota House Fire
The fire was reported at 4:23 a.m. Saturday at a two-story residence at the intersection of Ames and Oliver streets in Spearfish, a town of about 11,000 people in western South Dakota.
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The fire was reported at 4:23 a.m. Saturday at a two-story residence at the intersection of Ames and Oliver streets in Spearfish, a town of about 11,000 people in western South Dakota.
Spearfish police and fire officials say the victims were believed to be between the ages of 6 and 9 years old.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the shooting death of a bald eagle in Spink County. Authorities say the bird was killed near Athol, sometime before Tuesday.
A pig that survived falling out of a truck on Interstate 90 in South Dakota just a few miles from a hog processing facility is now being spared from slaughter.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed into law a bill that he proposed to address potential oil pipeline protests in South Dakota.
The Great Bear Show, on its website, says it takes orphaned bear cubs, trains them and takes them on the road.
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard's public safety bill anticipating potential oil pipeline protests has passed its first legislative test.
The governors of Minnesota and South Dakota are set to participate in a National Pheasant Summit in Minneapolis Saturday.
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Gov. Dennis Daugaard's office is pursuing legislation to make it clear that the governor's emergency response powers apply to destructive protests.
A Senate committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to outlaw the sale, manufacture or possession of powdered alcohol, commonly known as Palcohol, in South Dakota.
Volunteers are scrambling to find homes for hundreds of wild horses in South Dakota that were spared a possible trip to the slaughterhouse but are now suffering through a harsh winter.
The bill required public school students to use the locker rooms, shower rooms and changing facilities matching their gender at birth.
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he would veto a bill restricting which locker rooms transgender students can use.
South Dakota lawmakers will consider restricting which locker rooms transgender students can use, reigniting a bitter fight from last year over what school facilities are open to transgender students.
A South Dakota legislator who acknowledged having sexual contact with two interns resigned on Monday, saying he regrets his actions.
President Barack Obama has denied a clemency request by American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison in the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975.
Supporters of American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison in the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975, hope President Barack Obama will grant him clemency and shorten his sentence to the four decades he has already served before Obama leaves office Friday.
South Dakota's Senate has approved a bill that would allow authorities to publicly release mug shot photos taken when a criminal suspect is booked.
South Dakota corrections officials say an inmate has died at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
A body was discovered Saturday night when police responded to a call for a welfare check. Police identified the victim as 28-year-old Lee WoundedArrow, of Sioux Falls.
One of the nation's largest moving companies says South Dakota is first on its list of top moving destinations.
Officials say power has been restored to thousands of residents in northeastern South Dakota who were hit by the Christmas weekend ice and wind storm.
The furious winter storm that swept into the northern Great Plains on Christmas Day weakened Tuesday, but thousands remained without power in the Dakotas and Michigan.
Interstate 90 remains closed along the western half of South Dakota from the Wyoming border to Chamberlain. And the South Dakota Department of Transportation warms that travel will be extremely difficult across the state this morning.
