SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- About a month ago Minnehaha County Emergency Management Dive Operations responded to Covell Lake for a water rescue. Two kayakers had overturned. One was rescued; the other drowned. Saturday the dive team was back at Covell Lake, this time for training. Training is an important part of the Minnehaha County Emergency Management Dive Operations Team. When on…
SOUTH DAKOTA- The tropical storm named Barry has made landfall in Louisiana. People there are now receiving some help from the heartland. The American Red Cross is sending three South Dakotans to help with hurricane relief efforts. Volunteers like Vicki Johns will help with support in evacuation centers for those displaced by the storm. Johns has been volunteering with the…
PIERRE, S.D. (from SD Dept. of Public Safety) – Farmers and ranchers, employees and self-employed individuals in 16 counties and reservations across South Dakota who are unable to work as a result of the severe winter storms and flooding from March 13 to April 26 may be eligible for disaster unemployment assistance. Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Authorities say the former chairwoman of the Crow Creek Sioux and three other past or present council members have pleaded not guilty to embezzling from the South Dakota tribe. United States Attorney Ron Parsons says former tribal chairwoman Roxanne Lynette Sazue, Roland Robert Hawk Sr., Francine Maria Middletent, and Jacquelyn Ernestine Pease appeared Friday in…
SIOUX FALLS, SD— Winter and spring floods caused confusion and anxiety for many Sioux Empire residents about disaster relief assistance. Knowing the problem, FEMA set up disaster recovery centers so victims could get their questions answered face to face. After a month of operating locations in Sioux Falls and Yankton, FEMA has helped more than 250 people. “There were all kinds…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Three South Dakotans are preparing to head to Louisiana as part of the Red Cross’s relief effort for Tropical Storm Barry. The volunteers will help with support in evacuation centers for those displaced by the storm. You can also help without leaving your home. The Red Cross is always looking for donations to help with relief….
Sioux Falls, S.D – The school year is still weeks away, but many teachers around the Sioux Empire are already getting prepared. For many, they are facing a problem before they even step foot inside the classroom. Teachers like Elizabe th Larson take pride in their students’ growth. “I have worked with so many young children, that’s where my heart…
MADISON, Minn. (AP) – A farmer in western Minnesota is dead after authorities say he became pinned under an ATV. The Lac qui Parle County Sheriff’s Office says authorities were notified at 3 a.m. Friday that a farmer had been out spraying on an ATV and had not returned home. A search effort was being organized when the farmer was…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A Wall Street Journal report says the FTC has voted to approve a fine of about $5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations. The report Friday cites an unnamed person familiar with the matter. Facebook declined to comment; the FTC did not immediately respond to messages for comment. The report says the 3-2 vote broke along…
HAWLEY, Minn. (AP) – The pilot who died in an ultra-light plane crash at a municipal airport was from western Minnesota. Authorities identified the man as 69-year-old Bradley Gibb of Vergas. The plane crashed after noon on Thursday at Hawley Municipal Airport. Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says Gibb was the only person aboard and died at the scene. Empting…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Colombian national accused of managing an international fentanyl trafficking operation from a Canadian prison has pleaded guilty in federal court. Thirty-eight-year Daniel Vivas Ceron appeared Friday in North Dakota, where the case originated after an 18-year-old Grand Forks resident died of a fatal overdose in January 2015. Authorities say Vivas Ceron also was responsible for…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration is allowing a once-prohibited farm pesticide back on the market over objections from beekeepers. The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it would again allow wide use of sulfoxaflor. The pesticide is made by Corteva Agriscience, a spinoff created last month in the DowDuPont merger. Beekeepers say the pesticide is a threat and successfully sued…
Courtesy: Tennessee Bureau of InvestigationWALKER, Minn. (AP) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says three young children who were the subject of an Endangered Child Alert have been found in northern Minnesota. The bureau said Friday the children were found in Cass County with their non-custodial parents, who have been arrested. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says someone reported…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has overwhelmingly approved a bill ensuring that a victims compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. The 402-12 vote Friday sends the bill to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to call it up before the August recess. Lawmakers from both parties hailed the House vote, which…
MITCHELL, S.D. – Authorities arrested a Mitchell woman and her son for animal abuse after finding 30 cats in various states of sickness in two trailer homes. On Thursday, Mitchell police and humane officers from the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society executed a search warrant at a residence at 1401 South Main Street and at 200 East 15th Avenue regarding…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A South Dakota man convicted of raping and killing a woman nearly 40 years ago is now out of prison. The Department of Corrections released 54-year-old Nicholas Scherr on Thursday. He was sentenced to 100 years in prison for manslaughter but was granted parole in May after serving 23 years. Scherr pleaded guilty in the 1980…
CHICAGO (AP) – United Airlines now expects to cancel more than 8,000 flights through October because of the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max planes. United said Friday that it is dropping its 14 Max jets from the schedule until Nov. 3 – a month longer than previously planned. The airline says that without the Max jets, it will cancel…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sioux Falls Police and animal control are searching for a dog they say bit a toddler on Thursday. Police say at around 5:30 p.m., a stray dog bit the boy in the face at Dugan Park and ran away. The dog is described as a medium-sized male dog with medium to long black hair. The dog…
(AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – President Donald Trump has repeatedly told U.S. farmers he will support ethanol and he largely continues to have their support but many are growing unhappy with EPA decisions that hamper ethanol production. The EPA refuses to restore 2.6 billion gallons (9.84 billion liters) of ethanol removed from production through refinery waivers. It’s…
There are some incredibly important life and financial lessons those who have been through a divorce, especially with kids, will share. Among them, protect your assets. To do that, however, you may have to do some things you feel are counterproductive. Christina Lynn, of Lynn Financial, has learned this all too well, having gone through the process herself. One of…
