PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Scotland woman has claimed her $10,000 Powerball prize.  South Dakota lottery officials say Pamela Cokeley matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the third prize in Saturday’s drawing.  The odds of winning are about one in 649,000.  The jackpot currently sits at $40...

  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The head of South Dakota’s Department of Social Services has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by two tribes alleging that the state routinely breaks federal law governing foster care and adoptions for American Indian children.  The Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes, along with...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he will appoint Vern Larson of Vivian as South Dakota’s commissioner of school and public lands. Larson, a former state treasurer and state auditor, will replace Jarrod Johnson as head of the agency that administers state lands set aside to support schools and state institutions. Johnson...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Above-normal temperatures and drier soils accelerated spring planting across South Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop report that producers had on average 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork. Winter wheat conditions were rated 31 percent very poor, 28 percent poor, 33 percent fair, 8 percent...