OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A nine-state Midwest and Plains economic survey index fell for the second straight month in June. A survey report released Monday for the Mid-America Business Conditions Index says it dropped to 57.2 last month, compared with 57.6 in May. The index was 60 in April. In the survey any score...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A new state law allows military veterans to have their South Dakota drivers’ licenses identify them as veterans. The law that took effect Sunday gives honorably discharged veterans the option of adding the word “veteran” to the front of their drivers’ licenses. The designation will make it easier for them...

PIERRE, S.D. – (DRG News) The City of Pierre Water Department will be replacing water main in a northwest Pierre neighborhood on Monday. Work will be done at Central Avenue and Eighth Street next week. Water Superintendent Dane Brewer says water will be shut off at 8:00 a.m. Monday morning and will be returned...

PIERRE, S.D. – (DRG News) East River landowners should check their calendar before they start mowing ditches along state highways. That word from the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department. Rules state that right-of-ways can’t be mowed east of the Missouri River before July 10 and all mowing by permit must be done...