PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Labor and Regulation Secretary Pam Roberts will retire next month after serving in state Cabinet-level positions since 1989. Gov. Dennis Daugaard says Roberts was appointed to Cabinet-level jobs by five governors. Roberts became commissioner of the state Bureau of Personnel in 1989, was chief of operations for Gov....

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Drought conditions have worsened in a portion of the Midwest including Iowa, the nation’s leading corn producer, as the region experienced its hottest week of the year. The extreme heat and near record low August rainfall combined to expand drought conditions from the eastern Dakotas southeastward into western Illinois....

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the state has entered a settlement with MoneyGram International Inc. entitling some customers to get money back from advance fee schemes. Jackley says MoneyGram has agreed to the forfeit $100 million back to eligible consumers. He says the agreements are from the company’s...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – Nearly three-quarters of South Dakota’s parolees earned time off their sentences in the first month of a new program that’s part of an overhaul of the state’s criminal justice system. Laurie Feiler of the state Corrections Department says 1,975 of the state’s 2,794 parolees earned time off their sentences in...

PIERRE, S.D. – (DRG News) A transfer hearing in the case of a Pierre teen got underway this morning in a Pierre courtroom.  17-year-old Braiden McCahren is charged with First Degree Murder, Attempted First Degree Murder and alternate counts of Aggravated Assault for the December shooting death of 16-year-old Dalton Williams.  The shooting occurred...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 02-09-26-45-47, Powerball: 11 Estimated jackpot: $169 million Online: Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A court hearing starting in Pierre today will determine whether the case of a 17-year-old boy accused of killing a classmate will be transferred from adult to juvenile court. Braiden McCahren has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault in the Dec. 18 shooting death...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Office of Emergency Management is seeking public comments on its updated hazard mitigation plan, a document that identifies strategies to reduce or eliminate the risk of damage from natural disasters. States must have hazard mitigation plans in place to qualify for presidential disaster declarations. Jason Bauder of...

Mobridge, S.D. (KOLY)-  Tomorrow is the grand opening of the A.H. Brown Public Library in Mobridge! The festivities start at 1:00 P.M. and go til 5:00 P.M. with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 2:00 P.M. Great prizes will be given away throughout the day, culminating with an adult and children’s door prize. The adult...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota’s two U.S. senators have not yet decided whether to back President Barack Obama’s proposed military strike against Syria, but the state’s lone member of the House is leaning against approving such a move. The president is seeking congressional approval of limited strikes in retaliation for the Syrian government’s...