April 28, 2016 Transgender bathroom bill passes through South Dakota Legislature South Dakota would be the first state in the U.S. to approve a law requiring transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their sex at birth if the governor signs a bill passed Tuesday by the state Senate.
April 11, 2016 Vietnam vet, 69, receives second Purple Heart 46 years later Some 46 years after a Vietnam War veteran had his first Purple Heart pinned to his fatigues, he received his second in an emotional ceremony earlier this month.
April 4, 2016 Keel laying held in Rhode Island for new Navy submarine The keel has been laid for the future USS South Dakota, the nation's 17th Virginia-class attack submarine.
March 28, 2016 Retired state fraud investigator pleads not guilty to fraud A retired fraud investigator for the South Dakota Department of Revenue has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of targeting banks with nearly $150,000 in fraudulent wire transfer requests.
March 16, 2016 Couple who died stole grant money; 3 others charged South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says a couple who died in a murder-suicide last year stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds that were partly intended to go toward improving Native Americans' college readiness.
March 11, 2016 Cops investigate how SD woman's body turned up in freezer Law enforcement authorities in western South Dakota say the body of an elderly woman has been found in a freezer.
March 1, 2016 South Dakota governor vetoes law on transgender bathrooms South Dakota's governor vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to approve a law requiring transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth.
February 25, 2016 Federal arrests reveal South Dakota polygamist sect details A federal crackdown on an alleged food stamp fraud scheme by a polygamous sect on the Arizona-Utah border is revealing details about a secretive compound in far southwestern South Dakota that has served as one of the church's "lands of refuge." Top leaders from Warren Jeffs' Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including his brothers Lyle Jeffs of Utah and Seth Jeffs of South Dakota, were arrested as part of the crackdown.
February 24, 2016 Polygamous sect leaders facing food stamp fraud charges Investigators say they noticed something strange when they began tracking food stamp transactions coming out of two small convenience stores in a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border.
February 3, 2016 AP NewsBreak: Feds outline reforms for reservation hospitals Federal health officials testifying Wednesday before U.S. senators on the quality of services offered by government-run hospitals that care for Native Americans in the Great Plains will unveil a number of reforms.