SOUTH DAKOTA
VeraSun asking farmers for repayment of funds
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. have been receiving letters asking for repayment of funds due to “bankruptcy preference.”September 02, 2010
Indian Museum curator honored
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A longtime curator of the Sioux Indian Museum in South Dakota has been honored for her years of service in preserving American Indian history.September 01, 2010
Longtime Sioux Indian Museum curator honored
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A longtime curator of the Sioux Indian Museum in South Dakota has been honored for her years of service in preserving American Indian history.August 31, 2010
MTI students go to motorcycle speed trials
MITCHELL, S.D. — The school year begins Monday at Mitchell Technical Institute, but Darin Maltsberger and nine of his students won’t be there.
Instead, they will be at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah, where they will work as volunteers at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials, a land speed record event sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association.
It is the “opportunity of a lifetime,” Maltsberger said.
By By ROSS DOLAN , Forum Communications Co. , August 28, 2010
Enviros: N.D., S.D. coal ash polluting water
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Environmental groups say coal ash from power plants in North Dakota and South Dakota is polluting nearby groundwater supplies.August 26, 2010
Low Neb. unemployment means benefits end sooner
Unemployed workers in Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota can't qualify for benefits beyond 60 weeks because unemployment rates remain so low.August 23, 2010
Air Force issues draft report on training airspace
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has issued a draft environmental impact statement on its plans to expand the airspace in which it can conduct training exercises with its B-1 and B-52 bombers stationed in the Dakotas.August 20, 2010
N.D. man pleads not guilty in S.D. killing
August 20, 2010
Senate committees to hold hearing in South Dakota 
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and the Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a joint field hearing in South Dakota next week.
August 19, 2010
S.D. university helps American Indian students
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Black Hills State University is offering a 5-day program that will introduce American Indian students to the campus in Spearfish and make it easier for them to get into the swing of college life.
August 19, 2010
Judge rules on evidence in 1975 case
A judge says an alleged murder confession by American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier should be allowed as evidence in a decades-old South Dakota murder case.
By The Associated Press , August 12, 2010
Sanford creates Native American health office
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The largest hospital system in the Dakotas is launching a new effort to reach out to residents of the region's Native American reservations, hospital officials announced Wednesday.
August 11, 2010
Director named for Sanford Indian Health office
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sanford Health has named a director for its new Office of Native American Health.
August 11, 2010
Rally celebrates 70th anniversary
STURGIS, S.D. — Greg Pike seems unfazed as his “chopper” putts past thousands of rumbling motors in western South Dakota’s Black Hills, cruising the souped-up riding lawn mower into the world’s largest motorcycle rally with his own gang: Booger the dog, Kitty the cat and Mousey the rat.
By By James MacPherson, The Associated Press , August 10, 2010
Congresswoman hears ideas on Indian education
Officials from American Indian tribes in South Dakota and North Dakota say education for their students could be improved if schools got more money and tribes had more control of what happens in classrooms.
August 06, 2010
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