SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The founder of South Dakota's first professional ballet company wanted to thrust her group into the spotlight this year with a black-tie gala and performances by some of the world's top dancers. But the light went out on M...

HARTFORD, S.D. (AP) — Joshua Obenauer never liked coffee but it was his dad's dream to open a coffee shop in the historic John Mundt building. The old stone structure on North Main Avenue needed a lot of love when the Obenauers bought it. His dad p...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A giant brown cloud billowed from the back of a truck as a crowd of onlookers watched, some taking video as it settled into the earth. Those recently gathered behind caution tape were either curious or prospecting, checking o...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Rita Dozal doesn't want to worry about her mom having to train the nursing aides. But there are times when the 87-year-old nursing home resident doesn't know who is going to help her get to bed at night. She doesn't know who...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When he learned about the first ethanol pump opening up in Milbank, Orrie Swayze hopped off his tractor, drove his 1974 Ford to the station and filled its tank with fuel made mostly from corn. "It ran as good or better on s...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Paralyzed by a stroke, Trevor Jackson heard his doctor tell his ex-wife to plan for the worst. That was the first time the 47-year-old Hartford resident faced his own mortality. It happened again years later when a heart s...