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The pheasant season opener in South Dakota brings hunters from all across the country to track the wily ringneck.
The pheasant season opener in South Dakota brings hunters from all across the country to track the wily ringneck.

Lots of Hunters, Lots of Pheasants

Countless hunters will be out in the fields of South Dakota this weekend for the traditional opening of the annual pheasant hunting season, and state wildlife officials are optimistic.
For one thing, the Game, Fish and Parks Department says the mid-summer pheasant count estimated the statewide ringneck population to be up 18 percent from last year

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Charges Filed in Pursuit Case

A 25-year-old Sioux Falls woman faces charges after a police chase that left a Highway Patrol trooper injured and her with gunshot wounds.

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Former Senator George McGovern (D-SD)-Tim Sloan/Getty Images

Remembering a Man of Principle

You're going to be hearing and reading a lot about George McGovern in the days ahead.

I think the first time I saw Mr. McGovern might have been in 1960, when he was running for the Senate and visited Salem for McCook County Achievement Days (I was a young 4-Her at the time)

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Surgery for Injured Trooper

State officials say Andrew Steen, the Highway Patrol trooper injured Wednesday in an incident in Sioux Falls, underwent successful surgery early Thursday to relieve pressure on his brain.

Patrol Superintendent Col

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South Dakota's jobless rate dropped slightly in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
South Dakota's jobless rate dropped slightly in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Slight Drop in State’s Jobless Rate

Unemployment in South Dakota dropped slightly from August to September, ending the month at a seasonally-adjusted rate of 4.4 percent.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says South Dakota's jobless rate has remained relatively stable during the first three quarters of this year, holding at 4

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Poaching of rhinos in South Africa so far this year has surpassed all of 2011
Poaching of rhinos in South Africa so far this year has surpassed all of 2011

Poachers Killing Rhinos in South Africa

i saw a story that South Africa is having trouble again with poachers, and the targets are rhinos.

Seems more than 450 of the endangered animals have been illegally hunted and killed so far this year, with more than 270 in one national park

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Names Released in Fatal Crash

A Renner man was killed Tuesday evening in a two-vehicle crash at East Tenth Street and Chapel Hill Road, just east of Cleveland Avenue in eastern Sioux Falls.

Police Lieutenant Jerome Miller says it happened around 6:23pm, when the driver of an eastbound Buick tried to turn left onto Chapel Hill Road and was broadsided by a westbound Hummer

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Crash Kills One in Eastern Sioux Falls

One person was killed Tuesday evening in a ;two-vehicle crash at East Tenth Street and Chapel Hill Road, just east of Cleveland Avenue.

Police Lieutenant Jerome Miller says the crash happened around 6:23pm, when the driver of an eastbound Buick tried to turn left onto Chapel Hill Road

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Confessed killer Eric Robert was executed by lethal injection Monday night for the murder of Ronald "RJ" Johnson in April 2011.
Confessed killer Eric Robert was executed by lethal injection Monday night for the murder of Ronald "RJ" Johnson in April 2011.

South Dakota Executes a Killer

It's over now, the execution of confessed killer Eric Robert.

He was put to death just after 10pm Monday for the brutal killing of Ronald "RJ" Johnson, a correctional officer at the South Dakota State Penitentiary

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“Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones”

By now you've heard the Rolling Stones will play two dates in the U.S. in December, both at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

But what you probably haven't heard is that Sharon and I have a nephew who works at the Pru Center and has been involved in the planning

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