South Dakota

The head of one of the largest health systems in the Midwest has told employees he’s recovered from COVID-19 and is back in the office, without a mask

Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn’t see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August.

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement late Monday that he discovered he had struck and killed a man walking along a rural stretch of highway only after returning to the scene the next day and discovering the body.

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is sharing his first comments about his Saturday night crash that claimed the life of 55-year-old Joseph Boever. Ravnsborg says he struck something with his car on his way home from an event, which he thought was a large animal.

Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation

A Minnesota man who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota last month has died from COVID-19.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem opened Night 3 of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday by charging that America’s “founding principles are under attack” and declaring that “Democrat-run cities across this country are being overrun by violent mobs,” NBC News reports.

Two Native American tribes are defying South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s order to remove roadside checkpoints that tribal leaders claim are necessary to keep coronavirus from infecting reservations, NBC News reported Monday.

Nine people, including two children, were killed Saturday when a plane crashed in rough weather near Chamberlain, South Dakota, authorities said. A Pilatus PC-12, a single-engine turboprop passenger plane, had as many as 12 people on board when it crashed shortly after takeoff about a mile from Chamberlain Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Brule County...

San Diego entrepreneur Tara Brown has scored $75,000 from a celebrity investor on ABC’s hit TV show Shark Tank.

Renters looking to stretch their earnings might try El Cajon, according to a report by Zumper, a rental property search firm.

Local nonprofit Connect, San Diego’s oldest startup accelerator, has won a contract to partner with the city on a new publicly-funded accelerator program for startups.

The 23rd annual San Diego Festival of Beer taps more than 45 breweries and a couple of great local bands to help raise money for the fight against cancer.

The entire month of August heats up with some excellent shows — like Metallica, Royal Blood, Sylvan Esso, and Lord Huron. 91x’s Tim Pyles delivers the skinny on the best of the best.

An affiliate of San Diego’s Cohn Restaurant Group Inc., led by co-founder and President David Cohn, has acquired the mixed-use Mission Beach building currently housing The Coaster Saloon for $2.1 million, according to The Franco Realty Group.

Three San Diego startups were named winners of a tech innovation contest by global media company Red Herring.

The number of construction jobs in San Diego hit 80,300 in May, 7 percent more than a year ago, according to the latest analysis from the Associated General Contractors of America of federal jobs data.

Wintry weather temporarily loosened its grip across much of the U.S. just in time for Thanksgiving, but travelers were bracing for heavy snow and blizzard conditions in some areas as they made plans to return home. The wind, ice and snow that tied up major highways and airports Tuesday and Wednesday largely let up Thursday, with a notable exception in...

With billions in federal aid and seats in Congress at stake, some states are dragging their feet in carrying out one of the Census Bureau’s chief recommendations for making sure everyone is counted during the 2020 census. Five states — Florida, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Texas — have not set up “complete count committees” that would create public awareness...

South Dakota sparked online guffaws Monday by rolling out an anti-drug campaign featuring people saying, “Meth, I’m on it,” and the governor said the backlash proves the effort to raise awareness is working. The nearly $1.4 million campaign aimed at tackling the state’s methamphetamine epidemic includes $449,000 paid to the Minneapolis-based ad agency that created the tagline. A press release...