Associated Press
Amazon Expected to Unveil New Kindle Fire
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) – Amazon.com is expected to update its Kindle Fire tablet computer on Thursday.
It will be an effort to take a larger share of a tablet computer market dominated by Apple’s iPad. It could help Amazon.com Inc. bo
...
Tom Brokaw Hospitalized
NEW YORK (AP) – NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw was taken to a Charlotte, N.C., hospital Thursday morning after appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
The network says Brokaw felt “light-headed” on the set of the news-talk program, which has been originating this week from Charlotte. “Out of an abundance of caution,” ...
Sioux Falls Bans Texting-While-Driving
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota’s biggest city has banned texting while driving. The Sioux Falls City Council voted to make sending and receiving electronic messages while operating a vehicle a crime within city limits.
The ordinance will take effect on Sept...
Lightning Strike Blows Hole in Sioux Falls Home
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Authorities say a lightning strike blew a big hole in a Sioux Falls home.
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue says the lightning strike occurred at about 11:10 p.m. on Monday. Four fire trucks and 16 firefighters were dispatched to the scene...
Reward Offered for Information in Aberdeen Cycle Crash
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – An Aberdeen man is offering a $2,500 reward for information that can help authorities find the driver of a vehicle who he says caused him to crash his motorcycle.
The American News reports 39-year-old Cameron Wyly was injured in the July 18 crash in Aberdeen and his custom chopper motorcycle was totaled...
Organizers Say Some 300,000 Attended LifeLight
WORTHING, S.D. (AP) – Organizers of the LifeLight Music Festival say about 300,000 Christian music fans attended this past weekend’s multi-stage event.
Festival Director Julie Klinger tells KELO television that the estimates are from traffic patterns and counts from event engineers. Organizers
...
SD Man Crashes Car While Trying To Calm Dog, Flees
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Highway Patrol says a man who was trying to calm his dog caused a crash when his car hit a pickup and forced it into a deep ditch.
Patrol Trooper Derek Mann says 26-year-old Tyson Andersen of Rapid City was driving north on U...
Children’s Justice Conference Sessions To Be Held
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Unified Judicial System is sponsoring Children’s Justice Conference sessions this month in Rapid City and Sioux Falls.
The Sept. 11 conference in Rapid City and the Sept. 13 conference in Sioux Falls are geared toward judges, attorneys, child welfare agency staff, court advocates, law enforcement officers, social workers, mental health staff and health car
SD Officials Ask For Reports of Dead Deer
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota wildlife officials are asking hunters and landowners to be on the lookout for dead dear.
The Game, Fish and Parks Department reports that this is the time of year when deer tend to die from hemorrhagic disease, which is also known as epizootic hemorrhagic disease or blue tongue. The
...