South Dakota

A man caught trying to climb Mount Rushmore National Memorial has pleaded guilty to charges of trespass and failing to obey a lawful order. Patrick Marshall, whose last known address is in Chicago, was arrested Monday afternoon as he clambered on loose rock directly below the carvings of four presidents at the monument in western South Dakota.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three people bilked $3.7 million from investors by claiming to develop wind farms in Wyoming and South Dakota. The projects never were built. A federal indictment filed in Cheyenne says phone solicitors made cold calls to investors nationwide, telling them the wind farms were being built by a private firm and the U...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An American Indian tribe is suing some of the world’s largest beer makers, claiming they knowingly contributed to alcohol-related problems on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota filed a federal lawsuit Thursday demanding $500 million from five international beer manufacturers for the cost of health care, social services and chil

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Wyoming man was in critical condition in a South Dakota hospital on Tuesday after being shot by law officers following a vehicle chase in the Rapid City area. Authorities allege that James Baker Jr., 41, of Gillette, Wyo...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Wyoming man has claimed $10,000 in lottery winnings in South Dakota. Henry Fales of Cheyenne, Wyo., won the prize in last Friday’s Mega Millions drawing. His ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Mega Ball to win the game’s third prize...

In 2005, he was hailed by Sporting News as "...the coach every major program with an opening will be courting with a multimillion-dollar contract." On November 23, 2008, he was fired by the University of Wyoming at the conclusion of a 4-8 season...

LUDLOW, S.D. (AP) — A woman from North Dakota and a woman from Wyoming died in a weekend car crash in South Dakota. The Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Samantha Vogel of Lincoln, N.D., was driving a car that collided with a pickup truck on U...

Wyoming Health leaders as well as leaders from Montana and South Dakota will be traveling to Washington D.C. in an attempt to lobby for a Medicare provision. The provision, beginning in 2013, would correct inequities in future Medicare payments to some rural states.