South Dakota team goes 1-5 at junior national duals (Rapid City Journal)
Team South Dakota came up just short in its bid to have a team place in its first-ever trip to the USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle National Duals.  Twenty-one states making up 23 very tough teams battled it out from Wednesday to Friday to see whose freestyle wrestlers were the best in the nation.

South Dakota road trip produces great birding memories (Daily Herald)
I read a lot of bird books, and my all-time favorite is "Kingbird Highway" by Kenn Kaufman. It's the best birding adventure book I know. Even so, I'd never read it a second time until just before a family trip to South Dakota in June. I'm glad I did, Kaufman's memoir is the perfect read before hitting the open road.

Lakota Youth to go on Photo Assignment with National Geographic At South Dakota Reservation (Native Times)
WASHINGTON, D.C. 7/8/2008 National Geographic contributing photographer Maggie Steber will give a group of Lakota teenagers a unique opportunity to document their community at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during National Geographic Photo Camp 2008. From Friday, July 11, to Monday, July 14, the high school students, who are active in the SuAnne Big Crow Boys and Girls Club, will ...

Rail car leak prompts warning in South Dakota (AP via Yahoo! News)
Officials in a southeastern South Dakota city have asked residents near a leaking rail car to keep their windows closed and stay indoors.

Cameraman captures tornado as it forms near South Dakota (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
A storm chaser captured dramatic video of a tornado forming near the Nebraska-South Dakota border over the weekend. The video was shot near