YANKTON, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota church is on the list of 15 winners of the 2011 Department of Defense Freedom Award. St. John’s Lutheran Church in Yankton is being honored for backing their pastor’s chaplaincy in Afghanistan. Rev. Dave Gunderson nominated his congregation after returning last month from a year of service with [...]

Listen to a special interview with Go Fish on Wednesday, June 8th on Faith 1270 from noon – 1 pm on Connecting Faith with Neil Stavem.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS FILED A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING A SOUTH DAKOTA LAW THAT WOULD REQUIRE WOMEN SEEKING ABORTIONS TO WAIT THREE DAYS AND UNDERGO COUNSELING AT PREGNANCY HELP CENTERS THAT DISCOURAGE ABORTION.      THE THREE-DAY WAITING PERIOD WOULD BE THE NATION’S LONGEST.      THE NEW LAW IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT JULY [...]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ OFFICIALS HAVE DECIDED TO BUILD EMERGENCY EARTHEN LEVEES ON EACH SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HOMES IN PIERRE AND FORT PIERRE FROM FLOODWATERS.      HOWEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA GOV. DENNIS DAUGAARD SAYS SOME HOMES WILL BE HIT BY RISING WATER WHEN RELEASES INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY BEFORE WORK [...]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ OFFICIALS HAVE DECIDED TO BUILD EMERGENCY EARTHEN LEVEES ON EACH SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HOMES IN PIERRE AND FORT PIERRE FROM FLOODWATERS.      HOWEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA GOV. DENNIS DAUGAARD SAYS SOME HOMES WILL BE HIT BY RISING WATER WHEN RELEASES INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY BEFORE WORK [...]

ROUNDUP, MONT. (AP) _ AS FLOODING WASHES OUT ROADS AND SWAMPS MORE HOMES IN MONTANA, REGIONAL RAINS ARE FORCING RELEASES FROM DAMS THAT PROMISE TO SWELL THE MISSOURI RIVER PAST ITS BANKS DOWNSTREAM IN IOWA AND THE DAKOTAS. THE CENTRAL MONTANA TOWN OF ROUNDUP WAS UNDER AN ESTIMATED 6 FEET OF WATER TODAY AS THE [...]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ THE GREAT PLAINS ZOO IN SIOUX FALLS WILL BECOME A TEMPORARY HOME FOR THREE BENGAL TIGERS AND A SNOW LEOPARD THAT ARE LEAVING A FLOOD-THREATENED ZOO IN BISMARCK, N.D. DAKOTA ZOO IN BISMARCK IS CLOSED AND MOVING ITS ANIMALS TO OTHER ZOOS BECAUSE OF RISING LEVELS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. [...]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ FORMER GOV. MIKE ROUNDS IS AMONG THE HOMEOWNERS ANXIOUSLY KEEPING TRACK OF THE RISING MISSOURI RIVER IN THE PIERRE-FORT PIERRE AREA.      ROUNDS AND WIFE JEAN MOVED TO A NEW HOME NEAR THE RIVER NORTH OF FORT PIERRE WHEN HE LEFT OFFICE IN JANUARY.      HE TELLS KCCR RADIO THAT THEY’RE [...]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ DEMOCRATIC SEN. TIM JOHNSON SAYS HE WILL VOTE AGAINST THE BUDGET PROPOSED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT PEOPLE ON MEDICARE AND COULD CUT FARM PROGRAMS. JOHNSON SAYS THE REPUBLICAN PLAN WOULD FORCE PEOPLE OLDER THAN 65 TO SPEND MORE OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS FOR HEALTH CARE IF THE [...]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED FOR EMERGENCY HELP FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO DEAL WITH THE POSSIBLE THREAT OF MISSOURI RIVER FLOODING IN THE PIERRE AND FORT PIERRE AREAS, AND POSSIBLY FARTHER DOWNSTREAM. THE CORPS IS RELEASING MORE WATER FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER DAMS BECAUSE OF HEAVY RUNOFF INTO THE [...]