Crude prices above $55 as EIA reports lower-than-expected jump in crude inventories

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices surged to a 2009 high Wednesday after a government report showed that unused crude being placed in storage slowed a bit last week.

Crude prices passed $55 with new report showing crude in storage is falling

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices hit a new high for the year Wednesday ahead of a government report on the levels of crude in storage that have neared 19-year highs recently.

Energy prices fall across the board before the government releases storage level data

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices retreated from five-month highs Tuesday, a day before the government is expected to report that crude storage levels have reached a new 19-year high.

Charge over Canadian man’s tribal status dismissed in 1975 murder case of AIM woman in SD

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A federal judge dismissed a key charge Thursday against one of two men accused in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member.

Judge: 1868 Sioux treaty covers pain, suffering of woman sexually assaulted by Army recruiter

PIERRE, S.D. — A nearly 150-year-old treaty between the United States and a number of Indian tribes requires the U.S. government pay for the treatment and other losses of a Sioux woman sexually assaulted by an Army recruiter, a federal judge ruled.

Lawsuit seeking money for S.D.’s Black Hills divides Sioux; many still want sacred land back

PIERRE, S.D. — A band of Sioux whose ancestors were driven from the majestic Black Hills more than 130 years ago is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation, upsetting other tribal members who say taking money for the sacred land would be legitimizing the theft.