By Andi Murphy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Riders from the Tour de Kota crossed the “imaginary” finish line in Falls Park only to be met with one aspect of disappointment: no entertainment.
“I was a little disappointed,” said Becky Batcheller, who finished the ride alongside her husband Tom.
They remember music and booths from previous Tour de Kotas, [...]

By Sarah Brubeck
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–Cyclists sporting spandex in an array of colors slowly trickled into Falls Park with sore muscles after riding 450 miles through South Dakota in six days.
Cyclists took a week off to join the fourth Tour de Kota, which began June 8 and finished June 13.
“I’m glad it’s over because of the [...]

Tess Brinkerhoff, AIJI Staff Writer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Tom Davis, 52, lives where he lays his hat.
I choose not to have a home. I don’t want to stay at the mission; if you stay there one night they ask you to leave. And it leaks,” Davis said. “You wouldn’t want to live there, either. [...]

By Andi Murphy
In a town that most people would miss if they blinked on the highway, a country legend is reborn year after year.
In 2001, Gayville, a town of about 418 people, according to a 2000 U.S. Census, the spirit of a legend swept through in waves of lonesomeness and cheatin’ hearts. Every year since, [...]

NINILCHIK, ALASKA — Waves crashing on the shore, a sound every fisherman loves. Calm waters and sunshine, the scene fishermen hope for.

By Jamie Hughes, AIJI Staff Writer
Republicans came out to support Senators Clinton and Obama Tuesday in Sioux Falls, S.D. Some Republicans have broadened their political horizons by campaigning and volunteering for the Democratic front-runners.
Jim Wainscoat, 67, re-registered three months ago to vote and volunteer for Clinton’s campaign.
I was a Republican for years, and I was [...]

By M.J. Casiano, AIJI Staff Writer 
Diane Nesselhuf visits Guatemala three times a year, but this trip will be different.
This time, she will find land for a clinic.
Nesselhuf, a 58-year-old Burbank native and mother of five, has been helping make a difference in Guatemalan children lives, but believes there is still more to be done.
She founded [...]

By Amelia Quiroga
Tribal governments on remote and vast reservations are feeling the pain of higher fuel costs because of the transportation services they offer to members and departments.
Many tribes are reassessing driving practices, reallocating funding, or making cutbacks on transportation services for tribal members.
“We’re starting to feel the first elements of the [budget] shortage,” said [...]

By Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan
VERMILLION, S.D. – The University of South Dakota has five buildings under construction that will accommodate not only students and faculty but the community as well.
The five buildings under construction are the medical and business schools, the student and performing arts centers and the science building.
The Theodore R. and Karen K. Muenster University [...]

By Andi Murphy
VERMILLION, S.D. – Crime, cops and Coyotes in Vermillion are on vacation.
This peace in town is a summer trend, which is a nice thing to have, said Janna Mollet, Vermillion Police Department administrative assistant.
“We see a difference when the college students leave town,” Mollet said. “It’s so quiet.”
The most recent arrest was made [...]