South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The defense has rested in the trial of a South Dakota man accused of killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. Twenty-nine-year-old Joseph Patterson has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the October 2013 death of Tyrese Robert Ruffin, who was the son of his girlfriend and Peterson...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man was killed after authorities said he fled from a Highway Patrol trooper in South Dakota's Brookings County and crashed.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man accused of killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson two years ago is set to stand trial in South Dakota.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — At least 13 people died in crashes related to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally that ended Sunday.

Rochester MN (KROC AM News)  - At least four more people have been killed in traffic wrecks in Minnesota, which has seen a spike in fatalities in recent weeks.

VAN, Texas (AP) -- About two dozen people were injured and some homes were destroyed after a severe storm struck the small town of Van in northeast Texas, an emergency management official said.