| June 1, 2006 | - The United States declared a moratorium on wind farms in Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
| Source:
PhysOrg.com
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| March 21, 2006 | - Cecilia Fire Thunder, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, vowed to use tribal land to provide abortions to South Dakotans, despite the state's near-total ban on the procedure. "I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land," said Fire Thunder.
| Source:
Indianz.com
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| February 22, 2006 | - The South Dakota Senate passed a bill that outlaws nearly all abortions; victims of incest or rape are not exempt from the proposed ban. "I'm convinced," said a state representative, "that the timing is right for this."
| Source:
The New York Times
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| August 16, 2005 | - Sioux Falls, South Dakota, banned cage fighting without a permit.
| Source:
Minnesota Public Radio
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| June 3, 2005 | - A fire in Watertown, South Dakota, killed thirteen thousand turkeys.
| Source:
Argus Leader
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