Bath News

A 2-year-old girl was rescued after wandering into a cornfield near the northeastern South Dakota town of Bath and being lost for 2 1/2 hours.

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: VILSACK-DISASTER Vilsack: Disaster request should be decided soon BATH, S.D. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his agency will decide soon whether to approve a request for disaster declarations for counties in the northeast part of South Dakota hurt by spring flooding.

An escaped burglar apparently stole a third vehicle on Wednesday morning and remained on the loose as of day's end, authorities said.

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press BATH, S.D. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his agency will decide soon whether to approve a request for disaster declarations for counties in the northeast part of South Dakota hurt by spring flooding.

BATH - Federal officials will decide within a week or two whether to approve a request for disaster declarations for counties in central and northeastern South Dakota hurt by spring flooding, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today.

US Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack will hold a community forum next monday in Bath, South Dakota.

One person is dead after a car collided with a train Friday morning two miles east of Bath.

An Aberdeen accident involving a car and train killed a teenager and sent a woman to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A man who used a handgun to get prescription drugs from an Aberdeen pharmacy in December has been sentenced to 15 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary with 10 years of the term suspended.

A man who used a gun to rob an Aberdeen pharmacy of prescription pain medications was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with 10 years suspended.