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Igloo bunkers owner sued in federal RICO civil fraud lawsuit (opens the original)
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(SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH) - The owner of a survivalist bunker complex in southwestern South Dakota is being sued in civil court under the same federal law that prosecutors often use to convict people involved in the mafia, street gangs or white-collar scams. The lawsuit filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, claims that Robert K. Vicino is operating a conspiracy that defrauded a major investor in the project who also sought to lease a bunker at the site. Vic
Igloo bunkers owner sued in federal RICO civil fraud lawsuit (opens the original)
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The owner of a survivalist bunker complex in southwestern South Dakota is being sued in civil court under the same federal law that prosecutors often use to convict people involved in the mafia, street gangs or white-collar scams. The lawsuit filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, claims that Robert K. Vicino is operating a conspiracy that defrauded a major investor in the project who also sought to lease a bunker at the site. Vicino owns the old earthen ord
Couple finds life next to limestone mine unnerving (opens the original)
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BLACK HAWK, S.D. – Darrell Koepp stomped his feet up and down, shook his head and body side to side, waved his arms and wriggled all the fingers on his hands. He looked somewhat amusing, but there was nothing funny about the demonstration Koepp gave outside his rural Black Hawk homestead located 100 yards from the edge of two active limestone mines. "When they're blasting and those shots come, you can stand right here and feel it in your entire body, and you go like this even before you hear any
Drought-Stricken South Dakota Ranchers Faced With Drying Wells (opens the original)
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Each morning this summer, Gordon and Connie Howie have awoken on their cattle ranch in central Pennington County and turned on the kitchen faucet, unsure if any water will come out. “We can’t do laundry or dishes or take showers other than with a little trickle,” said Connie Howie, 76. “Other times we have a little water because it seems to come and go.” Like many ranchers and residents in rural areas of western South Dakota, the Howie family relies on a well to provide them with water for their
Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown, South Dakota (opens the original)
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Throughout their entire adult lives, the women of the Benedictine Sisters of Mother of God Monastery have served others as educators, health care providers and spiritual leaders. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscribe now for full access to local reporting, breaking news, and more. For copyright information, check with the distributor of this item, South Dakota News Watch. Now, more than ever, the world needs trustworthy repor
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