October 18, 2019

SHELBY, S.D. – A county auditor in South Dakota accused of violating the state’s open meetings law has been arrested. State’s Attorney James Hare issued a warrant for the arrest of Walworth County Auditor Rebecca Krein last week after he received a complaint that she failed to make documents available for an Aug. 6 meeting. […]

BISMARCK, N.D. – A Wyoming company is seeking permits and landowner permission to expand its pipeline network to carry crude from that state and North Dakota to a hub in Oklahoma. The Bismarck Tribune reports Casper-based Bridger Pipeline LLC launched a website this week with information for landowners and others. The proposed Bridger Expansion project […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Pennington County authorities say they located a lost hunter on Thursday night. In a release, authorities say about 9 pm, the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a lost hunter. Pennington and Custer County Search and Rescue and other agencies were deployed along with a thermal drone. The man was […]

PIERRE, SD – The state minimum wage will increase from $9.10/hour to $9.30/hour effective Jan. 1, 2020. The minimum wage is annually adjusted by any increase in the cost of living, as measured in the Consumer Price Index published by the U.S. Department of Labor. This year’s increase was 1.7 percent and is rounded up […]

WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) – Police say a domestic assault call in Watertown led to two arrests for child abuse, drug charges and a racially-motivated attack on an officer. The 48-year-old man, Adam Remington and 27-year-old Sara Widger were arrested at their apartment Wednesday night after police say they found marijuana plants, a loaded shotgun and […]