October 30, 2019

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota university leaders told state lawmakers on Wednesday that they’re working to implement a law aimed at ensuring free speech and intellectual diversity, after one legislator accused them of “slow walking” the reforms to avoid fostering conservative thought on campus. The legislature passed the bill last spring after controversy over […]

LEMMON, S.D. — Authorities in Lemmon have recovered the body of a truck driver after his semi caught fire in the parking lot of a grocery store. Firefighters were called to a vehicle fire in the parking lot of the Lemmon IGA around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. Crews found the semi engulfed in flames. A man […]

STURGIS, SD – Sturgis Attorney Mike Strain doesn’t like the term, ‘stand your ground.’ He says it’s vague and often misinterpreted by the public.  “Basically, referencing stand your ground laws is so vague that the public can misinterpret what stand your ground means,” says Strain. The recent shooting death of Matthew Flagler, 32, who was […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Whitewood man has been sentenced to two years of probation for unlawfully guiding hunts on Oglala Sioux Tribe land. Everett T. Mackaben Jr. acted as a commercial guide for out-of-state deer hunters, taking them to hunt on Oglala Lakota County land managed by the tribe’s Parks and Recreation Authority. The […]