December 4, 2019

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Governor Kristi Noem stopped in Rapid City yesterday to drum up support for her budget proposals for next year. At the Rushmore Hotel, Noem reiterated money is tight and she is instructing state agencies to scale back spending. However, some of Noem’s budget cuts are not sitting well with some lawmakers. […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The Director of the South Dakota Legislative Research Council will be stepping down following the 2020 legislative session. LRC Director Jason Hancock today confirmed to the South Dakota Broadcasters Association that he submitted his resignation to the Legislature’s Executive Board during an executive session held Monday in Pierre. Hancock tells SDBA that […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Soon to be resigning Republican state Senator Stace Nelson is being sued by a second-year University of South Dakota law student in Vermillion for kicking him off his Facebook page. Jeff Church says in the complaint filed in federal court in Sioux Falls that Nelson’s Facebook page is a public forum. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A judge sentenced Myles Tuttle to 9 years in prison Wednesday after Tuttle pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Vincent Brewer III in 2016 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. According to prosecutors, Brewer was killed while the defendants were trying to kidnap him […]

BOX ELDER, S.D. – Two juveniles have been arrested in connection with an incident at Douglas Middle School Wednesday. The entire Douglas School District was placed on secure status after a report of a student with a weapon. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says they located a BB Gun and after determining there was no […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The number of rural communities with few options for elder care continues to grow across South Dakota. The Hudson Care and Rehab Center in the southeastern corner of the state was the most recent closure, and marked the sixth nursing home center closure in the past year-and-a-half. Mark Deak, executive director […]

CHAMBERLAIN, S.D.–We’re learning more details about a deadly plane crash in South Dakota last weekend that took nine lives and injured three others. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the pilot filed an instrument flight rules plan with the FAA and received clearance to fly direct from Chamberlain to Idaho Falls, Idaho. The plane […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota company that has long claimed it can build a U.S.-Mexico border wall cheaper and faster than competitors has been awarded a contract to construct 31 miles of new wall in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma County, Arizona. The company has pursued government contracts to work […]