February 25, 2020

RAPID CITY, S.D. — A bond intended to pay for the building of new schools and the renovation of others in Rapid City failed at a special election Tuesday. Unofficial results show 9,287 voted in favor of the bond and 7,211 opposed, or 56.29-percent to 43.17-percent. Although more people voted for the bond, South Dakota […]

COLONY, Wyo. — A crash in northeastern Wyoming has injured a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper. Patrol officials said Tuesday the trooper was in the driver’s seat of a patrol vehicle after a previous wreck Monday on U.S. Highway 212 when a truck jackknifed. The truck hit the back of the patrol vehicle, knocking the trooper […]

PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Senate has passed a proposal to get rid of the faculty union at the state’s universities. The faculty union has at times been instrumental in resisting proposals from lawmakers to shake up the university system. The Board of Regents that oversees the university system has resisted oversight from lawmakers […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City authorities say a girl that was the focus of Serenity Dennard in a Facebook post was not her. The Facebook post featuring an older man with a young girl who looked similar to the missing girl drew attention. It was taken in the Las Vegas area. Authorities in Nevada […]

PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Senate narrowly passed a proposal from the attorney general to give judges the ability to send low-level felons to prison rather than probation if they don’t cooperate with law enforcement investigations. Lawmakers are looking for ways to address increasing rates of meth addiction and drug arrests in the state. […]

PIERRE, S.D. — A South Dakota Senate committee unanimously approved a proposal to legalize industrial hemp. It will now be considered by the full Senate before it can head to Gov. Kristi Noem’s desk to either be vetoed or signed into law. The Republican governor vetoed a similar proposal last year. But she changed her […]

PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota lawmakers have rejected a proposal to stop schools from requiring students to get vaccinations. A House committee heard emotional testimony from parents on both sides of the issue, but decided to effectively kill the bill, saying it would have resulted in decreased vaccination rates and could have caused outbreaks in […]

WASHINGTON — South Dakota’s Congressional delegation want the head of the V.A. to meet with veterans at Hot Springs. U.S. Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds along with U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson have urged Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie to visit with veterans who would be personally affected by the VA’s Black Hills planned […]