March 17, 2020

STURGIS, S.D. – The special election for the Rural Meade County Ambulance District, scheduled for March 23rd, is still proceeding as scheduled. Because of the rising concerns about COVID-19, the location has been moved from the Sturgis Community Center to the County Auditor’s Election Room in the Erskine Building in Sturgis. Meade Count Auditor Lisa […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – In a press conference with health leaders from Avera and Sanford Health, Governor Kristi Noem says schools across South Dakota will remain closed through next week. The Governor announced school will stay closed through March 27 as a precaution to slow the spread of COVID-19. She says so far, South Dakota […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota officials say the state will receive $3.4 million in a settlement with a company that used to handle its 911 call system. After a series of alleged 911 call failures, the state decided to change its emergency call system provider last year and sued Comtech Communications which had the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Sheriff’s officials say two bodies found on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are believed to be those of cousins who have been missing for more than two months. Oglala Lakota County Sheriff Joe Herman says autopsies will confirm the identity of the two, but that “it is very likely the missing […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The executive director and CEO of the governing board for South Dakota’s six public universities will be stepping down. Paul Beran held the job with the Board of Regents since 2018. He will leave when his current contract expires at the end of June. He said in a statement that the […]

STURGIS, S.D. – Rural residents who live just outside Sturgis city limits and are currently being served by the Sturgis Ambulance Service are being reminded about next week’s election. Ross Lamphere with the Rural Sturgis Ambulance Group says there is some concern out there about next week’s election with the COVID-19 virus shutting down schools […]

UNDATED – The latest COVID-19 report from the South Dakota Department of Health indicates another positive test in Minnehaha County. As has been the case with the all the other residents, the latest person to test positive had been traveling outside the state. The latest case is a female in her 50’s. There have now […]

SIOUX FALLS, sd – A Sioux Falls company — with its team of scientists and a herd of genetically engineered cows — is working feverishly to develop an effective treatment for people infected with the coronavirus. SAb Biotherapeutics has emerged as a major player in the effort to produce a viable antidote to the fast-moving […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A South Dakota man faces federal charges that he ran a multi-million-dollar cattle Ponzi scheme. A federal grand jury earlier this month indicted 58-year-old Robert Blom of Corsica on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. Blom pleaded not guilty to the indictment Monday. The indictment alleges that around […]