March 31, 2020

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Police in Rapid City say possible human remains have been found along Rapid Creek in the area of the Elks Golf Course. Police say a worker at the golf course called 9-1-1 to report the finding. Spokesman Brenden Medina says the Criminal Investigations Division of the Rapid City Police Department is […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The VA Black Hills Health System confirmed in a statement Tuesday that an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on March 26th. The employee is currently in home isolation. The statement said: “VA is screening veterans and staff for symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath and testing veterans who meet […]

PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Krist Noem on Tuesday signed nine emergency bills passed by the South Dakota Legislature to address the outbreak of the coronavirus. Lawmakers passed the bills just hours before Noem’s signing. They met in a marathon session that stretched from Monday into Tuesday, voting remotely through a conference call system. The measures […]

BILLINGS, Mont. — A Canadian company says it plans to start construction of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline running from Canada through the U.S. Midwest in April. Calgary-based TC Energy says the provincial Alberta government will invest over $1 billion to cover construction costs through 2020. The company plans to begin at Montana’s […]

BILLSBURG, S.D. – A Philip, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died early Friday night in a one-vehicle crash east of Billsburg. A 2005 Toyota Tundra was eastbound on South Dakota Highway 34 when it left the roadway, hit an approach and eventually rolled. Wallace Neville, the 68-year-old driver, was not wearing […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reports seven positive COVID-19 tests in its Tuesday report for a total of 108. South Dakota State Epidemiologist Joshua Clayton says all the new cases are in eastern South Dakota – 4 in Minnehaha, 1 in Lincoln, 1 in Kingsbury and 1 in Yankton. Lawrence County […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says South Dakota was the last state in the nation to reach the 100 positive case thresh hold for COVID-19. Noem says the state is doing well when it comes to social distancing – but it must continue and we can do better. The governor is also […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota lawmakers approved several emergency measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic in a session that dragged into early Tuesday morning. But legislators refused Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s request that her secretary of health be granted the power to order businesses closed during a health emergency. Many conservative lawmakers remained […]