April 10, 2020

RAPID CITY, S.D. -Easter Weekend won’t feel much like spring as a potent winter type storm is moving into the area. The National Weather Service says a strong storm system will move into the region Saturday. Snow will begin Saturday and persist into Sunday morning before tapering off. The heaviest snow will be from Saturday […]

WHITEWOOD, S.D. – The South Dakota Attorney General’s office will investigate an officer involved shooting in Whitewood Friday. According to authorities, law enforcement responded to a report of a male acting erratically at approximately 11:15 Friday morning. A Whitewood Police officer initially responded to the Sonset gas station, where a physical altercation ensued. As a […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Monument Health began processing its own COVID-19 test samples at its Rapid City laboratory on Friday. Local testing will greatly reduce the time it takes to confirm whether a patient has been infected with the virus. The PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test has a 45-minute run time, and 16 tests can […]

PIERRE, S.D. – Minnehaha County reported another large number of positive COVID-19 cases in the latest report from the South Dakota Department of Health. In fact, the 78 case increase in South Dakota’s most populous county pushed the 89 positive test total for today into the highest single day case load reported so far. Of […]