April 23, 2020

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, announced a reward today of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for two back-to-back burglaries of a pawn shop in […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. – Following in the footsteps of a decision by Rapid City, the city of Spearfish is planning on relaxing its ordinance that closes some businesses and puts restrictions on others. Spearfish city leaders say businesses previously closed under an emergency ordinance may be able to reopen Thursday, April 30, as long as they […]

STURGIS, S.D. – Planners will use the next two months going through a list of protocols in determining whether or not the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a go for 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sturgis City Council released a set of protocols this week that will be used when making the […]

PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem is highly critical of Congress for, so far, refusing to allow states to use COVID-19 relief money to cover revenue losses. “They don’t want me to replace revenue loss. What they want me to do is go out and create a bunch of new government programs,” that’s not a […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Monument Health Foundation has decided to cancel the 2020 Great Black Hills Duck Race for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing guidelines and estimates on when the disease could peak in South Dakota led to the decision to cancel the largest event for Monument Health’s […]

CHEYENNE, WY – Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon told protesters in Cheyenne he doesn’t know when the state will get back to normal but he’s talking with state officials about how to reopen businesses. Gordon came out of the Capitol to engage with the protesters Monday on the one-month mark after his orders to close schools […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.  — In a report released today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on Smithfield Foods to make significant changes at its Sioux Falls pork processing plant. The plant has been shut down for more than a week because of a COVID-19 outbreak that has so far affected 800 employees. […]

PIERRE, S.D. – There were 98 new positive tests for COVID-19 in the Thursday report issued by the State Department of Health. All cases were reported in eastern South Dakota. Minnehaha County saw the most cases with 81. Additional cases were reported in Brown, Jerauld, McCook, Hughes, Lincoln, Turner, Yankton and Union Counties. In Brown […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Health officials say number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in North Dakota now exceeds 700. The North Dakota Department of Health on Thursday also reported one new death, a woman in her 80s from Cass County with underlying medical conditions. That brings the state’s total to 15 deaths. Health officials say 32 […]