May 14, 2020

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota health officials are planning to test everyone in nursing homes and assisted living facilities over the next month. The Department of Health will be working with facilities that care for the elderly to test over 26,000 people in the coming weeks. Nursing homes have been most susceptible to deaths […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. — The South Dakota Attorney General’s Office says a suspect shot by a Rapid City police officer Wednesday evening has died. The suspect was taken to the hospital with life – threatening injuries after exchanging gunfire with police after a traffic stop. The routine traffic stop took place around 6:30 p.m. when […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Because of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in western South Dakota, Monument Health announced it is returning to its no-visitor policy at all hospitals, emergency departments and clinics. The policy goes into effect Saturday, May 16, at 7 a.m. “We know how important it is for patients and families to […]

RAPID CITY, SD-  On Thursday at 12:55 pm, Black Hills Energy restored power to customers that experienced a power outage in the southeast area of Rapid City. The outage occurred around 10:00 am impacting 1,423 customers.  The cause of the power outage was an electrical fault while performing maintenance at a substation located in southeast […]

STURGIS, S.D. — A contingent of groups and businesses came together to help give the Sturgis Brown High School Class of 2020 a lift in these uncertain times. Not being able to hold a traditional graduation ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the community came together to have banners made featuring every member of this […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The state Department of Health reported 60 new positive tests for COVID-19 in its Thursday report. In the Black Hills area, Pennington County reported 4 new cases giving them a cumulative total of 40. There are currently 25 active cases. Other cases included 33 in Minnehaha, 11 in Brown, 3 in Roberts, […]

PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem is asking for more direction from Washington in her checkpoint standoff with two South Dakota tribes. “The authority on U.S. highways and with state highways lies with the federal government and they need to take enforcement actions in those cases if the law is not being upheld,” says Noem […]