May 23, 2020

STURGIS, S.D. – Severe thunderstorms moved across western South Dakota Saturday bringing hail, wind, heavy rain and flooding. Flash flooding was reported in parts of eastern Meade County, where water was over the road south of White Owl. Water was also running over Elm Springs Road between the Belle Fourche River and Elm Springs. Rainfall […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported 112 new cases of COVID-19 in its Saturday update. In the Black Hills area, Pennington County reported 11 additional positive tests and Meade County reported one. Pennington County now has a cumulative total of 138 cases and there are 111 active. Meade County now has […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City police are investigating an incident in which an SUV struck a 14-year-old, sending her to the hospital. Police say the SUV was traveling eastbound Friday afternoon in the 4600 block of South Canyon Road when it left the roadway before striking the girl, and eventually crashing into a tree. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A contact tracing app pushed by the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota as a tool to trace exposure to the coronavirus violated its own privacy policy by sharing location and user identification information with third-party companies. The Care19 app was developed by North Dakota company ProudCrowd was one of […]