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RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Rapid City man charged in a fatal hit and run that killed a child was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. George Matousek, who earlier pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter, was driving 75 mph in a 35 mph zone when he hit another car at the intersection of […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Department of Health officials announced on Friday that an employee have the Blue Lantern Lounge at 1200 E Saint Patrick Street in Rapid City has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual worked at the business while able to transmit the virus to others on May 27 at 5 p.m. through […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sanford Health announced Friday that the South Dakota hydroxychloroquine trial has been discontinued. According to a Sanford Health release, it was cut after new research finds the drug was not helping prevent COVID-19. The results of that research by the University of Minnesota was published in the New England Journal of […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The Department of Health reported 30 new COVID-19 cases Friday and an additional death, which was reported as a Meade County resident. The health department says the death was a resident in the 50-59 age range. The resident is the 9th person in the 50-59 age range to die and the 65th […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Last week South Dakota saw close to fifteen hundred people apply for unemployment benefits, which is more than two thousand less than the week before making the number of continued claims over twenty-two thousand. So while the number of people on assistance is increasing, the number of new applicants is decreasing. A […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the city of Sioux Falls over the drowning of a 5-year-old Iowa girl who fell into Big Sioux River at Falls Park two years ago. Attorneys representing the city asked the court last year to dismiss the lawsuit. The suit was […]
CASTLEWOOD, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg says a 30-year-old woman from Castlewood has been arrested in the death of a 2-year-old girl. Authorities were called Tuesday morning about an unresponsive girl at a home in Castlewood. The girl was taken to a Watertown hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An initial investigation […]
PIERRE, SD – The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of dozens of fairs, festivals and other events in South Dakota in 2020 that typically provide a significant revenue boost and foster community cohesiveness in cities and counties across the state. As of early June, nearly four dozen community events, many of them multi- […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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