August 25, 2020

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The hundreds of thousands of bikers who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have departed western South Dakota. But public health departments in multiple states are trying to measure how much and how quickly the coronavirus spread in the bars, tattoo shops and gatherings before people traveled home to nearly every state […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A former western South Dakota lawyer accused in a trust account scheme has pleaded not guilty to 30 counts of wire fraud, ten counts money laundering and one count of bank fraud. Forty-eight-year-old Rena Hymans, of Vale, appeared in federal court Monday. She was indicted last week by a federal grand […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Michigan climber who was spotted earlier this month on Mount Rushmore and later slipped down a cliff has been fined $1,500. Court documents show that dispatchers on Aug. 19 reported “a climber being seen on Mt. Rushmore on the top of George Washington’s head” was creating a “hazardous condition” by […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A man accused of hitting and killing a woman with his car made a court appearance Monday. Charles Merrival, 28, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Leah White Bull in May. White Bull died after Merrival allegedly ran her over with his car. Merrival has pleaded not guilty […]