August 31, 2020

RAPID CITY, SD – Big money, big names, big action — that sums up the Central States Fair’s 2020 PRCA Range Days Rodeo performances that concluded Saturday night. Some of the highlights include a four-way tie for the bareback title that included Rapid City hometown heroe Shane O’Connell, and Reed Kraeger throwing one down in […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported 187 new COVID-19 infections Monday and no new deaths. The statewide active number of cases is up 86 today to 2,730.  However, the number of people hospitalized remains low at 76. That number is down 2 from Sunday. Around the Black Hills area, Pennington County […]

MILLER, S.D. – A tornado north of Miller Sunday night has led to an accident that killed a 73 year-old man.  The man was driving a 2014 Foretravel Phenix R-V south on South Dakota Highway 45 around 6:15 pm when a tornado blew the vehicle off the highway.  The tornado touched down on the east […]

PIERRE, SD – Members of the Government Operations and Audit Committee had several questions for South Dakota Secretary of State Steve Barnett during their meeting last week. Most centered on security of mail-in ballots. Senator Susan Wismer of Britton says voters are getting a lot of misinformation. “I think these attempts to instill fear about […]

PIERRE, SD – The COVID-19 pandemic has hit South Dakota restaurants harder than just about any other industry in the state. Six months into the pandemic, with the state economy mostly open for business, restaurants across the state are still struggling to make ends meet and keep their doors open as patrons and employees worry […]

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — Crews have contained a wildfire caused by lightning at Wind Cave National Park in western South Dakota. Park officials say the 28-acre Rankin Fire was contained Saturday night after crews finished establishing a line around the fire. The fire burned in the interior of the park, three miles northwest of the […]