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CAMBRIDGE, MA – Despite closed bars, stay at home orders, and less socializing overall during the pandemic, DUI rates are still high in South Dakota, which ranked among the 10 States With The Most DUIs in 2021 by Insurify. Last year, South Dakota ranked #3. Unfortunately, not much has changed, because yet again, South Dakota […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has been charged with three misdemeanors in connection with a deadly crash in September 2020. Hyde County Deputy State’s Attorney Emily Sovell announced during a press conference Thursday that Ravnsborg will be charged with operating a vehicle while using a mobile electronic device, illegal lane change […]
PIERRE, S.D. – State health officials reported 187 new cases of COVID-19 in their Thursday report with 38 of them listed as probable. After several days with no new deaths, three were reported today, sending the state’s death toll to 1,847. Hospitalizations decreased by 2 Thursday, with 92 people in the hospital because of the […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem has signed Senate Bill 32 that allows for the expansion of the access critical nursing facility program which has been in effect since 2011. South Dakota Department of Human Services Cabinet Secretary Shawnie Rechtenbaugh said, “This bill provides assurance to families that they will be able to choose nursing […]
BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. – A man who broke into the home of a Belle Fourche woman and raped her has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. Shane Boice, 34, was sentenced by Judge Michael Day in Butte County Wednesday after pleading guilty to second-degree rape. Boice reached a plea deal with prosecutors in which […]
BUFFALO, SD – When you ranch and have five young children, it takes more than talent and an exceptional horse to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), explains barrel racer Jessica Routier. “That first year that I made it to the NFR it really hit me, we have five kids. We have a ranch […]
HURON, SD – Educators across the state are encouraged to include their students in the 2021 South Dakota Fair. The South Dakota State Fair Education Exhibitor Book is available for teachers to download and enter their students’ class, art, photography, or writing projects. “First and foremost, the State Fair is a celebration South Dakota’s youth, […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]