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STURGIS, S.D. – Three new members of the Sturgis City Council were sworn in Monday night after winning seats by having no opponents running against them in this years municipal election. Angela Wilkerson, Dean Sigman and Aaron Jordan took their oath of office as City Attorney Greg Barnier performed the swearing in. Also part of […]
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is telling the state’s tourism industry to gear up for a busy summer. With plenty of people itching to travel after spending last year mostly at home, the Republican governor says there are many signs that tourism — the state’s second-largest industry — […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Rapid City Police say they have caught with the last of the suspects wanted in connection with a shooting death. Tracy Laughlin, 32, of Rapid City has been taken into custody in relation to the April 9 shooting death of Jesus Vance at the South Dakota Rose Inn. She was arrested […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A trial date has been set for a Rapid City teen accused of murder. Ronald Black Cloud, 17, is charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of 43-year-old Nathan Graham in 2018. In court Monday, 7th Circuit Court Judge Matt Brown set trial to begin the week of Sept. 27, […]
UNDATED – South Dakota gas prices have fallen 2.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.80/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 628 stations in South Dakota. Gas prices in South Dakota are 1.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.23/g higher than a year ago. According to […]
OMAHA, Neb. (May 3, 2021) – For an eleventh straight month, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, moved into growth territory. Overall Index: The Business Conditions Index, which ranges between 0 and 100, soared to its highest level since initiation of […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down. The law signed April 6 by […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota health officials reported 86 new COVID-19 cases in their Monday report. Of the 86 cases, 17 of them were considered probable. Active cases totaled 1,512 and the number of people hospitalized decreased over the weekend to 105. Three new deaths were reported, sending the state’s death toll to 1,970. The […]
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Rural ambulance services in South Dakota are having an increasingly hard time recruiting volunteers and generating revenues, putting the stability of the services at risk and making it more likely that rural residents will endure longer response times in emergencies or possibly lose ambulance service altogether. While most larger cities in […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Firefighters are making progress on two large wildfires burning in western North Dakota, authorities said Sunday. The Roosevelt Creek Fire in the Little Missouri National Grassland and a fire on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation together have burned nearly 19 square miles of remote terrain. No injuries have been reported. The […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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