May 20, 2021

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A man convicted of shooting to death a Meade County rancher in the early 1970’s has made an application to the Board and Pardons and Paroles for a commutation of sentence. John Proctor is serving a life sentence for the shooting death of Arlon Hamm, who was found dead on his […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s COVID-19 related death toll surpassed 2,000 today as the State Department of Health reported 7 new deaths. The new deaths were all men in the 40-49, 60-69, 70-79 and 80-plus age ranges. The death toll now since the pandemic began is 2,001. There were 55 new COVID-19 cases today; of […]

STURGIS, S.D. – A Black Hawk, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle-vehicle crash that occurred west of Sturgis in Boulder Canyon. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2017 Ford Transit Van, traveling northbound, attempted to cross U.S. Highway 14A from Bauer Road to Wildberger Road. It […]

STURGIS, S.D. – The new U.S. Drought Monitor map out today indicates most of Northwestern South Dakota remains in extreme drought conditions. The northern tier of Meade County is in that D3 category, along with all of Harding County, Perkins and Corson County and part of Butte and Ziebach County. Most of central and southern […]

BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. – Due to a significant lack of rainfall, Butte County Commissioners have declared a natural disaster due to drought conditions within the county. During their meeting this week, commissioners reported the county has failed to receive any adequate precipitation over the past 12 months. The resolution passed by the commission says ‘the […]