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PIERRE, S.D. — In a release issued Tuesday evening, Governor Kristi Noem announced Secretary of Corrections Mike Leidholt and State Penitentiary Warden Darin Young were placed on administrative leave in light of an anonymous report. The release states Noem was briefed on a summary of an internal review conducted by the South Dakota Bureau of […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Health reports that the COVID-19 pandemic caused the state’s number of deaths to hit historic levels last year. The provisional report also found deaths from diabetes, liver diseases and unintentional injuries reached their highest number in a decade. As the pandemic disrupted health care, doctors […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Facing criticism from small cities that feared losing status and funding, the federal government says that it won’t raise the population threshold for what qualifies as a metro area. The Office of Budget and Management said Tuesday that it will keep the minimum population needed in a community’s core city at […]
STURGIS, S.D. — The Meade County Commission on Tuesday passed a ban on open fires within the county due to dry conditions. The ban regulates campfires, fireworks and other incendiary devices. Commissioners say the current drought conditions led to the decision. For purposes of the resolution, “Open Fire” means any outdoor fire, including campfires, that […]
SPEARFISH, S.D. – Spearfish fire crews responded to a grass fire on the site of the former Passion Play Tuesday morning. According to the city of Spearfish, firefighters responded to the blaze quickly, attacking the forward progress of the fire to keep it from spreading to adjacent structures. Structures were threatened, but none were lost […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Local school boards around the country are increasingly becoming cauldrons of anger and political division, boiling with disputes over such issues as COVID-19 mask rules, the treatment of transgender students and how to teach the history of racism and slavery in America. Meetings that were once orderly, even boring, have […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — As federal officials debate investing billions of dollars in broadband access, South Dakota is planning to invest $100 million as it struggles to extend reliable internet service to every corner of the state. Data reported by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader suggests that many South Dakota schoolchildren and adults who […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Black Hills Energy has completed the replacement of a 55-year old electric transmission line in Rapid City to improve the safety and reliability of the regional electric grid. The 8-mile transmission line rebuild project replaced aging infrastructure, originally built in 1964, and upgraded the line with modern materials and construction standards. […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Sidney, MT woman has been identified as the person who died last Thursday in a motorcycle crash west of Rapid City. Preliminary information indicates that a 1996 Honda VT 600 motorcycle was eastbound when the driver lost control. The motorcycle went left, across the westbound lane and struck a guard […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. –Former Rapid City Post 22 standout Cooper Bowman is headed to the major league’s. In Monday’s Major League Baseball draft, Cooper Bowman was selected by the New York Yankees with the 122nd pick. Bowman played two years at shortstop for Iowa Western Community College, batting .418 with 44 steals in 84 games. […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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