January 12, 2022

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg tells state lawmakers that he has been unable to find funds to hire someone to coordinate tribal, state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate missing Indigenous people. The Legislature last year established a one-person office under the attorney general’s office to specialize in coordinating […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen is requesting $5 million to bolster court security during his annual State of the Judiciary speech. He also updated the Legislature on how the state’s court system is tackling sexual harassment, mental health for judges and a shortage of court reporters. Jensen […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota has been telling people for the last year that the 2020 election was fair, but this week he did something few other Republicans have dared — tell a national audience that. Now he wishes more Republicans would join him. Rounds, who is in his […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Rapid City woman who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of a 37-year-old woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday. Prosecutors say 50-year-old Rochelle Seminole was more than three times the legal limit for alcohol when she struck and killed Kimberly Clifford in the parking lot […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota health officials reported 2,708 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday with 663 of those listed as probable. Active cases continue to rise, as the state reports 22,743 today. Hospitalizations also continue to increase – up 21 to 336 Wednesday. Monument Health reports 55 COVID-19 related hospitalizations with 12 in the I.C.U. […]

TABOR, S.D. (AP) — Officials say a South Dakota man is facing a felony drug charge after his mother unknowingly served his marijuana-laced brownies to a group of seniors at a local community center. The 46-year-old man is charged with possession of a controlled drug or substance. An investigation began after Bon Homme County dispatchers […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota attorney general’s office and the lawyer for billionaire banker and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford have confirmed in recent court filings that an investigation into Sanford for possible possession of child pornography is still ongoing. It was not clear whether the investigation into Sanford had concluded. But both […]