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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Police have identified the man found dead in Rapid City Creek on Monday, June 20. The body has been identified as 57-year-old Steven Long of Rapid City. Long was found dead by a Rapid City Parks Department employee after he told witnesses that he wanted to cool off in […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City police are investigating a Thursday night shooting. Around 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Rapid City police received a call about gunshots at a residence on Farlow Avenue. Police reports show that 32-year-old Gilbert Mesteth IV of Rapid City had been identified as the alleged shooter and was placed under arrest for […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Fire crews from Sturgis and Ft. Meade responded to a vehicle fire behind the McDonald’s restaurant Friday morning. Sturgis Fire Chief Scott Lensegrav says when they arrived it was engulfed in flames. The vehicle was parked next to a Municipal Well House. Lensegrav says minor damage to well house was reported, and […]
UNDATED – Abortion in South Dakota is now illegal except to save the life of the mother. That’s because the state passed a law more than 15 years ago to prohibit most abortions in the event Roe v. Wade — the decision affirming a legal right to an abortion — is overturned. The Supreme Court […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota political leaders are reacting to the news that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson case. Governor Kristi Noem tweeted “Today, life wins!” The South Dakota Democratic Party said Gov. Kristi Noem’s extremist views are out-of-line with most South Dakotans. “While Kristi Noem claims […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination […]
FARGO, N.D. — The sale of a couple thousand acres of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates has stirred emotions over a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms and raised questions about whether the billionaire shares the state’s values. State Attorney General Drew Wrigley has asked the trust that […]
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Record high prices for unleaded gasoline are getting much of the attention from the public and politicians across the country right now, but an even bigger financial impact is being felt by truckers and farmers in South Dakota who are paying far more at the pump than usual for diesel fuel. […]
Washington, DC — Both of South Dakota’s and North Dakota’s senators have announced their opposition to the gun reform legislation currently being considered in Congress. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed on Thursday night, would increase background checks and add funding for mental health, school safety, and crisis intervention programs. The bill was supported by […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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