January 18, 2023

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota House Education Committee this morning (Wednesday) passes a resolution to study alternative paths for teens to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma. House Concurrent Resolution 6001 would set up a task force to look at ways to engage youth who do not respond to going to high […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported a dozen new deaths in their weekly COVID-19 report. The new deaths included two out of Pennington County and sent the state’s death toll among cases to 3,145. There were 464 new cases reported with 321 cases remaining active. Health officials reported 57 hospitalizations total […]

PIERRE, S.D. – High-achieving South Dakota students would receive an increase in the state-funded, merit-based Opportunity Scholarship. The House Education Committee passed House Bill 1055 to the Joint Appropriations Committee this morning (Wednesday). It would increase the scholarship from $6,500 over four years to $7,500 yearly. According to bill sponsor Sioux Falls Rep. Tony Venhuizen […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Kyle man who unsuccessfully ran for one of two House seats in District 27 during the last election had his criminal case dismissed Tuesday. Bud Marty May was charged with second-degree rape after allegedly forcing himself on a victim in a bathroom stall at a bar. Court documents show May […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Police Department is searching for a suspect that was involved in an armed robbery during a pizza delivery that occurred Monday evening, January 16. RCPD reports that they were dispatched to the 500 block of Saint James Street at 5:40 p.m. following a report of the robbery and […]