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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer has shot and killed a man after he took a gas station clerk in South Dakota hostage with a knife. Rapid City Chief of Police Don Hedrick said that the suspect entered the gas station Friday and held a knife to the clerk’s throat, fending […]
PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — The unusual saga of Republican Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller has come to an epilogue of sorts. Today (Friday), the Secretary of the Senate noted the Rapid City legislator as “absent”–not “excused”–from the afternoon’s Senate session. The legislature’s rules–The Red Book–do not specifically define the difference between “absent” and “excused.” However, one joint rule says […]
UNDATED – Here is your Thursday, January 2, South Dakota Prep Basketball Scoreboard: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Aberdeen Christian 63, Northwestern 49 Alcester-Hudson 52, Freeman 49 Beresford 57, Madison 46 Bon Homme 55, Parker 54 Bridgewater-Emery 58, Menno 42 Chamberlain 63, Stanley County 45 Dakota Valley 80, Elk Point-Jefferson 63 DeSmet 80, Elkton-Lake Benton 62 Dell […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— There are new developments in the investigation into Republican Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller. Now that the western South Dakota lawmaker is re-instated, the closed-door testimony of a Legislative Research Council employee has been made public. When the employee spoke under oath before the Senate Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion on Tuesday evening, the document […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Police in Rapid City are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 16-year-old. Rapid City police say Emma Huska was last seen on January 16 in the 2900 block of Chapel Lane. Police say Huska left a note saying she was running away and that she would actively avoid […]
WHITE RIVER, S.D. – A former White River school administrator can no longer teach in South Dakota. The South Dakota Department of Education has permanently revoked Gayle Cady’s educator certificate. Cady worked for the White River school district for four years. She was the elementary principal, a special education teacher and the special education director. […]
PIERRE, S.D. -Two Republican South Dakota state lawmakers want to allow public education funds to follow students to the school of their parents choice. Representatives Scott Odenbach (R-Spearfish) and Jon Hansen (R-Dell Rapids) are sponsors of the bills that would be large scale expansions of school choice in the state. HB 1233 would expand the […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Last October, hundreds of politicians and business leaders from all over the country gathered to be wined, dined and guided into eastern South Dakota grasslands for a pheasant hunt with the governor. “There’s a lot of schmoozing that goes on,” said John Cooper, a former secretary of Game, Fish and Parks who’s […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The top 10% of recipients of federal farm payments raked in more than 79% of total subsidies over the last 25 years — producing billions of dollars for a relatively small group of U.S. producers, according to a new analysis of federal data from an advocacy group. In total, the federal government […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the man found dead in his jail cell early Wednesday morning. According to a release from the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, the man was booked into the jail about 6:23 pm on a disorderly conduct charge “following a disturbance in the community.” […]
Timothy Boren, age 81 of Belle Fourche, went home to heaven on Saturday April 27, 2024 at his […]