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PIERRE, S.D.  — Although a majority of South Dakotans who commented opposed them, the South Dakota Board of Education Standards on Monday approved a controversial set of new social studies standards. The seven-member Board of Education Standards voted 5-2 to implement the controversial standards after a fourth and final public hearing Monday in Pierre. Board […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Police arrested a man for allegedly threatening others with a firearm. Police apprehended 20-year-old Channing Littlewhiteman of Rapid City in the area of Ash Avenue and E. Saint Patrick Street. Police say witnesses reported the man was threatening others with a firearm in the 1700 block of E. Tallent […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City police say an intoxicated female crashed into an electrical box right across from the Pennington County Jail over the weekend. Police say 27-year-old Winona Joseph of Rapid City was driving a vehicle on Third Street when an officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop. Joseph continued driving through Alley […]
RAPID CITY, S.D.– A Rapid City man has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter in connection with an August homicide. Louis Perea was one of five suspects that had been previously charged in the shooting deaths of 29-year-old Joseph Standing Bear and 37-year-old Petan Milk. The shooting took place in August of last year, […]
UNDATED – Average gasoline prices in South Dakota have risen 16.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.47/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 628 stations in South Dakota. Prices in South Dakota are 20.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 32.9 cents per gallon lower than a year […]
STURGIS, S.D. – A massive warmup hit areas of the country this past week, including parts of South Dakota that were buried in snow before temperatures started to climb. The state along with other parts of the country now face the potential for prolonged flooding. Forecasters are also watching for the potential of widespread frost […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Whether South Dakota’s efforts to trade directly with the authoritarian regime in Cuba is a wise choice of trading partner, the communist country’s foreign trade officials are anxious to purchase at least $10 million worth of agricultural products from South Dakota, according to a delegation of South Dakota agricultural and business leaders […]
UNDATED – South Dakota did not record a single case of voter fraud or other election-related crimes tied to the use of ballot drop boxes in 2020 or 2022, according to a News Watch survey that drew responses from 58 of 66 counties, including 29 of the top 30 by population. Here’s South Dakota News […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is bringing the use of many common veterinary antimicrobial drugs under direct veterinary supervision effective June 11, 2023. This is the result of growing concerns that unchecked use of drugs that are also important in human medicine may lead to the development of resistant microbial strains. […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – For the third time this year, Transportation Security Administration (TS) officials prevented a loaded gun from making its way onboard an airplane at Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP). A TSA agent noticed a handgun on the X-ray screen as part of the routine screening of carry-on luggage, Thursday, April 13, 2023. […]
Leola Ann Schultz, age 83, of Minnesota, formerly of Midland, South Dakota, died on Saturday, March 30, 2024 […]