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ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Western South Dakota and the Ellsworth are undergoing big changes as part of the B-21 expansion. There are currently 38 different projects happening to support more people in the area and changes to the base itself. Monday was the fourth of seven weapon generation facility groundbreaking events at the […]

UNDATED – Politicians and dog experts are criticizing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem after she wrote in a new book about killing a rambunctious puppy. The story — and the vilification she received on social media — has some wondering whether she’s still a viable potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. […]

UNDATED – Three South Dakota counties will ask voters during the June 4 primary if they should ban the use of tabulator machines in future local elections. If the measures pass, the auditor’s offices in each county would have to hand-count ballots in the Nov. 5 general election and thereafter. The votes – in Gregory, […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The last two members of a trio who carjacked and kidnapped an FBI employee in South Dakota in 2022 have been sentenced to lengthy prison sentences. Deyvin Morales was sentenced Friday to 47 years in prison. At the same hearing, Karla Lopez-Gutierrez was sentenced to more than 26 years in […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The highway patrol had identified n 87-year-old man died Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash three miles west of Keystone, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates Henry J. Douglass of Reidsville, North Carolina, the driver of a 2023 Nissan Terrain was traveling eastbound on SD Highway 244 when the vehicle left the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Authorities have now issued a felony arrest warrant for Kobey Saunsoci, charging him with two counts of 1st Degree Escape. He is the man who escaped Thursday. Saunsoci is a 22-year-old Native American male. He is described as approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing around 170 pounds, with black hair […]