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EDGEMONT, S.D. – Two men died Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash three miles south of Edgemont, SD. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates the driver and passenger of a 2001 Ford F250 were headed southbound on SD Hwy. 471 when the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D.  – South Dakota Wildland Fire is planning a prescribed burn in coordination with Custer State Park on Wednesday April 24, 2024, in the northwestern quarter of the park. The burn area is about 2 miles north of the Park Visitor Center and is not accessible via paved roads. Mop-up and monitoring will continue […]

MADISON, SD–Tuesday, the Executive Board of the Legislature announced the Senate membership on the Ellsworth Task Force, which will explore current and future developments surrounding Ellsworth Air Force Base. Senate members of the Ellsworth Task Force are Senator Michael Walsh (Chair) (D-35), Senator Red Dawn Foster (D-27), Senator Helene Duhamel (R-32), Senator Jean Hunhoff (R-18), […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The first of four temporary closures of Interstate 190 and exit 57 in Rapid City is scheduled to begin Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 5 a.m. MT and reopen on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 8 p.m. MT. The closure is being placed to allow crews to install a pedestrian bridge […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Northern Hills Ranger District on the Black Hills National Forest is planning to conduct the Beartown and/or Short Draw prescribed fire project April 24, 2024, as weather conditions permit. The Beartown project area is located 1 mile north of Iron Creek Lake off Tinton Road (Forest System Road 134) and the […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Tuesday announced that 11 inmates will face a combined 18 felony charges stemming from the March 27-28 disturbances at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. The inmates face charges including aggravated assault, simple assault, damage to prison property, and starting fires within the prison. […]

SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Northern Hills Ranger District on the Black Hills National Forest is planning to conduct the Beartown and/or Short Draw prescribed fire project April 24, 2024, as weather conditions permit. The Beartown project area is located 1 mile north of Iron Creek Lake off Tinton Road (Forest System Road 134) and the […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The U.S. Forest Service published a final, permanent order Friday that prohibits prairie dog hunting in part of the Buffalo Gap National Grassland in southwestern South Dakota. The order covers about 125 square miles of black-footed ferret reintroduction habitat in the Conata Basin, within the grassland’s Wall Ranger District in Jackson […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City man pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter during a court appearance Monday. Antoine Bissonette, 43, pleaded guilty to the killing of Andrew Bear Robe, 44, in March 2021. Bear Robe was found dead in the garage of a home in the 900 block of North Seventh Street in Rapid […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A man who assaulted a woman at a Hill City motel has been sentenced to prison. Jeremiah Hancotte was given two 25 year sentences that will run concurrently. Hancotte was convicted on one count of aggravated assault and one count of second degree kidnapping. He was accused of assaulting the woman […]