PIERRE, S.D. – Ranchers lodged accusations against a state board Thursday at the Capitol in Pierre, and a legislative committee advanced a bill to change the way the board members are selected. The bill would shift the power of appointing members of the South Dakota Brand Board from the governor to a direct election by brand owners. […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Two brothers , one showing remorse, the other not, were sentenced Friday in federal court for their part in a 2019 kidnapping and assault. In October of 2022, Jessie and Dustin Sierra was found guilty of kidnapping and interstate domestic violence of a young woman on the Pine Ridge reservation in […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. Â – Police are looking for a suspect in a minor traffic crash that turned into an assault at a railroad crossing on East North Street, Rapid City. Saturday, around 1:50 p.m., a driver had stopped at the crossing due to a train when the car was hit from behind by another vehicle. […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – One owner of the Grand Gateway Hotel was in court Friday for a motion to change the venue of her trial. Connie Uhre, the owner of the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, was charged with three counts of simple assault following the alleged spraying of disinfectant in the faces of […]
PIERRE, SD – A woman released from prison less than two weeks ago by Gov. Kristi Noem has pleaded guilty to another criminal charge that was pending while the woman was in prison. Danielle Blakney, 30, of Spearfish, S.D. pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lawrence County court to one count of simple assault. As part of […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Among those charged in a fatal shooting in Rapid City at the Dakota Rose Inn, one has reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Tracy Laughlin, 33, of Rapid City pleaded guilty to being an accessory to a crime. In the factual basis statement in her case, Laughlin admits to helping the […]