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PIERRE, S.D. – Many emergency services across South Dakota are having budget and volunteer staffing problems. Custer County Commission Chairman Jim Lintz appeared in front of the Game, Fish and Parks Commission (Thursday) with a familiar complaint. “We’re running out of volunteers. One of the reasons we’re running out of volunteers is because of the […]
PINE RIDGE RESERVATION – Holly Wilson had just left to pick up soda for a steak dinner for her nine grandchildren last May, when a barrage of bullets was fired into her home on the largest Native American reservation in South Dakota. Her 6-year-old grandson, Logan Warrior Goings, jumped from the family’s loveseat and raced […]
PIERRE, S.D. – – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has submitted his wish list of funding to lawmakers for consideration by the Joint Appropriations Committee during the 2023 Legislature. The request is close to $35 million, with several one-time needs highlighted by the attorney general. Among the one-time budget requests is $3.5 million for […]
PIERRE, SD – – In his last days as South Dakota’s attorney general, Mark Vargo formed a Jurisdictional Cooperation Commission that’s goal is to find new ways for law enforcement agencies to work better together. South Dakota is home to a myriad of overlapping jurisdictions that can create conflicts for law enforcement officials. “Sometimes when […]
PIERRE, SD – South Dakota Highway Patrol has eight trooper recruits graduating this Friday, September 9th , 2022, at 10:00 am. SD Attorney General Mark Vargo will be the keynote speaker for Class 67, and the ceremony will be live streamed on the SD Highway Patrol Facebook page. “This graduation ceremony is the culmination of […]