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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Following a 90-day continuance, a jury trial in the case of a West River ranch couple indicted on separate counts for felony criminal charges of theft of […]
But Court also rules that firepit defects, bridge issues and other problems didn’t require seller disclosure GALENA, S.D. – A real estate agent who represented both the buyer and seller […]
Company asks judge to make immediate decision in case where two boys were sexually assaulted SPEARFISH, S.D. – A Spearfish hotel is denying that it is liable for an employee […]
Railroad company failed to send out inspectors following heavy rains, flooding RAPID CITY, S.D. – A West River jury awarded $1.5 million to a train conductor who was injured after […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) has filed a Complaint against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) new […]
Covid-era payments intended to help industry survive pandemic downturn ONIDA, S.D. – An Onida-based ethanol company is asking a federal judge to award it more than $2 million from the […]
Lawsuit accuses hotel of failing to perform background check on sex offender SPEARFISH, S.D. – A company that operates a hotel in the Black Hills has been sued by the […]
Before 2015, prices of cattle and beef predictably moved in tandem. But, beginning in approximately 2015, this fundamental economic relationship between cattle and beef prices changed without any credible, non-collusive […]
How the South Dakota National Guard is recouping these costs from a budgetary perspective, is unclear PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s troop deployments to the nation’s […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A civil rights lawsuit against a Rapid City hotel was canceled on the day it was scheduled for trial. NDN Collective, Rapid City, held a press […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a McCook County farmer’s lawsuit against his neighbor Thursday, reversing a lower court decision that dismissed his case. Kevin Jucht sued […]
PIERRE, S.D. – A circuit court judge has agreed to fast-track a trial on whether the Secretary of State’s Office should have disqualified a ballot measure legalizing abortion in South […]
CAPUTA, S.D. – Cattle and grazing organizations and members of Congress are weighing in on a legal case involving a long-time ranch family. A grand jury indicted South Dakota ranchers […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, denies allegations that a provision he helped insert into a draft of the federal farm bill would protect the maker of […]
CARBON COUNTY, WY – A court is soon expected to decide a Wyoming case between hunters and landowners which could affect public land access. When a group from Missouri went hunting […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A lawsuit against Dakotas For Health has been field by an anti-abortion group in an effort to block an abortion rights measure from the November ballot. […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that a handful of cow-calf producers don’t have standing to sue the country’s largest packers over a drop in fed […]
The group that sued Governor Kristi Noem for her promotion of a Texas dental office wants the lawsuit reinstated and says Noem was “evasive” and “threatening” while she attempted to avoid being […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Supreme Court justices have delivered a split decision in favor of a South Dakota beef producer. The state’s high court ruled that J&L Farms can proceed with […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A consumer advocacy organization has filed a second civil lawsuit in connection with a video featuring South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and her teeth. In March, […]
PUKWANA, S.D. — Bret Healy and his family have battled publicly over control of a ranch near Pukwana for several years. He first took his family to court in South […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The state will pay the legal bills for a man who won a First Amendment case in federal court that centered on personalized license plates. Earlier this […]
HARRISBURG, S.D. – Lincoln County residents held a second public forum on a proposed prison in the county on Thursday night. The organizers were members of Neighbors Opposing Prison Expansion, […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Following an agreement to a consent decree reached by the owners and operators of the Grand Gateway Hotel and the Cheers Sports Lounge and Casino and […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A legal battle is underway over the estate of the South Dakota couple who earned millions from the sale of a famous dinosaur fossil. Some of […]
RAPID CITY — Already embroiled in convictions and ongoing legal battles over discriminatory practices against Native Americans, yet another lawsuit has been filed against the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined Attorneys General from 41 other states in filing federal or state lawsuits against Meta alleging that the company knowingly […]
CHICAGO, IL – The four largest meatpackers were hit by a new price-fixing lawsuit from a group of small food distributors. The suit was filed on October 9 in the […]
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Military veterans who served on this base near Rapid City and at Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Station in Sioux Falls are part […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Pennington County is arguing in court that the state should recalculate its national opioid settlement amounts to pay the county’s litigation costs. The national opioid settlement was […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A federal judge in Minnesota has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against major meatpackers, ruling the cattle ranchers’ claims lacked legal standing. Meatpacking giants Cargill Inc., JBS SA, […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City pastor and former South Dakota politician is organizing a team of people to help meet the growing needs of the population of Maui, […]
HURON, S.D. – In 2019, some board members of the rural electric cooperative Dakota Energy wanted to find out if they could get a better deal for wholesale power on […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The state of South Dakota is facing a new lawsuit, stemming from an inspection that shut down a portion of a medical marijuana business. The lawsuit, […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The City of Rapid City is being sued by local cattle ranchers for, what they claim, years of pollution and the harmful effects the landfill has […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – – South Dakota’s highest judicial authority will be on display in Brookings this week. The South Dakota Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments for eight cases at […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A total of 18 interest groups, including agriculture, oil, and housing interests, filed a 42-page lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas […]
MIAMI, FL – The nation’s largest beef packers are facing a growing number of antitrust lawsuits alleging a conspiracy to fix prices, as five more complaints were filed in a […]
DES MOINES, IA – A company that wants to build a sprawling carbon dioxide pipeline in northwest Iowa should have obtained a court order before attempting to survey private land […]
LOWER BRULE – A county commissioner in South Dakota will resign and be replaced by a Native American tribal member as the result of a voting rights lawsuit. The Lower […]
SIOUX FALLS, SD – The widow of a slaughterhouse worker who died after contracting COVID-19 is challenging the constitutionality of a South Dakota law that preemptively absolves employers of liability […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several large retailers and wholesalers (including Sysco, US Foods, Kroger, Hy-Vee, Albertson, Associated Grocers, Subway, SuperValu, and Cheney Brothers) recently filed claims similar to those brought originally […]
WALL, SD – Deer hunters Bill Berry and Kyle Battell recently attempted to access public land in the rolling hills and rugged backcountry north of Wall. But the parcels of […]
LINCOLN, NE. – Nine farms across the country filed a consolidated right-to-repair class-action complaint against John Deere at the end of October. This was the next step after the U.S. […]
SMITHFIELD, VA – Smithfield Foods Inc has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the meat producer and several competitors of conspiring to inflate […]
PIERRE, S.D. — Voter registration applications that were never processed; misleading directions on where and how to register; registered voters turned away at the polls. It sounds like examples of […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Smithfield Foods will pay restaurants and caterers $42 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring to inflate pork prices, which […]
PIERRE, SD — The League of Women Voters of South Dakota and the League of Women Voters of the United States filed a federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 180, a […]
CHICAGO, ILL – Tyson Foods, Inc, Cargill Inc. and other major meat producers are using the colossal share of the market to limit beef supplies sold to U.S. wholesalers in […]
PIERRE, S.D. – When an organization applied for a permit to protest on State Capitol grounds, Gov. Kristi Noem’s Bureau of Administration said “no.” The reason cited was that Christmas […]
WASHINGTON, DC – EPA has not yet responded to a 2017 petition by environmental groups, demanding the agency fully regulate pesticide-treated seed. Now, in a lawsuit filed Dec. 15, those […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House speaker is facing a lawsuit over his decision to withhold from a newspaper the names of lawmakers who petitioned for a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that a lawsuit brought by independent ranchers who claim that the Beef Checkoff program threatens their livelihoods […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys general from 20 states – including South Dakota – have sued President Joe Biden’s administration seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a district court’s summary judgement in favor of the Beef Checkoff Program. The lawsuit by […]
DENVER, CO – A Wyoming rancher is suing the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture claiming race discrimination over a federal loan forgiveness program that bars her from […]
PIERRE, SD – “I’m going to file a lawsuit against the administration to get the fireworks back (at Mount Rushmore).” That was the message South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem gave […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Farmers are suing the federal government alleging they’re ineligible for a COVID-19 stimulus loan forgiveness program because they’re white. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Rapid City Central High School Assistant Wrestling Coach has filed a lawsuit against Rapid City Area Schools. Dave Gorsuch filed suit in February 2020, prior […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem has joined Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and 8 other state attorneys general in suing to prevent the Biden Administration from establishing a damages […]
WASHINGTON, DC – After years of political wrangling and lawsuits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) animal health agency, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), announced it would […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican leaders in southwestern North Dakota said Tuesday they are waiting to see whether an expelled lawmaker from their district will sue before they appoint a […]
Larry John Johnson, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on January 14, 2025, at the […]
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