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RAPID CITY, S.D. – A $300,000 tour bus was stolen from the Monument parking lot in Rapid City yesterday (Sept. 14) morning. According to the Rapid City Police Department (RCPD), the charter bus was reported missing at 7:40 a.m. The bus was taken from the lot near the Monument and the Holiday Inn. RCPD reported […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The woman named 2022 Miss South Dakota USA pled guilty to a petty theft charge Monday morning. Shania Ann Knutson, 21, was arrested in January, accused of stealing more than $500 worth of items from the Brookings Walmart over the course of several months. Miss South Dakota USA suspended while facing […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Miss South Dakota USA, Shania Knutson, has been suspended from her role as she faces petty theft charges in Brookings County. Court documents allege Shania Ann Knutson committed repeat thefts at Walmart between October and December. Knutson allegedly stole a total of $554.54 worth of goods across 12 separate occasions. She was […]
RAPID CITY, S.D.  – In the last two weeks, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of South Dakota has been involved in 11 gun cases; some people indicted, and others sentenced to federal prison. These cases come at a time when the federal government releases its most expansive report on guns and crime in the last […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Three men from Dewey County were indicted by a federal grand jury for last summer’s burglary of Reloaders Corner in Isabel, S.D. Weston Clausen, 24; Ford Traversie, 22; and Jalen Ducheneaux, 23; are charged with theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee, possession of stolen firearms, burglary and larceny. The men […]
REVA, S.D.  –  Lights on in the community church are usually a welcoming sign. But not in the case of Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church, a landmark structure on the plains of northwestern South Dakota. After receiving calls that lights were on in the church where no service or church-related activity was occurring, […]
LINCOLN, NE (AP) – An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states, federal authorities said. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported Tuesday that the discovery of the Miami-based theft […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Widespread drought, rising prices, and feed shortages in the Great Plains and West have created a fertile field for cattle feed scammers to take advantage of ranchers working to protect their livestock and their bottom line. In Montana, authorities are warning ranchers to treat with suspicion ads offering cattle feed at […]
GRAND ISLAND, NE – As the price of beef in grocery stores continues to rise, it becomes a ‘hot’ commodity. In more ways than one. Three semi-trailers full of meat products were stolen recently in Grand Island. The thefts may be part of a nationwide trend. Grand Island Police Captain Jim Duering told KSNB Local4 […]
DEADWOOD — In a proceeding at the Lawrence County Courthouse, a Hermosa man accused of grand theft pleaded not guilty to the charge against him  before 4th Circuit Court Judge Eric Strawn. Indicted on Oct. 20, 2021 by a Lawrence County grand Jurym, Dakota Hunsaker, 29, was charged with grand theft value more than $5,000, […]
