Month: August 2023

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Education is launching a statewide literacy initiative designed to build better readers across the state. “The ability to read is foundational to all learning. Up until about [Read More…]

33-year-old Joseph Bendel has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault in connection with the death of 34-year-old Douglas Lindberg Jr. The incident occurred in rural Grant County in northeast South Dakota, [Read More…]

The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem that only gets worse when the hatch quickens in times of heat and drought. Jackson watched [Read More…]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Scorching weather hitting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. forced schools and outdoor workers to scramble to adjust Tuesday — and claimed the life of a [Read More…]

Jodi Reiners of the Mitchell School District Caring Closet was recently honored by Associated School Boards of South Dakota with the ASBSD Community Service Award for efforts in addressing multiple issues in the district and [Read More…]

All three members of South Dakota’s delegation to Washington will not be in South Dakota when Donald Trump visits in September. Trump will be in Rapid City headlining the state GOP’s “Monumental Leaders Rally” at [Read More…]

On August 26, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) staff and volunteers are teaming up with law enforcement in South Dakota for “Saturation Saturday,” an annual effort to saturate communities with facts, tips, law enforcement patrols [Read More…]

The name of the man Pierre police believe drowned at Down’s Marina on August 11th has been released. Captain Dusty Pelle says police still don’t know what caused 69 year-old Larry Kucker to enter the [Read More…]

Mitchell Technical College has earned high honors from a nationwide organization assessing the support shown to military personnel and their families by colleges and businesses. The Military Friendly Company survey investigates and identifies the organizations [Read More…]