Month: March 2024

A Sioux Falls man, Michael James-Phillip Pettigrew, 33, was sentenced to 70 years in prison at the Minnehaha County Courthouse for charges related to three aggravated assaults from October 2022. Pettigrew was arrested for stabbing [Read More…]

After multiple days of searching, 17-year-old Wyatt Rowland has been found deceased. Hand County Sheriff Shane Croeni confirmed that Wyatt and his pickup were found separately in a small body of water north of Miller. [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Housing Development Authority Board has awarded about $113 million in taxpayer funding to help pay for infrastructure at 73 housing projects across the state in the last [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Utility regulators took actions Tuesday that will allow a solar energy project to start producing electricity ahead of schedule at the largest solar farm in the state. Wild Springs Solar’s $190 million project sprawls [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota politicians and representatives of the cattle industry are applauding a new U.S. Department of Agriculture rule aimed at ensuring the voluntary “Product of USA” label means what it says. [Read More…]

29-year-old Chris Phoumy, a former childcare worker, was sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison for charges related to child pornography and sexual contact with children under his care. Phoumy faced nine counts [Read More…]