Month: June 2024

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 41-year-old Nichole Klich in Huron, South Dakota. This marks the second juvenile charged in the case; a 15-year-old boy was previously [Read More…]

Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — When Lauren Miller flew from her home state of Texas to Colorado two years ago she felt a moment of relief when the plane took off — not because she [Read More…]

Watertown Police have arrested a juvenile in connection with a vandalism incident at the waterfront in City Park. According to a Facebook post by the police, the individual caused approximately $3,000 in damage by shaking [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight For months, Gov. Kristi Noem has stoked controversy by calling on tribal leaders to “banish the cartels.” But Noem has never mentioned 18-pound methamphetamine shipments from Arizona to Trent, population 218, by [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A Native American man said Gov. Kristi Noem hindered his ability to receive a fair trial when she displayed a photo of him recently as alleged proof of cartel activity on [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight The state Department of Corrections will award over $800,000 in funds to 17 juvenile service programs across the state this year. The money will be used to support expanded diversion programs [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — One of the several former players on an American Legion baseball team in South Dakota charged last year with rape has pleaded guilty to a lesser felony. Lincoln Bates, the 19-year-old [Read More…]