Month: June 2024

South Dakota Searchlight President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won the South Dakota Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. With more than half of the state’s precincts fully reported at 9:40 p.m. Central time, [Read More…]

Clay County, S.D.- A 22-year-old woman died this morning in a single-vehicle crash near Vermillion, SD. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates the driver [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – The Department of Labor and Regulation Mitchell Job Service, in coordination with the Platte Area Chamber of Commerce, is sponsoring a virtual hiring event on Thursday, June 20, from 3-6 p.m. CDT. [Read More…]

A young boy from the Tschetter Hutterite Colony in Hutchinson County, South Dakota, who went missing near the James River on Tuesday night, has been found dead. The search, which involved multiple local and specialized [Read More…]

A search continues for a child who went missing in the James River near the Tschetter Colony in Hutchinson County on Tuesday night. A local resident reported seeing a significant law enforcement presence near the [Read More…]

John Hult, Seth Tupper, Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight At least 14 Republican legislators lost their races Tuesday in the 2024 primary election, with a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline among the top wedge issues [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight A majority of voters in three South Dakota counties showed their trust in the state’s current election system Tuesday as they rejected proposed bans on tabulator machines. The votes were in [Read More…]

Jordan Hanson won a three-way race to become Mitchell’s next mayor, while the Lake Mitchell ballot measure passed by just 30 votes on Tuesday during city wide elections. Hanson defeated Terry Sabers by just 57 [Read More…]