Articles by Travis Kriens

MILLER, S.D. (AP) — The cause of an explosion and fire at the school campus in Miller has been determined, according to fire officials. Fire Chief Steve Resel says some equipment being used in the [Read More…]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — An 18-year-old Rapid City man has been sentenced to 40 years in state prison for a fatal shooting in 2018. A judge Monday sentenced Ronald Black Cloud in the death [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republicans on a South Dakota Senate committee Tuesday rejected a bill that would have banned transgender students from using school restrooms that match their gender identity. All but one senator on [Read More…]

A police chief in southern South Dakota has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence, according to court documents. The Argus Leader reports Wagner Police Chief Timothy Lee Simonsen was arrested on Jan. 22 for [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A proposal to allow voters to decide whether to expand online sports betting across South Dakota narrowly passed the state Senate on Monday. The proposal, which would put it to voters [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota government accountability board on Thursday set an April deadline for Gov. Kristi Noem to respond to a pair of ethics complaints from the state’s attorney general, signaling it [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg on Thursday insisted he had done nothing wrong in using his position overseeing the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation to make inquiries about what out-of-state criminal investigators [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Republican-controlled South Dakota House committee declined Wednesday to consider a proposal from Gov. Kristi Noem aimed at banning nearly all abortions, stifling a top item on the governor’s agenda. The Republican [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls teen has been sentenced to spend 20 years in prison for fatally shooting his father and injuring his father’s girlfriend. Minnehaha County Judge Susan Sabers on Monday [Read More…]

MILLER, S.D. (AP) — Officials say students have been evacuated from a high school in Miller following an explosion and fire in the shop area. School board chairwoman Natalie Bertsch says no injuries have been [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota state lawmaker Rep. Jamie Smith, who leads the House Democratic caucus, said Tuesday he is running for governor. Smith’s announcement comes after a monthslong search by Democrats for a [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota announced Monday he is seeking reelection to a third term. The 45-year-old Republican announced his run for the state’s lone House seat in a [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily halted a South Dakota rule from taking effect that would have made the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. U.S. District Judge [Read More…]