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Minnehaha County Deputy has passed away
The Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office reporting the passing of Deputy Katherine Frank. The Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office announces with profound sadness the passing of Deputy Katherine Frank, age 26, earlier today. Deputy Frank was surrounded [Read More…]
South Dakota residents face ballot box déjà vu
South Dakotans will see two issues on the November ballot they have already voted on before. Both initiatives are proposed constitutional amendments the state legislature added to the ballot. Amendment I would repeal expanded Medicaid [Read More…]
National Bullying Prevention Month
This is National Bullying Prevention Month. Lana Loken is co-chair of the Davison County Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Coalition. “We want to reach out and educate people on what it is, the prevalence, and [Read More…]
Name released in Codington County fatal crash
State authorities have released the name of a 46 year old man from Watertown who died as the result of a single-vehicle crash last Thursday. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 12:10 [Read More…]
Lawrence county fatal motorcycle crash
A 35 year old man from Rapid City died Friday in a two-vehicle crash involving motorcycles near Deadwood. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 3:30 pm, the driver of a Harley-Davidson FLHX [Read More…]
Prairie Winds Care Center to open in Corsica, returning senior care to the community
The Corsica Development Corporation’s Senior Health Care Task Force and Douglas County Memorial Hospital have collaboratively worked out to reach an agreement to return ownership of the former Corsica Good Samaritan Nursing Home since late [Read More…]
Attorney General’s office investigating officer involved shooting
The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation , at the request of the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, is conducting an independent investigation into an officer involved shooting that occurred Friday, Oct. 9, in Sioux Falls. [Read More…]
The deed is done
The former Mitchell High School is no more. “There are no walls standing, so everything that we have now is at grade or under the ground.” Superintendent Joe Childs said. However, there’s still work to [Read More…]
Jackley Announces SD to Receive Minimum $52 Million in Multistate Settlement with Meta
Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will receive a minimum of $52,612,676 as its share in a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. It is one of the largest state consumer [Read More…]
Mitchell Tech Culinary Student Awarded Prestigious $20,000 US Foods Scholars Scholarship
Mitchell Technical College Culinary Arts student Jake Toben of Sioux Falls has been selected as one of twenty students nationwide to receive the $20,000 US Foods Scholars Award, a highly competitive national scholarship recognizing promising [Read More…]
Corn Palace Festival Begins Wednesday With Five Days of Music, Rides and Family Fun
MITCHELL, S.D. – The 2026 Corn Palace Festival gets underway Wednesday in Mitchell with five days of entertainment, live music, rides, vendors and family activities. The festival runs Wednesday, Aug. 26, through Sunday, Aug. 30. [Read More…]
How about them apples?!
67 years ago a Corn Palace Festival tradition began. “In 1959, the Woolworth’s Five and Dime expanded and took over more of the building and so then for Corn Palace Week, their grand opening was [Read More…]
South Dakota Department of Corrections reports an inmate death
The South Dakota Department of Corrections is reporting the death of an inmate. 66 year old Benny Laible died at the Jameson Prison in Sioux Falls on Tuesday August 25. At the time of his [Read More…]
Attorney General Jackley Announces Pierre Woman Sentenced for Defrauding South Dakota Medicaid Program
A woman from Pierre has been sentenced to a 10-year suspended prison term after earlier pleading guilty to one felony count of Grand Theft. She had been charged with defrauding the South Dakota Medicaid Program [Read More…]
FBI sets $25,000 minimum reward for dozens of unsolved Indian Country cases while family members remain skeptical
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has established a minimum reward of $25,000 in cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country, part of a broader effort to [Read More…]
Corn Palace Festival Parking Restrictions Begin Ahead of Wednesday’s Kickoff
MITCHELL, S.D. — The city of Mitchell is reminding residents and visitors of parking restrictions and street closures ahead of the Corn Palace Festival, which runs Wednesday, Aug. 26, through Sunday, Aug. 30. Parking restrictions [Read More…]
More workers than retirees drove South Dakota’s growth
Amina Aidarkhanova/South Dakota News Watch For years, retirees have been closely associated with South Dakota’s recent population growth, especially in communities known for recreation, slower pace of life and features of lifestyle. But migration data [Read More…]
State of South Dakota faces lawsuit over proof-of-citizenship voter registration law
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A nonprofit organization and a Sioux Falls voter filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court over the implementation of South Dakota’s new proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration. Senate Bill 175, passed [Read More…]
South Dakota ranked hardest-working state in America
South Dakota has been ranked the hardest-working state in the country in a new WalletHub study. The 2026 report compared all 50 states across 10 measures of work ethic, including average workweek hours, employment rates, [Read More…]
MTC fall is semester is off and running
Mitchell Technical College opened its fall semester on Monday. “Our enrollment looks strong,” said MTC president Theresa Kriese. “We should have a good count at the end of next week. We usually wait for the [Read More…]