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A 25-year-old Sioux Falls man, identified as Henry Logan, was arrested for a violent home invasion that occurred in central Sioux Falls on Saturday. Armed with a knife, Logan entered a house in the 600 [Read More…]

By: Bart Pfankuch – South Dakota Newswatch: For more than a year, a highly divisive debate has raged in South Dakota over two proposed carbon dioxide pipelines that would capture the toxic gas from ethanol [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Health has reported that “prenatal care deserts” are a significant factor behind the state’s increasing infant mortality rate. During a recent Government Operations and Audit Committee meeting, Secretary Melissa Magstadt [Read More…]

A 49-year-old man, identified as Uver Revolorio-Hernandez, was arrested in eastern Sioux Falls after firing shots from his car at a 35-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter. The incident occurred during a dispute between neighbors [Read More…]

The deadly accident occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday in Rock Valley, Iowa, when a 2020 Audi A4, driven by 21-year-old Kaleb DeBey lost control on a curve at the intersection of 300th Street and [Read More…]

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is currently investigating a tragic motorcycle accident that occurred in Lawrence County. According to officials, the incident took place around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday when an 18-year-old motorcyclist failed to [Read More…]

The Vermillion Police Department is currently conducting an investigation into a fatal stabbing that occurred early Sunday morning, resulting in the death of a 47-year-old resident. The victim’s identity is being withheld until family notification, [Read More…]

A deadly collision between a motorcycle and a car occurred at the intersection of East 10th Street and South Reid Ave in Sioux Falls on Saturday morning. The accident resulted in the death of an [Read More…]

Dozens of LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit individuals, along with their allies, staged a protest in Sioux Falls Friday night against South Dakota’s gender-affirming care ban, House Bill 1080. The bill, which took effect on July [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has announced plans for 12 sobriety checkpoints in 10 different counties during the month of August. Checkpoints are scheduled for the counties of: Lincoln, Jerauld, Lyman, Hamlin, Brown, Moody, Minnehaha, Yankton, Pennington, and Meade. [Read More…]

26-year-old Makayla Lynn Wilson from Sioux Falls, has been charged with motor vehicle theft, a felony, in Nobles County Fifth District Court. Her arrest followed a report of a stalled vehicle blocking the entrance to [Read More…]

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a circuit court’s decision to exclude polygraph test evidence in the sentencing of a manslaughter case. The case involved Raymond Banks and Jahennessy Bryant, who were charged with [Read More…]

On a Friday morning, the Vermillion Fire EMS Department swiftly responded to an activated smoke detector at a one-story building on West Broadway Street in Vermillion. All occupants had safely evacuated, and no injuries were [Read More…]

In Brookings, a heartbreaking incident occurred when a 4-year-old golden lab was left inside a hot vehicle for several hours and was found deceased on Monday. The 20-year-old owner had left the dog unattended from [Read More…]

Numerous emergency crews from various cities in eastern Nebraska rescued three people who were trapped in an elevator on Wednesday evening. The incident took place at the Ash Grove Cement Company in Louisville, Nebraska, prompting [Read More…]

WATERTOWN, S.D.–Authorities have identified a man killed in a worksite accident Tuesday morning just outside the Watertown city limits. Forty seven year-old Quinton Kramer was hit by the bucket of an excavator while he was [Read More…]

Authorities have initiated a search on a property in Porterdale, Georgia, related to the disappearance of Morgan Bauer, an Aberdeen woman who went missing in 2016. The operation involves the Atlanta Police Department, the Peoria, [Read More…]

34-year-old Jeannie Schweigert, who had been missing since mid-July, was discovered alive on July 27, 2023. S he was last seen in Hot Springs on July 17, and her vehicle was found north of the [Read More…]

By: Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch – For more than 40 years, South Dakota journalist Kevin Woster has produced material for the state’s two largest newspapers, its largest TV station and for South Dakota [Read More…]