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EmBe, a nonprofit organization that provides childcare and other services to children and families in Mitchell, announced that it will close its childcare center on June 30. The center, which is licensed to serve 44 [Read More…]

A 14-year-old boy from rural Fort Pierre died in a one-vehicle accident on Saturday, May 27, at approximately 9:30 p.m. CT. The accident occurred in an off-road vehicle area in Stanley County, just south of [Read More…]

U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced a Houston, Texas, man, convicted of Bank Larceny. The sentencing took place on May 15, 2023, in Sioux Falls. 25-year-old Alton Himes was sentenced to 19 months in [Read More…]

JoDean’s Steakhouse and Lounge, a Yankton restaurant that has been in business for over 50 years, will be closing its doors soon. In a social media post, the restaurant thanked its customers for their support [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government has a treaty obligation to support law enforcement on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, but declined for now to determine whether [Read More…]

The Swiftel Center in Brookings was officially renamed the Dacotah Bank Center on Tuesday night. The new 10-year deal is worth $150,000 per year, for a total of $1.5 million. This is a significant increase [Read More…]

A house explosion near Fort Pierre, South Dakota, on Wednesday killed two grandparents and their 6-month-old granddaughter, and injured two young boys. The explosion happened at a home along South Dakota Highway 1806 in Stanley [Read More…]

The Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man wanted for aggravated assault in connection with a drive-by shooting that occurred last weekend. The suspect, 30-year-old Kevin Dewayne Bass, is believed to be armed [Read More…]

Why do people move from one county or region to another? The usual suspects are jobs, family, significant others, and overall cost of living, but there are other elements at play. For those with children, [Read More…]

A 92-year-old man died in a two-vehicle crash near Menno, South Dakota on Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened at the intersection of U.S. Highway 18 and U.S. Highway 81 just before 1 p.m. A 2008 [Read More…]

A Yankton man is facing a charge of murder in the second degree in connection with the death of a woman that occurred late Monday night. 31-year-old Adrian Vaughn Lund is also being charged with [Read More…]

PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry. The 141-page [Read More…]

(The Center Square) – South Dakota is one of six states that does not offer a state-funded preschool program as enrollment remains below pre-pandemic levels across the nation, according to a report. The National Institute [Read More…]

(STACKER.COM) – Within five months after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in early February 2022, the U.S. admitted more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. Most of these refugees were admitted through a special program called humanitarian parole, [Read More…]

MidAmerican Energy and Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) announced Tuesday that they will not pursue the proposed Gregory County pumped storage project. The project, which would have been built on the west bank of the [Read More…]

HURON, S.D. – The State Fair and South Dakota Hall of Fame icon Sherwin Linton are excited to invite entertainers to submit their acts for consideration to be featured on the Centennial Stage during the [Read More…]

(STACKER.COM) – Lower demand and fears of a recession are weighing on oil markets, keeping prices from making the kinds of seasonal jumps expected ahead of the summer travel season. The national average price of [Read More…]

66-year-old Lenny Joe Zens of Canova has been identified as the man killed in a crash last Wednesday afternoon when a 2015 GMC Yukon rear-ended his riding lawnmower on Highway 25 near Epiphany, South Dakota. [Read More…]

The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) announced Dan Ahlers as their new executive director on Monday. Ahlers brings extensive administrative and political experience to the role as a former administrator of the Dell Rapids Chamber [Read More…]