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BROOKINGS, S.D. — The United States—and the rest of the world—has a plastic pollution problem. Millions of tons of plastic are produced each year and are used in nearly every sector of American life. The [Read More…]

Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, though experts’ views on a potential recession are mixed. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2007-2009—sent rates up [Read More…]

A 32-year-old Sioux Falls man was arrested Monday night after leading police on a chase and ramming a police car. Robert Lewis Jr. was charged with aggravated eluding, aggravated assault on law enforcement, possession of [Read More…]

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s chief of staff, Mark Miller, is leaving the governor’s office after serving for two years. Miller is returning to Florida, where he has accepted a position with a nonprofit. Miller’s [Read More…]

The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to continue sales of E15 beginning June 1st means drivers can choose corn ethanol blends all summer long. In response and support of this decision, the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council [Read More…]

Mitchell Neighborhood Watch: Vandals have struck several neighborhood parks again this year, doing damage to restrooms in both Pioneer Park and Dry Run Creek, in addition to the concessions stand at the aquatic center in [Read More…]

Last week’s overwhelming approval by Mitchell voters of a $17 million bond issue for a new athletics facility allowed the Mitchell School Board on Monday to approve the remaining alternate bids that were held on [Read More…]

WATERTOWN, S.D. – A Watertown man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping following an incident over the weekend in rural Codington County. Twenty five year-old Deven Burgher allegedly kidnapped and assaulted a woman while [Read More…]

A 6-year-old boy was shot in the leg on May 26 in the Star Village neighborhood of Rapid City. The boy was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The Rapid City Police [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — For the week ending June 11, 2023, there were 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 11% very short, 42% short, [Read More…]

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday night in Sioux Falls after he pointed a gun at police. The incident happened at around 11pm on West 26th Street and Duluth. Police were investigating a hit-and-run [Read More…]

The US Census Bureau recently released the state-to-state migration report for 2021. The top 10 states people moved to South Dakota from in 2021 were:  Minnesota  Iowa  Nebraska  Texas  Colorado  California  Wyoming  Pennsylvania  Washington  North [Read More…]

LITTLE CANADA, Minn. (AP) — Pigs ran loose on a metro highway after a semitrailer truck that was carrying 50 hogs overturned, causing an hours-long shutdown Friday morning in Minnesota on Interstate 694. State troopers [Read More…]

WINONA, Minn. (AP) — The former boyfriend of a Minnesota woman whose body was found hidden in a rural area of the state was charged Friday in her death. Adam Fravel, 29, was charged with [Read More…]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager who said he killed his parents to “take charge of his life” was sentenced Monday to life in prison with a chance of parole in 50 years. [Read More…]

Ayub Ibrahim Mohamed, a 23-year-old Sioux Falls man, was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison on Friday for attempting to rob a bank. Mohamed entered a Wells Fargo Bank in Sioux [Read More…]

Canton, SD – The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) and the Canton Police Department arrested three people on Friday after a theft investigation led to a suspect fleeing on foot. The LCSO said in a [Read More…]

Sioux Falls, SD – The Sioux Falls Police Department arrested three people on Saturday night after a vehicle pursuit that began in central Sioux Falls and ended near Augustana College. The incident began at approximately [Read More…]

A plea has been entered by a man who stands accused of fatally stabbing a woman in Yankton, South Dakota. On Thursday, 31-year-old Adrian Lund pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, [Read More…]