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Tornadoes ripped across parts of central Mississippi and northwest Alabama last week causing significant damage to the Mississippi cities of Rolling Fork and Silver City. The Rolling Fork tornado was rated an E-F Four with [Read More…]

The preliminary investigation into a suspicious fire on Wednesday in a second-floor boys bathroom at the Georgia Morse Middle School in Pierre indicates the fire was intentionally set. Pierre Police Captain Bryan Walz says the [Read More…]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee Republicans began this year’s legislative session hoping to add narrow exceptions to one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, armed with the belief that most [Read More…]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man is accused of fatally stabbing his wife during a Bible study session. Police in St. Paul called to a home around 9 p.m. Tuesday found Corinna Woodhull [Read More…]

SHELDON, Iowa (AP) — A suspect in an Iowa killing was arrested Friday outside a marijuana dispensary in South Dakota, authorities said. Nathanial Byron Kessel, 41, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, is now awaiting extradition. He [Read More…]

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Attorneys took their fight over whether to unseal more documents in the 2019 child pornography investigation of billionaire banker and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford to the South Dakota Supreme Court on [Read More…]

TEA, S.D. –  A Sioux Falls, S.D., woman has been identified as the person who died Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash southeast of Tea. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2006 Dodge Durango was westbound [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) says that phase two construction of the 41st Street Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) project will begin on Monday, March 27, 2023. Crews will focus [Read More…]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just six months after passing what was billed as the largest tax cut in Missouri history, the Republican-led state House voted Tuesday for an even bigger income tax cut that [Read More…]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota is moving to fortify its status as a refuge for patients from restrictive states who travel to the state to seek abortions — and to protect providers who serve them. The [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Kristi Noem signed legislation Monday that puts more than $390 million into the state’s prison system, with most of that money going toward investments in new prison facilities. One [Read More…]

The failure of two banks, one in California, the other in New York has rattled the banking industry and regulators. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, says actions taken [Read More…]

Despite a number of concerns, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 210 into on Monday, March 20th. The $7.4 billion Fiscal Year 2024 budget will fund South Dakota needs including K-12 education, healthcare [Read More…]

Mitchell Fire Chief Marius Laursen will be moving on from the Mitchell Fire Department at the end of the week. He’s going to work at Avera Queen of Peace in their emergency management area. Laursen [Read More…]

The Mitchell City Council on Monday voted 7-0 to revoke Speedy Taxi’s ride service license after operator Dustin Feistner was arrested on drug charges earlier this month. Feistner argued against the revocation. He told the [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are taking a break in the legislative session until they return later in March to consider any bills Republican Gov. Kristi Noem vetoed. Republican legislative leaders were focused [Read More…]

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Dozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver were transferred Wednesday to several tribes from across the Great Plains, in the latest example of Native Americans reclaiming stewardship over animals their ancestors [Read More…]