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Representatives from Sanford and Avera Health and the Sioux Falls Public Health Department held a joint news conference to outline their concerns about the surge in COVID infections. Sanford Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mike Wilde, [Read More…]

Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives are having talks about the possible impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg following the end of his legal proceedings. House Majority Leader Kent Peterson of Salem says [Read More…]

Members of the South Dakota House and Senate Redistricting Committees held their first meeting earlier this week and got updates on Census numbers. Matt Frame, with the Legislative Research Council, outlined the variations they can [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general was ticketed for going 57 in a 35 mph zone last week, just days before he pleaded no contest to traffic charges for a car crash [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers tasked with redrawing the state’s political boundaries set a framework Monday that will allow them to speed through the once-in-a-decade process on a tight schedule this year. [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Rumbles from the motorcycles and rock shows of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have hardly cleared from the Black Hills of South Dakota, and the reports of COVID-19 infections among rallygoers [Read More…]

LENNOX, S.D. (AP) — Residents in a southeastern South Dakota town were cleaning up Sunday from a storm that toppled trees and power lines and damaged the roof of the high school, officials said. The [Read More…]

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest Thursday to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court Tuesday weighed whether to unseal a search warrant and affidavits in an investigation into billionaire banker-turned-philanthropist T. Denny Sanford for possible possession of child pornography. The [Read More…]

TYNDALL, S.D. (AP) — A Tabor man accused of building pipe bombs made his first court appearance Tuesday. 29-year-old Joseph Hanson has been charged with the sale, possession, or transportation of a destructive device and [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Pierre man has been arrested after he allegedly drove a truck into two houses in Sioux Falls, sending a homeowner to the hospital. The Argus Leader reported the 24-year-old man [Read More…]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — An overturned semitrailer blocked traffic on westbound Interstate 90 near Rapid City for more than 10 hours Monday. The Rapid City Journal reported the 2018 Kenworth semitrailer was westbound around 4:45 [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An economic development group has concerned about the water supply in the Sioux Falls area as demand increases. The Sioux Metro Growth Alliance serves 13 municipalities along with Lincoln and [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Three people are in custody following a standoff in Pierre. Law enforcement was following up on leads Friday that a 33-year-old man wanted for a violating a court-ordered furlough release was [Read More…]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota is facing a shortage of nurses at a time when they are needed most, officials say. Stress, long hours and fear of infection during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge Friday ruled against South Dakota’s attempt to lift a decade-old injunction that nullified part of a state law requiring women to consult with a crisis pregnancy center [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Daily coronavirus cases on Friday topped 300 for the first time in over six months in South Dakota as a fresh pandemic wave appeared to build. The Department of Health [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Board of Regents says nothing but mandating curriculum is off the table when it comes to retooling diversity centers at state colleges. The regents’ general counsel, Nathan Lukkes, [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An 18-year-old man is being held on bond of about $1 million in connection with a fatal shooting in Sioux Falls. The man was arrested Tuesday afternoon in the death [Read More…]