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(Joshua Haiar – South Dakota Searchlight) – In what’s being described as a rare project for South Dakota, a developer is planning a six-building apartment complex in Rapid City with enough solar panels to offset [Read More…]

A fatal motorcycle crash occurred in Brule County on Saturday night when a Harley Davidson with a trailer experienced a flat tire, causing the vehicle to fishtail and roll. The driver, who was wearing a [Read More…]

The Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), led by Attorney General Marty Jackley, is conducting an investigation into an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Huron, South Dakota on a Thursday. During the incident, one person sustained [Read More…]

The individual who lost their life on Saturday morning along Rodeo Road in White River has been identified. According to the Department of Public Safety, a 2016 Chevrolet Suburban was heading eastbound on Rodeo Road [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and colleagues from 53 states and territories are asking congressional leaders to create an expert panel on how artificial intelligence is to used to exploit [Read More…]

In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission denied Navigator’s application to construct the Heartland Greenway CO2 pipeline in South Dakota. Chairperson Kristie Fiegen cited concerns about a lack of proof [Read More…]

35-year-old Billie Jean Red Owl from Kyle, South Dakota, has agreed to a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney’s office in a case where she was charged with murdering her less than three-month-old daughter through [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Police has arrested a 30-year-old resident, Tyrees Washington, in connection with gunshots heard in the downtown area this past weekend. Responding to reports of shots fired early Saturday morning, police found Washington in [Read More…]

Jed Smeenk, a 32-year-old Belle Fourche resident, is facing a felony charge in Sioux Falls after allegedly breaking a valuable art piece on display in downtown Sioux Falls. Smeenk was walking along Phillips Avenue when [Read More…]

James Michael Johnson, a Sioux Falls man involved in an alleged plot to riot at a Pride event in northern Idaho, accepted a plea agreement, admitting to participating in an assembly without a permit. His [Read More…]

Two nonprofits have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, alleging that it committed racial intimidation by defacing businesses and public property around the city of Fargo with the group’s logo and other [Read More…]

With the pause of more than three years on federal student loan repayments coming to an end in October, and the Supreme Court’s summer decision to strike down the White House’s one-time debt relief program, [Read More…]

Josh Kogel, the dedicated chief firefighter of Cavour, tragically lost his life while combating a fire in Huron on Monday. At 48 years old, Kogel had served as a firefighter for more than two decades, [Read More…]

On Monday, September 4th, a tragic fire incident occurred in Huron, resulting in the loss of one firefighter’s life. The fire took place at the Hurd Alignment & Service building on Old Highway 14 W., [Read More…]

Early Sunday morning in Rapid City, a two-vehicle collision resulted in one fatality, with the names of those involved yet to be disclosed pending family notification. The incident occurred when a speeding 2003 Volkswagen Jetta, [Read More…]