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The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported two people died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday evening six miles southwest of Corsica. Shortly before 6pm a Ford Fusion was traveling eastbound on SD Highway 44 [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-SD Searchlight It would cost up to $4 million to cut down Milbank’s ash trees, after state and city officials detected a beetle last summer that threatens to decimate the northeastern South Dakota city’s [Read More…]

Central Electric Cooperative has announced its 2026 scholarship recipients, awarding financial support to local students pursuing post-secondary education. The scholarships, funded by the cooperative and its partners, recognize leadership, academic achievement and community involvement. Recipients [Read More…]

A 36 year old South Dakota State Penitentiary inmate has been sentenced to an additional 40 years in prison after earlier being convicted of two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of First-Degree Robbery. [Read More…]

County Auditors across South Dakota are frustrated with the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office regarding the availability of ballots to kick off absentee voting for the upcoming June 2nd primary and local elections. Davison [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-SD Searchlight County auditors and the state’s lead election official disagree about how to handle a delay of early and absentee voting for the June 2 primary election in South Dakota. Codington County Auditor [Read More…]

The Davison County Auditor’s Office is notifying voters that absentee ballots for the upcoming June 2nd Primary Election will NOT be available on the first day of the absentee voting period. Due to multiple statewide [Read More…]

Absentee voting for the June primary election is supposed to start Friday, but many counties across the state, including Davison still don’t have ballots. Davison County Auditor Kathy Wingert says the delay is on the [Read More…]

Seth Tupper-SD Searchlight RAPID CITY — South Dakota’s governor, who’s in the midst of an election campaign, awarded another grant Tuesday from an economic development fund he controls. Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced a $4 [Read More…]

A 24 year old man from Mitchell is in a federal prison following his conviction of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The U-S Attorney’s Office reported Dakota Moore was sentenced to two [Read More…]

The South Dakota Trail of Governors Foundation Board is hosting the unveiling of former Governor Kristi Noem’s life-size bronze statue June 12th, at 10am CT on the State Capitol grounds in Pierre. Sculptor John Lopez [Read More…]