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A fight between employees and a customer at a Sioux Falls business led to the arrest of Tyreik Damon Broussard on charges of Simple Assault. The altercation occurred just after 1 p.m. on Saturday at [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A federal law extending medical benefits to service members exposed to toxic burn pits has hiked the number of claims processed annually by the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Supporters of work requirements say they’re a reasonable modification to Medicaid expansion. Opponents say they’re an unnecessary bureaucratic burden on people who need health care. Voters have a choice between [Read More…]

The body of Colleen Monfore, a 68-year-old woman from South Dakota who went missing in Indonesia, is believed to have been found inside a shark’s stomach. Monfore was on a diving trip near Pulau Reong [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Department of Corrections says it will rebuild three sweat lodges dismantled during a weekslong lockdown at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls. The DOC started what it [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – State officials said Monday afternoon that they’re removing 273 noncitizens from the South Dakota voter roll, but they provided few additional details. A news release from the state Department of Public [Read More…]

An illustration displays the four winning “I Voted” sticker designs from South Dakota students. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Instead of a standard, mass-printed “I voted” sticker as a reward for participating [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — A day after a group of South Dakota lawmakers met for the third time to discuss digital safety for children and regulations surrounding online spaces and tools, hundreds of professionals [Read More…]

The South Dakota Board of Regents discussed potential challenges in securing all the funds they requested from the state at their recent meeting. Pam Roberts, a member of the board, highlighted concerns regarding state revenue, [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced Tuesday, Oct. 1, that U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol has sentenced a Huron, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University is hosting a public event to bless and present The Saint John’s Bible, a handwritten and hand-illuminated work of art and theology gifted to the university. Commissioned in 1998 by Saint John’s [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch So far in the post-pandemic period, the South Dakota economy is humming along nicely, though some new economic indicators reveal concerns that growth might slow in the coming months [Read More…]

Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch When Alexis Myers tore a knee ligament the second week of practice as a senior high school basketball player in Ethan, South Dakota, it was a low point in [Read More…]

A transient man in Sioux Falls, Skyler Glenn Bluebird, was arrested after smashing a vehicle’s windows with a hammer when the driver refused to give him money. The incident occurred on Thursday at 8th Street [Read More…]