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Former Mitchell Perkins Site Sold to Acuity Group for $800,000
The property where the former Perkins restaurant in Mitchell once stood has been sold for $800,000 to Acuity Group, LLC, according to the Davison County Register of Deeds Office and KELO News. The restaurant had [Read More…]
‘Diet weed’ cuts into medical marijuana sales, cannabis growers tell committee
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The state’s legislative oversight committee on medical marijuana was thrust into the world of synthetic THC on Monday as members heard complaints about how the loosely regulated, hemp-derived products are [Read More…]
Aberdeen Sex Offender Arrested on Multiple Charges Including Kidnapping and Sexual Assault
On Monday, Aberdeen police arrested a registered sex offender on multiple charges, including kidnapping, burglary, rape, possession of child pornography, and sexual contact with a minor. The incident began when a concerned citizen reported a [Read More…]
South Dakota Attorney General Jackley Files Lawsuit Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that he has joined a civil antitrust lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department and 40 other Attorneys General against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolization and other unlawful [Read More…]
Two Nebraska Men Indicted for $350,000 Casino Fraud in South Dakota
Two Nebraska men are facing federal charges for their roles in a scheme that defrauded the Grand River Casino in northern South Dakota of over $350,000. Roberto Carlos Gonzales Miranda and Roberto Orellana have been [Read More…]
Black Hills Wildfire 90% Contained as Firefighters Continue to Secure Perimeter
The wildfire in the Black Hills National Forest remains within containment lines, with fire crews from multiple states continuing to secure and patrol the perimeter. As of 8 am Monday, 110 fire personnel from South [Read More…]
Corn Palace Gift Shop celebrates a successful summer season
The Corn Palace gift shop has moved back across the street to its winter location following a successful summer visitor season. Tourism Retail Director Jennifer Haddon is pleased. “We had a lot of tourists from [Read More…]
FEMA flood aid coming to Davison County
Last week the state of South Dakota learned it qualified for aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency following a Presidential Disaster Declaration after flooding in June. Davison County Emergency Management Director Jeff Bathke says [Read More…]
Armour property owner jailed for nuisance property violations
ARMOUR, S.D. – Businessman Dudley Schroeder was convicted of a crime and spent two days in jail. The infraction? His downtown auto shop was declared a nuisance property and he didn’t clean it up as [Read More…]
Summit jumpstarts pipeline efforts with purchase of old land easement agreements
Jack O’Connor, States Newsroom Summit Carbon Solutions has purchased old land easement agreements from a former rival company to help speed up its carbon pipeline construction project, Summit officials confirm. Summit’s former rival, Navigator CO2, [Read More…]
Federal health officials tout AI for medical research in South Dakota
Health researchers in South Dakota and across the U.S. want to use artificial intelligence (AI) to do things like cure cancer, predict the onset of Alzheimer’s and diabetes earlier, and diagnose and address disparities in [Read More…]
How South Dakota and Michigan took different paths to ‘election integrity’
Stu Whiteney, South Dakota News Watch DETROIT – Justin Roebuck can recall the exact moment that distrust of 2020 presidential election results impacted his status in the Republican Party. The top election official of Ottawa [Read More…]
Rapid City Superintendent Fired after Racist Comments
Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal A South Dakota superintendent has been fired after an Office of Civil Rights report revealed racist comments aimed at Native American students. Nicole Swigart, superintendent of Rapid City Area Schools, [Read More…]
Fatal motorcycle crash in Huron
A 31-year-old man died in a single vehicle motorcycle crash early Saturday morning in Huron. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported the driver of a motorcycle was traveling northbound on Westpark Avenue around [Read More…]
Multi-Agency Investigation Leads To Three People Arrested On Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Charges
Attorney General Marty Jackley says three people were arrested early Friday morning, Aug. 16, on fentanyl and methamphetamine charges following an investigation conducted by several state and local law enforcement agencies. 30 year old Brendan [Read More…]
Fire officials have determined the cause of a fire in a Mitchell home Thursday afternoon
Mitchell fire officials have determined the cause of a fire that damaged a second-floor bedroom late Thursday afternoon in a home in the 700 block of West Fifth Avenue. Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says there [Read More…]
South Dakota Receives Presidential Disaster Declaration after Historic Flooding
Governor Kristi Noem announced that South Dakota has received a presidential disaster declaration due to the historic 1000-year flooding event that occurred between June 16 and July 8, 2024. 25 counties have received disaster assistance [Read More…]
Fire damages a second-story bedroom
Mitchell firefighters quickly extinguished a fire on the second floor of a house in the 700 block of West Fifth Avenue shortly after 5pm Thursday. Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says two firefighters knocked down the [Read More…]
Conde Man Convicted On Seven Counts Of Grand Theft By Exploitation
A 60-year-old man from Conde has been found guilty of seven counts of taking money from an elderly person who was in his care. Ronald Peter Clemensen was convicted Tuesday by a Spink County Jury. [Read More…]
At least 12 die in motorcycle accidents before, during and after 2024 Sturgis rally
SD Searchlight-Three people died in motorcycle accidents during the recently concluded Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, according to the official tally of the state Department of Public Safety, but the actual number of motorcycle-involved traffic deaths in [Read More…]
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