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Hughes County among those considering adopting Senate Bill 96
The Hughes County Commission is considering how to move forward regarding Senate Bill 96. The measure would give a half-cent sales tax option to counties for the reduction in property taxes on owner-occupied homes. South [Read More…]
City of Brookings set to welcome Target to new regional shopping center on July 26
BROOKINGS, SD – It may be July, but Christmas is coming early to Brookings this year, and Santa is trading in his sleigh for a red cart. Just 19 months after Mayor Oepke “Ope” Niemeyer’s [Read More…]
South Dakota Hall of Fame receives POET Community Impact Grant
The South Dakota Hall of Fame is honored to have been awarded a Community Impact Grant from POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuel and a global leader in sustainable bioproducts. The POET Community Impact [Read More…]
Luverne, Minnesota now boasts the world’s tallest nutcracker
LUVERNE, Minn. (AP) — Crossing the open farmland of southwestern Minnesota, you’ll encounter an otherworldly sight: a massive head with a beard, mustache and red-striped top hat looming over the horizon. Pull into the small [Read More…]
State fairgrounds undergoes extensive cleanup after tornado strikes Huron
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota State Fair staff, state prison inmates and volunteers spent two weeks clearing debris and repairing damage after a tornado swept through Huron. Despite widespread damage across the fairgrounds, no [Read More…]
Multi-agency operation yields 14 cocaine arrests, including in South Dakota
South Dakota Searchlight RAPID CITY — A multi-agency effort to disrupt cocaine trafficking resulted in 14 total arrests of people from Colorado and the South Dakota cities of Pine Ridge, Box Elder and Rapid City, [Read More…]
State-ordered study says opioid settlement money should target treatment for incarcerated people
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota should spend opioid settlement money in the coming years to address the needs of people entering or leaving prisons and jails, according to an assessment prepared for the state [Read More…]
Dry July deepens rainfall deficits across much of southeastern South Dakota
After a wet start to July, dry conditions have dominated much of the month across southeastern South Dakota, leaving many communities well below normal precipitation levels. National Weather Service data through July 21 show Mitchell [Read More…]
Family’s $150M lawsuit against U.S. Marshals closed
Molly Wetsch/South Dakota News Watch A lawsuit filed against the U.S. Marshals Service after the shooting death of a young man on the Yankton Indian Reservation in 2024 has been dismissed and the case has [Read More…]
Rosebud Sioux Tribe to build $4.6M behavioral health treatment facility
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is planning to build a $4.6 million outpatient behavioral health treatment facility, expanding access for the Sicangu Lakota Oyate to community-led mental health, suicide prevention, crisis intervention and substance use treatment [Read More…]
Davison County Commissioners approve adding a new Deputy
Davison County Commissioners have unanimously approved Sheriff Steve Harr’s request for adding a new deputy. There are currently eight deputies on staff with the last patrol deputy added in 2021. Harr says calls for service [Read More…]
Name Released in Charles Mix County Fatal Crash
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released the name of a male driver who died last Friday as a result of a single vehicle crash in Charles Mix County. Around 12:40 pm, 56 [Read More…]
Yankton County residents sentenced for felony drug crimes
Two Yankton County residents were recently sentenced to prison on felony drug charges. The Yankton County States Attorney’s Office reported 35 year old Tyler Lee, Sr was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for [Read More…]
City Council grapples with alley construction proposals
To construct an alley or not to construct an alley, and who pays for it? That was the question that dominated discussion during Monday’s Mitchell City Council meeting. The council hosted a public hearing regarding [Read More…]
Authorities seeking the public’s assistance in locating a non-compliant sex offender
South Dakota, federal and state authorities are seeking the public’s help in locating Benjermin Kelley (alias Benjamin Kelley) of the Sioux Falls and Madison area. He’s a non-compliant sex offender whose whereabouts have been unknown [Read More…]
FEMA assistance headed to South Dakota
FEMA announced the approval of more than $750,000 in post-disaster funding for Public Assistance projects across South Dakota state, city, and county departments. This program empowers states, local communities, tribes and territories to recover and [Read More…]
New housing forms foundation of Canistota’s revitalization
CANISTOTA, S.D. – The success story unfolding in this eastern South Dakota city shows how a commitment to housing development can break the pattern of decline afflicting many rural communities across the state. Long known [Read More…]
Government Justice More inmates denied early release as more parolees return through crackdown
South Dakota Searchlight-John Hult The number of people granted discretionary parole by the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles has fallen by 17% over the last two years, according to data shared at a [Read More…]
Alexandria Residents Urged to Restrict Water Usage After Water Main Break
ALEXANDRIA, S.D. — Residents in Alexandria are experiencing low water pressure and are being urged to conserve water following a water main break that drained the city’s water tower, local officials announced. The Hanson County [Read More…]
Chili Cook-Off Champions
Eleven teams vied for top honors during Sunday’s Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo chili-cook-off at Stampede Park. Committee chairman Stan Peterson says most of the teams are repeat competitors. “They have fun, that’s what it’s all [Read More…]
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