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A two-vehicle crash in southwest Sioux Falls on Tuesday morning left five individuals injured, including a pedestrian. The collision occurred at the intersection of West 41st Street and South Sertoma Avenue, involving a Toyota RAV4 [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight State lawmakers from across the political spectrum are expressing confidence in Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden while he prepares to potentially succeed Gov. Kristi Noem early next year. They’re also wondering [Read More…]

Lincoln County, S.D.- Two people died this morning in a two-vehicle collision three miles south of Harrisburg, SD. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Some lawmakers on a budget committee questioned whether a state department has spending authority to move forward with a controversial $20 million shooting complex north of Rapid City. Yet the project is [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Organizations representing South Dakota nursing homes are hopeful President-elect Donald Trump will halt a staffing rule they say could devastate their industry. The organizations have said for over a year [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A state constitutional amendment on victims’ rights approved by voters in 2016 is not absolute, the South Dakota Supreme Court concluded this week. The justices decided that South Dakota’s Marsy’s [Read More…]

The latest report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count reveals concerning statistics about child well-being in South Dakota, particularly for American Indian and Alaska Native children. While 27% of Native children in the [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota is on track to see negative sales tax revenue growth for the current fiscal year. As the largest source of revenue for state government, the trend is concerning for [Read More…]

Megan Luther/ South Dakota News Watch MITCHELL, S.D. – It’s a rare sight to see Tim Allen in the wood-paneled office space just off of Mitchell’s Main Street. Sitting behind the counter on a Monday [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A new men’s prison in Lincoln County will cost the state $825 million, lawmakers learned Thursday morning. That figure is $256 million more than the $569 million state lawmakers have [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota, officials announced Thursday. An investigation [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight A state commission that considers complaints about alleged violations of open-meetings laws will soon have its first hearing in nearly four years. “This commission’s role is to bring transparency to [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Lawmakers on the state’s budget-setting committee gave 24 roses Thursday to the longest-serving female member of the South Dakota Legislature. Sen. Jean Hunhoff, R-Yankton, was first elected to the state [Read More…]

Brown County, S.D.- Two people died early Saturday morning in a single vehicle crash eight miles northeast of Aberdeen, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates Zachary Deen Rathert, the driver, and a passenger, Kyle Anthony Tempel, were traveling westbound on [Read More…]

State Rep. Kevin Jensen, R-Canton, holds a press conference on Nov. 12, 2024, at the downtown library in Sioux Falls. Jensen and others expressed concerns about a proposed men’s prison in rural Lincoln County. (Joshua [Read More…]