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A total of 129 high school junior and senior boys participated as delegates in the 83rd Annual Session of the American Legion Boys State of South Dakota. The program was held May 25–29, 2026, on [Read More…]

SD Searchlight-Makenzie Huber As of 2024, 0.3% of practicing physicians in the nation were Native American. A proposed Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City could help change that. The school would be the first [Read More…]

SD Searchlight-Joshua Haiar The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday that it has signed a five-year agreement to work with the state of South Dakota to carry out projects on national forest and adjacent land, possibly [Read More…]

An early morning semi-truck fire temporarily closes ramps on I-29 Saturday. The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office reports being dispatched around 12:45 a.m. to a vehicle fire on the southbound I-29 on-ramp at mile marker 140. [Read More…]

Bass Farm Equipment near Castlewood is offering great deals on farm equipment. The South Dakota Better Business Bureau says it’s the best fake website they’ve ever seen. Jessie Schmidt of BBB says scammers have assumed [Read More…]

James Valley Drug and DUI Court celebrated the graduation of Kelly C. from the intensive program Thursday before a packed Davison County Public Safety courtroom. He celebrated 529 sober days, paid off $932 dollars in [Read More…]

Tax reform remains a major topic for the GOP gubernatorial candidates. Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Dusty Johnson said there’s a lot of misinformation out there. He favors better-targeted tax relief. “We have some major challenges [Read More…]

Parolees are discovering the rules have changed…they’re being pulled back to prison for parole violations and for committing crimes after being released on parole. They’re held in county jails on their way back to prison…and [Read More…]

The first wave of Mitchell Hometown Heroes banners has arrived on North Main Street. Mitchell Main Street and Beyond executive director Elizabeth Luczak is excited to see the project come to life. “The first wave [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley has appointed Chad Mosteller to serve as the new director of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, replacing Dan Satterlee who has been appointed as U.S. Marshal for South Dakota. [Read More…]

K-12 and MTC budget reviews dominated discussion during Tuesday’s Mitchell School Board meeting. On the K-12 side, Superintendent Joe Childs says declining enrollment is impacting the proposed 2026-2027 spending plan. “It’s been essentially a cliff [Read More…]

Congressman Dusty Johnson said Washington has been surprisingly productive in recent weeks — including recent action to improve housing affordability. “The House has passed out a major housing package,” said Johnson. “We have passed the [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Corrections got the message. It’s cracking down on parole violators…now there’s an overcrowding emergency in the two largest jails in South Dakota. Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead recently briefed county [Read More…]