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The South Dakota Department of Corrections announced the expansion of their work with the Council of State Governments Justice Center to improve rehabilitation and parole supervision. DOC has signed a contract for $160,000 with the [Read More…]

Three student entrepreneurs recently made their pitches for start-up businesses to a group of local experts during a local competition similar to the popular TV series “Shark Tank.” MADC CEO Mike Lauritsen called it successful. [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-SD Searchlight Federal officials have selected a second Black Hills mining proposal for an expedited permitting process. The Bear Lodge Rare Earth Mining Project is on the Wyoming side of the Black Hills, and [Read More…]

John Hult-SD Searchlight When he’s not at the Capitol, South Dakota state Rep. Al Novstrup helps oversee his amusement parks in Sioux Falls and his hometown of Aberdeen. He’s not an expert on off-label prescription [Read More…]

Now that demolition of the former Mitchell High School has started, Superintendent Joe Childs is reminding community members to avoid venturing onto the site in search of souvenirs. “There’s a Puetz trailer that’s parked on [Read More…]

John Hult-SD Searchlight The latest round of funding from a nationwide opioid settlement will pay for a mobile street medicine clinic, addiction treatment training for primary care doctors, and recovery coaching for incarcerated people and [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-SD Searchlight One company plans to pause its project but another company’s plan is “unchanged” after South Dakota lawmakers rejected incentives for large data centers. Applied Digital has been courting South Dakota lawmakers and [Read More…]

The South Dakota Board of Regents  elected a new slate of officers for the upcoming term. Jeff Partridge of Rapid City was elected as the new Board President, succeeding Tim Rave, who has held the [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar-SD Searchlight The officials who manage South Dakota’s public employee retirement system said Wednesday that if current investment trends continue, retirees are likely to see a July 2027 cost-of-living benefit adjustment similar to the [Read More…]

Demolition of the former Mitchell High School building has finally begun. It started at the northeast corner of the building at the lower gymnasium as heavy equipment began tearing into the outer wall allowing crews [Read More…]

A 33 year old man from Yankton has been sentenced to Life in Prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to Second Degree Murder in connection with the 2025 murder of a Yankton woman. Craig [Read More…]

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, at the request of the Sioux Falls Police Department, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Tuesday, March 31, in Sioux Falls. “DCI investigates all Officer Involved [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar-SD Searchlight The four Republican candidates for governor of South Dakota clashed over tax policies in their first debate Tuesday, as the leading candidate in the polls criticized two others for their support of [Read More…]

The 29 year old owner of a Pierre smoke shop has pleaded guilty to one felony count of Possession of a Controlled Substance and one misdemeanor count of Possession of a Substance for Purpose of [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University will offer the annual Stark Lecture on Thursday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in the Sherman Center on the DWU campus.  Murphy will also speak during DWU’s regular weekly chapel service at [Read More…]

A man from Piedmont man died last Friday evening in a four-vehicle crash one mile east of Deadwood, SD. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported shortly after 8pm, 92 year old Robert Allen [Read More…]

The City of Mitchell has officially completed a comprehensive study and evaluation of the Lake Mitchell Dam to meet requirements of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR).  This study and evaluation [Read More…]

To celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, the Idaho Potato Commission unveiled a record-setting patriotic display made from 250,000 Idaho® potatoes at Mitchell’s County Fair Food Store. Justin Luther is store manager. “We stacked up 120,000 pounds [Read More…]