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Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch MITCHELL, S.D. – Standing next to a row of bookcases in the Mitchell High School library, South Dakota’s lieutenant governor was asked about taking the reins of state government. [Read More…]

Shadu Karish Kawaja, a 31-year-old man from Sioux Falls, was sentenced to 14 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for the rape of a 9-year-old girl in rural Stanley County last year. Kawaja pleaded [Read More…]

Peyton Lane Leclaire, a 19-year-old man from Sioux Falls, was arrested for second-degree robbery after strangling a convenience store clerk and hitting another with a bottle. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. at a convenience [Read More…]

A 28-year-old man died from multiple gunshot wounds in Sioux Falls on Saturday. The incident occurred in a building on the 200 block of East 12th Street, which has businesses on the first level and [Read More…]

South Dakota’s Capitol in Pierre. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) The South Dakota Legislature allocated the last of its federal pandemic aid earlier this month, marking a shift in state spending and budgeting. The federal government [Read More…]

Yankton County, S.D.- A motorcyclist suffered fatal injuries Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash near Volin, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates Gordon J. Sorensen, the 65-year-old male driver of a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling east on 301st Street [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight The Oglala Sioux Tribe is receiving a boost in internet connectivity, thanks to a $35 million federal grant to develop high-speed access. The move will benefit 3,300 people, 47 businesses, [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — A three-time bank robber and repeat escape artist who learned yoga and logged more than 300 hours of coursework in prison may have a shot at freedom in old [Read More…]

Hayden Hall, a 21-year-old from Davis, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree manslaughter, and ingestion of a controlled substance (cocaine) in a motor vehicle. The charges stem from [Read More…]

A road rage incident in Sioux Falls escalated to gunshots on Thursday night. The incident began around 8 p.m. near Russell Street and Minnesota Avenue, where two vehicles pulled into a parking lot. The drivers [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch DEADWOOD, S.D. – If casino operators in Deadwood could conjure the ideal target audience for their sports betting operations, Lance Chapdelaine and his buddies from Colorado would be [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after earlier being convicted for assaulting and threatening correctional officers at the Hughes County [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Voters could be asked to reject a new state law regulating carbon dioxide pipelines. The law was passed during the recently concluded legislative session and signed by Gov. Kristi Noem. Supporters said it will implement [Read More…]

Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at a town hall at Common Grounds, a Spearfish coffee shop, on March 14, 2024. (Courtesy of the Governor’s Office) Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Smile Texas isn’t the only business [Read More…]

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced a death investigation in Mitchell on Thursday afternoon at City Hall. The case started on Monday, March 11th at 10:54 pm at the Mitchell I-90 truck stop. When [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight Gov. Kristi Noem has signed numerous bills into law this week, including one that will increase the yearly cap on private school scholarships funded by state tax credits. The credits are available [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight A consumer advocacy group said it filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Washington, D.C., against South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for allegedly engaging in misleading advertising practices in her five-minute promotional video for [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight MITCHELL — Gov. Kristi Noem leveled accusations against Native American parents and political leaders Wednesday while saying she wants to help Native American students succeed. She made the comments during a [Read More…]

FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Sioux Falls man charged in the death of a deputy who was struck while putting out spikes during a police chase. The [Read More…]

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem recently starred in a commercial for Smile Texas, a dental practice in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston. The nearly 5-minute video, posted on her personal social media accounts, features [Read More…]