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Shalom Baer Gee, Rapid City Journal Three of the six Mitchell Post 18 American Legion baseball players accused of rape in Pennington County are set for a transfer hearing in July. The hearing will determine [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — A legislative budget committee endorsed a bill Tuesday that would repeal $7.5 million in state funding for South Dakota State University to construct a new dairy research and training facility. The [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The state House of Representatives endorsed a bill that would require sentences of life without parole for people convicted of raping young children. The version of House Bill 1192 passed Tuesday afternoon [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Inebriated drivers who kill parents with their vehicles would be on the hook for child support under a bill that cleared the state House of Representatives 67-0 Tuesday afternoon. House [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch South Dakota educators have pointed to dramatic literacy successes in the state of Mississippi as evidence for lawmakers to support a proposed $6 million investment into expanded phonics-based reading [Read More…]

Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Another candidate has emerged in the quest to seat two new federal judges on South Dakota’s U.S. District Court, adding momentum to filling vacancies [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – B-1 bombers attached to Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City took part in airstrikes Friday in Iraq and Syria. “The mission we conducted validated that we can respond to any [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight – Primary voters would pick their party’s nominees for attorney general and secretary of state under a bill that cleared a state House committee Monday morning. House Bill 1198 is the [Read More…]

PIERRE, Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight — A bill that would require school districts and public libraries to publish policies on restricting minors from accessing obscene materials or books unanimously passed the state House Education Committee [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that Joseph Gene Hoek (Hook) of Sioux Falls has been charged with First Degree Murder and Aggravated Eluding for the death of Moody County [Read More…]

PIERRE — Threatening a police officer on Facebook could land people in jail for up to a year under the terms of a bill that passed the state Senate on Thursday. That’s less time behind [Read More…]

The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday evening to assist low-income families through an expansion of the child tax credit and the bill now awaits approval in the Senate. But some organizations are also highlighting a [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight – The state of South Dakota has issued an apology letter and a $300,000 payment to a transgender advocacy group for the abrupt cancellation of a Department of Health contract [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has confirmed that Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok (Pro-rock) was killed in the line of duty Friday afternoon in Moody County. Chief Deputy Sheriff Prorok, [Read More…]

Charles Mix County, S.D.- One person died Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in Charles Mix County. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates the 97-year-old driver of [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – South Dakota lawmakers haven’t made major changes to education funding and teacher pay in eight years. But that could change this legislative session. The last time the Legislature made major [Read More…]

By Todd Epp, South Dakota Broadcasters Association. South Dakota legislators began taking testimony Wednesday (Jan. 31, 2024) on a bill that would remove the state sales tax on food. SB164 would remove the current 4.2% sales tax [Read More…]

As of the week ending January 28, 2024, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported South Dakota’s topsoil moisture supplies at 6% very short, 19% short, 73% adequate, and 2% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were [Read More…]

Kwik Star, a well-known Midwest gas station chain, plans to open five new locations in eastern South Dakota in 2024, marking a total of 11 stores in the past year. The company, also known as [Read More…]

Senate Bill 109, submitted by Democratic Sen. Reynold Nesiba, aims to provisionally repeal capital punishment in South Dakota. The bill argues that the death penalty is problematic, ineffective as a deterrent, and economically burdensome. Nesiba [Read More…]