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Davison County employees are getting a 4.5% pay raise
Davison County employees will see a 4.5% pay increase this year. Commissioners approved the bump during Monday’s meeting after a lengthy discussion which included input from employees. Commissioner Chris Nebelsick believed 4.5% was reasonable. “I [Read More…]

Avera Queen of Peace celebrates first baby of 2025
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital is excited to share that Tilden Hetland was the first baby born in 2025. He was delivered at 5:40 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, to Bob and Logan Hetland of Artesian. [Read More…]

Judge Cheryle Gering Reappointed as Presiding Judge of First Judicial Circuit
Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen announced today the reappointment of the Honorable Cheryle Gering as Presiding Judge for the First Judicial Circuit. Judge Gering’s reappointment follows the reselection of Jensen as Chief Justice of the [Read More…]

Missing man found dead in rural Hanson County
The Hanson County Sheriff’s Office says a man from Sioux Falls who was reported missing on Monday was found dead in rural Hanson County. According to a news release, on Monday morning Metro Communications in [Read More…]

Yankton murder victim identified
Attorney General Marty Jackley says a 41-year-old woman from Yankton has been identified as the victim in the murder that occurred Thursday in Yankton. Heather Ann Bodden’s body was found in a Yankton apartment at [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley Appoints Former AG Mark Vargo As Attorney For Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training Commission
Attorney General Marty Jackley has appointed former Attorney General Mark Vargo to serve as the attorney representing the South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training Commission. The South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Standards and [Read More…]

UJS Partners with USD to Provide Critical Support for Treatment Court Participants
South Dakota Unified Judicial System’s Second Circuit Drug Court is partnering with the University of South Dakota to provide critical support for treatment court participants. USD’s Department of Addiction Counseling & Prevention has secured a [Read More…]

Jensen nominated for second term as S.D. Supreme Court Chief Justice
The South Dakota Supreme Court is pleased to announce the Justices have selected Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen to a second term as Chief Justice of South Dakota’s highest court. Chief Justice Jensen was appointed [Read More…]

Mitchell Main Street building receives matching historic preservation grant funding
Historic preservation projects in Mitchell, Mobridge, Rapid City and Yankton have received matching grants from the South Dakota State Historical Society. These grants are awarded through the State Historical Society’s Deadwood Fund grant program. The [Read More…]

City of Mitchell announces Christmas tree collection opportunities
The City of Mitchell will have a special collection for Christmas trees during the week of January 6th – 10th, 2025. Place the trees curbside on the same day of your garbage collection. Again, these [Read More…]

Move into South Dakota bunker backfires on family seeking a new life
Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch IGLOO, S.D. – David Streeter thought abandoning his traditional life to relocate into a survival bunker in South Dakota would allow his family to retreat from the stresses, [Read More…]

Regulator stays on new carbon pipeline case after prior recusal, with no explanation this time
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight A trust controlled by a South Dakota regulator’s relatives still owns land along a proposed pipeline route, but the regulator has not recused herself from the project’s second permit application [Read More…]

Former South Dakota attorney general fights suspension of Iowa law license
Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch The former attorney general of South Dakota is objecting to a proposed six-month suspension of his Iowa law license due to his involvement in a 2020 traffic fatality. In September, [Read More…]

One of former state employees charged in string of criminal cases takes a plea deal
South Dakota Searchlight – One of the former state of South Dakota employees accused in a recent string of criminal cases took a plea deal Monday and was sentenced to serve probation and pay fines [Read More…]

Federal government approves 20-year mining ban in part of South Dakota’s Black Hills
Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of South Dakota’s Black Hills. The ban covers 32 square miles of federally owned land located about [Read More…]

Medical dispensaries are closing after SD’s rejection of recreational marijuana
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The trouble signs started about a year in. B.J. Olson had opened his medical cannabis dispensary, called “Unity Rd.,” in the summer of 2022, less than a month after medical [Read More…]

Businesses could face changes in unemployment assistance tax
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Legislators could soon be asked to impose a higher tax on employers to cover the administrative expenses of the state’s unemployment assistance program, but a lower tax to fund the [Read More…]

Trouble in ‘prepper’ paradise: Bunker residents raise financial, safety concerns at Igloo, South Dakota site
Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch IGLOO, S.D. – A former military munitions site with concrete bunkers now used as residences has become the source of numerous lawsuits, several complaints to the South Dakota [Read More…]

Lincoln County commissioners push back decision on carbon pipeline rules
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight CANTON — Commissioners in South Dakota’s fastest-growing county punted on four carbon dioxide pipeline ordinances on Christmas Eve, opting to let their planning staff and two new commissioners start from [Read More…]

Pipeline owner joins lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline
Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor The owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline last week became the latest party to join the defense in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s new lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps [Read More…]
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