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After a national climate report in November warned of rising temperatures, parts of South Dakota experienced record-setting warmth in December. The National Weather Service reports that average South Dakota monthly temperatures in December ranged from 5 to [Read More…]

Two Sioux Falls women, 28-year-old Whitney Christopherson and 26-year-old Izabella Powell, are facing charges for allegedly stealing $15,000 from the Happy Jacks Casino, where Christopherson was employed. The incident occurred on August 4th, and the [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – Some South Dakotans who call 911 won’t see an ambulance show up for over half an hour on the western side of the state if they have an emergency. That’s [Read More…]

Two Sioux Falls teenagers, 18-year-old Sheldon Stewart and 19-year-old Nicole Marshall, have been arrested for their involvement in a pair of drive-by shootings at a home on the city’s northwest side. The incidents occurred after [Read More…]

The Watertown Police Department responded to a report of suspects pilfering mail from various mailboxes around Lake Kampeska. The culprits, identified as Thomas Breese and Jarid Armstrong, were apprehended after officers found their gray Chevrolet [Read More…]

A New Year’s Day stabbing in central Sioux Falls is being investigated by the police. The incident occurred around 6:30 AM at a residence near West 7th Street and North Prairie Avenue. The victim sustained [Read More…]

Zachary Delozier, 27, of Edgemont, and Sara Gaudino, 23, and Isaiah Schryvers, 24, both of Rapid City, were arrested in Wisconsin on charges of kidnapping a minor. The arrests followed an alert for a missing [Read More…]

An inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls assaulted a female Aramark employee in the kitchen’s meat cooler at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday. A correctional officer intervened, finding the inmate in a [Read More…]

Nyibol Kuchlong, 26, and Nyok Kuoiloi, 36, from Brookings, welcomed their seventh child, a baby boy named Madit, who became Sioux Falls’ first baby of 2024. Madit, born at 1:13 a.m. in Sanford Medical Center, [Read More…]

Three men, identified as 31-year-old Billy “Ty” Phillips of Hawarden, 27-year-old John Carr of Sheldon, and 19-year-old Darren Nicholson of Sioux Center, were arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office for attempting to break into [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – Inflation, turnover, minimal increases in state aid to education, and pay raises absorbed by non-teaching staff: Those are the reasons for South Dakota’s lagging teacher pay, according to education experts [Read More…]

RED LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — More than 100 people stranded while fishing on an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river were rescued Friday, authorities said. The anglers were on an ice floe [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – In September, Gov. Kristi Noem carried the American flag on horseback into a Sioux Falls arena full of fans. It was the Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup, advertised as “the richest rodeo [Read More…]

Just over two years ago, Congress pumped $14.2 billion into the Affordable Connectivity Program in hopes of connecting more people to high-speed internet. Eligible low-income households on tribal land can get $75 off their monthly [Read More…]

Three men were arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office during an attempted break-in at a church, part of a series of investigations into local church burglaries. Deputies stationed inside the targeted church observed two [Read More…]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues. Judge Stephen Locher’s preliminary injunction [Read More…]

Authorities in Clay County responded to a small plane crash near Vermillion Airport on Friday afternoon. The plane, found upside down near the runway, had two occupants who escaped without injuries. The pilot, facing engine [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight – Gov. Kristi Noem used the Friday before Christmas to reduce the sentences of nine women and three men convicted of felonies for using drugs in 2023. Each of the 12 [Read More…]

South Dakota businesses are assessing the recent holiday season, which, while not exceptional, was considered satisfactory by many. The state experienced favorable weather, boosting activities like hunting. Nathan Sanderson, the executive director of the state [Read More…]

The group Neighbors Opposed to Prison Expansion (NOPE) is progressing with its lawsuit against the state over the selection of Lincoln County for a new men’s state penitentiary. The lawsuit alleges a lack of transparency [Read More…]