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John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on legislative conflicts of interest one day before the start of the 2024 legislative session. The announcement from the court came Friday. [Read More…]

On Friday night at 10:30 p.m., Rapid City Police responded to an armed robbery at the Exxon Common Cents Store on North Lacrosse Street. Witnesses reported a male entering the store with a firearm, demanding [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue promptly extinguished a small fire at a downtown convenience store’s gas pump after a driver struck it around 4:20 a.m. on Sunday. The impact knocked the pump over, causing a brief [Read More…]

Cory Cummings, a 44-year-old Mitchell businessman, is accused of threatening to hire a hitman to harm the mother of his children, leading to a recorded threat and a subsequent protection order. ATF and DCI agents [Read More…]

Early Friday morning, December 22nd, the Plankinton Volunteer Fire Department swiftly responded to a truck fire on the I-90 ramp at 281. The incident involved a fully engulfed semi-truck hauling cattle. The firefighters quickly initiated [Read More…]

On Tuesday, December 5th, the below pictured individuals attempted to steal approximately $1,800 in merchandise from a local business. An employee of the business was able to stop one of the individuals and recover approximately [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – A carbon pipeline project aimed at reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions from the Midwest ethanol industry is irritating some within that very industry. Summit Carbon Solutions aims to transport carbon [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – Complaints against South Dakota nursing homes are the highest they’ve been in at least eight years. The state Department of Health oversees 97 long-term care facilities, according to its website, [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Education reports a decrease of more than 600 students in both public and private K-12 schools for the fall 2023 academic year. Factors contributing to the decline include post-COVID-19 attendance [Read More…]

Sioux Falls police successfully apprehended a male suspect involved in a Thursday morning standoff after he forcibly entered a home, assaulted two victims, and threatened one with a gun. The incident prompted the closure of [Read More…]

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s “South Dakota Focus” will write for South Dakota News Watch. Each month, [Read More…]

Lincoln County, S.D.- 27-year-old Evan Dale Mallatt of Brandon, SD died Sunday morning in a single vehicle crash in Lincoln County. Preliminary crash information indicates Mallatt was driving a 1997 Chevrolet CK 107 heading westbound on 272nd Street and ran the stop [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – South Dakotans have less than two weeks to review and comment on the state’s new 2024 hazard mitigation plan, which is used to navigate and prepare for costly and deadly [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight – University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law students could soon earn their law license through supervised practice before graduation and two years of public service legal work in rural [Read More…]

A federal judge has sentenced Kayline Joy LaBelle of Waubay to five years in prison for embezzling over $200,000 from the Buffalo Lake District of the Sisseton Wahpeton Tribe, where she served as treasurer between [Read More…]

A 37-year-old man from Sioux Falls was arrested by the Sioux Falls Police Department for assaulting a 29-year-old woman with a hammer and attempting to strangle her. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at a [Read More…]

AAA anticipates the second-busiest holiday travel season on record, with approximately 372,000 people expected to leave home in South Dakota. While most will opt for driving, over 16,000 South Dakotans plan to fly. AAA cautions [Read More…]

Lincoln County, S.D.- A 67-year-old woman died Monday evening in a two vehicle crash in Lincoln County. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates a woman driving a 2014 [Read More…]

The Roberts County Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for Dilyn Fahleen, who is accused of assaulting two individuals, including a law enforcement officer. Fahleen has a warrant for other crimes, and he fled in a [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – When Jeff Olson saw a photo of a massive buck deer recently – along with a message suggesting it was a record breaker – he was immediately skeptical. Olson is [Read More…]