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PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that both the state of South Dakota and individual citizens will receive money from a $700 million agreement reached with Google regarding the company’s [Read More…]

Charles Reambonanza, a 34-year-old former science teacher at St. Francis Indian School in South Dakota, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and five years of supervised release for admitting to possessing child pornography. [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced a reward of up to $25,000 is being offered to anyone who provides crucial information that leads to the successful arrest and conviction of [Read More…]

An examination of South Dakota’s public college system reveals disparities in racial and ethnic diversity, with over 80% of students and more than 87% of faculty and staff identified as white, despite the state’s overall [Read More…]

Lawrence County, S.D.- One person died Wednesday evening in a car vs. pedestrian crash in Deadwood, SD. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates a 2011 Hyundai [Read More…]

People who make, possess or distribute computer-generated child pornography would be in line for up to 10 years in prison and a spot on the South Dakota Sex Offender Registry under a bill proposed by [Read More…]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A court fight over whether the federal government should cover North Dakota’s $38 million in costs of responding to the lengthy protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline years ago near its controversial [Read More…]

Mary Steurer/Minnesota Reformer – North Dakota is still weighing whether to challenge Minnesota’s new carbon-free energy standard nearly a year after top officials sent a letter to Minnesota’s governor calling on the state to modify [Read More…]

19-year-old Ethan Gillette of Louisiana is in custody at Minnehaha County jail, accused of killing a puppy. Prosecutors claim he was caught on camera beating and strangling the young dog, and Gillette allegedly admitted to [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchligh – South Dakota is one of six states that hasn’t applied for a federal grant program to support solar energy projects around the nation. The Solar for All initiative aims to lower utility costs [Read More…]

The Census Bureau has proposed a major change to disability questions on its annual American Community Survey that advocates say will reduce the number of people who are counted as disabled by 40%, including millions [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the Attorney General’s Office’s proposed legislative package for 2024 features five bills including separate legislation to regulate the drug Xylazine, add fentanyl protections, and make [Read More…]

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories on a South Dakota News Watch and Chiesman Center for Democracy poll that surveyed 500 South Dakotans on a variety of political topics. Stories will [Read More…]

Apple Tree Children’s Center West in Sioux Falls, initially slated for closure along with three other locations, will now continue its operations under new ownership. Former executive director Pete Nelson has taken on the business’s [Read More…]

In a late-night incident around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, two neighboring Sioux Falls homes in the 6100 block of W. Chickadee Place were shot multiple times, with one home hit three times and the other [Read More…]

The AgOutlook Conference in South Dakota brought together soybean producers earlier this month to discuss crucial factors influencing their industry. Tregg Cronin, a speaker at the conference, highlighted the impact of South American weather, Argentine [Read More…]

Lincoln County, S.D.- A 27-year-old Brandon, SD man died Sunday morning in a single vehicle crash in Lincoln County. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates a man driving [Read More…]

A 34-year-old man died in a head-on collision on Interstate 90 in western South Dakota after driving westbound in the eastbound lane on Saturday morning. The incident occurred a mile east of Wall, resulting in [Read More…]

Stu Whitney/South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – As Gov. Kristi Noem continues a $6.5 million advertising campaign to attract more workers to South Dakota, her Department of Labor and Regulation is cutting positions [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight BROOKINGS — Four university degrees will be discontinued at South Dakota Board of Regents institutions and two programs will be consolidated, according to a recent program productivity report presented to the [Read More…]