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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Starting Monday, March 11, 2024, the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) will begin reconstruction work on Benson Road and the Interstate 229 interchange. Benson Road will remain opened to traffic [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — With most of this year’s legislative session in the rearview mirror, some lawmakers are making a final push on a trio of bills they describe as an effort [Read More…]

Moody County, S.D.- A 56-year-old man died Friday afternoon in a single vehicle crash in Moody County. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a 2020 [Read More…]

44-year-old Cory Cumings from Mount Vernon pleaded guilty to two out of four DUIs within six months and was sentenced this week to 203 days in jail. However, 150 days were suspended, and he was [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight Lawmakers on a budget committee have agreed to another tuition freeze for state universities as South Dakota’s legislative session enters its final week and attention turns to the budget. If the agreement [Read More…]

Hughes County, S.D.- A pedestrian suffered fatal injuries Friday morning in a single vehicle crash in Pierre, SD. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Out of 13 recommendations made by the county funding summer study committee — consisting of a dozen lawmakers who dedicated their summer to understanding how to support county governments in the state — [Read More…]

A structure fire at the 4500 block of South Canyon Road in Rapid City resulted in one fatality on Thursday. The Rapid City Fire Department responded to the fire after a passerby reported smoke coming [Read More…]

The Watertown Police Department conducted a significant drug bust in Watertown, resulting in the arrest of 22-year-old Devin Muilenburg. Detectives seized over 900 prescription pills, 19 ounces of psilocybin mushrooms, several hundred THC products, and [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, Joshua Haiar – South Dakota Searchlight The assertion that election officials are not being threatened or intimidated in South Dakota helped derail legislation this week at the Capitol in Pierre that would have [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Average teacher compensation would only have to rise half as much as state education funding under the new terms of legislation advanced Thursday morning by a committee of South Dakota senators. [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The largest economic development project in South Dakota history hinges on two things: a carbon pipeline and a $950 million federal loan guarantee. If the former doesn’t happen, according to [Read More…]

Yankton police and EMS responded to a distressing call late Wednesday night, finding an unresponsive infant at a residence in the 700 block of Capitol. Despite efforts to save the child, they were later pronounced [Read More…]

ARIELLE ZIONTS/KFF HEALTH NEWS South Dakota lawmakers want state officials to create an educational video to help doctors understand when they can end a pregnancy without risking prison time under the state’s near-total abortion ban. [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch BOX ELDER, S.D. – The 2024 South Dakota Legislature considered two spending measures for construction projects aimed at preparing for an influx of military personnel and civilians arriving [Read More…]

John Lorens, a 65-year-old man from Sioux Falls, was arrested and booked into the Minnehaha County Jail for possessing and sharing child pornography. The arrest followed a tip from the National Center for Missing and [Read More…]

Esther Wolfe, a 25-year-old woman, was publicly executed in Pennington County, according to a release from the Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office. Ezekiel Mayweather was arrested for her murder this past Wednesday, February 21, with [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — A bill that would increase tax credits for insurance companies to help low-income students attend private school earned final legislative approval Wednesday. The House of Representatives passed the bill 56-13 [Read More…]

Amy Dalrymple, North Dakota Monitor The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received 200,000 comments on the Dakota Access Pipeline, with 30,000 that were unique and substantive, an official said Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of the Army [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — The state Senate advanced spending bills Tuesday that include millions to build a new men’s prison, fund water and wastewater projects, and keep nursing homes afloat, among [Read More…]