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Black Hawk, South Dakota — a 137-year-old community with a population of over 3,000 — isn’t actually a city. The community has its own ZIP code, post office, water company, fire department, cemetery, businesses, churches [Read More…]

South Dakota lawmakers are considering Senate Bill 117, introduced by Sen. Joshua Klumb, R-Mitchell, aimed at easing regulations for the state’s industrial hemp industry by aligning THC testing standards with federal guidelines. The proposed amendment [Read More…]

The South Dakota House has approved Senate Bill 60, which modifies the requirements for school bus drivers, particularly those with diabetes. Previously, diabetic drivers had to undergo additional tests to obtain a medical card for [Read More…]

South Dakota lawmakers voted 8-5 to reject a bill proposing to raise the minimum age of marriage from 16 to 18. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Kadyn Wittman, aimed to address concerns about child marriages, [Read More…]

39-year-old Lacey Leigh Durham of Canton, South Dakota, pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular battery, hit and run, driving under the influence, reckless driving, and speeding after a New Year’s Eve incident. She allegedly [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight – A bill that would create a commission to study and possibly propose a new state flag design to the Legislature and Governor’s Office failed in the Senate State Affairs Committee [Read More…]

PIERRE, John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight – For every pay period, the average correctional officer in a South Dakota prison works an average of 14 overtime hours. That’s an hour more than the last fiscal [Read More…]

PIERRE, John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight — A returned check written to a South Dakota business could soon cost its account owner $20 more. Senate Bill 38 would update the fee businesses can charge people for a [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – An ethanol production company headquartered in Sioux Falls announced Monday it will partner with the remaining company looking to build a carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota. Poet will collaborate [Read More…]

Gasoline prices in South Dakota have dropped by 2.8 cents per gallon over the past week, averaging $2.75/gallon. This marks a 13 cents per gallon decrease from a month ago and a substantial 60 cents [Read More…]

Terry Lee Schoenhut, a 39-year-old fugitive wanted on multiple charges in Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota’s Pennington and Tripp counties, was apprehended in the Pierre area by an off-duty Hughes County Deputy sheriff. Schoenhut, considered [Read More…]

This story, the first in an occasional series about water challenges facing the American heartland, is a partnership between Stateline and the Kansas Reflector. MOSCOW, Kan. — Brownie Wilson pulls off a remote dirt road right through a steep [Read More…]

Rapid City Police are probing the suspicious death of an unidentified man discovered at Memorial Park on Sunday morning. Responding to a call about an unresponsive male, authorities found the deceased individual and have labeled [Read More…]

Preliminary crash information indicates the 66-year-old driver of a 2013 Ford F-150 was traveling northbound on 479th Avenue just south of the 191st Street intersection. For an unknown reason the vehicle left the roadway entering the east [Read More…]

John Hult, Makenzie Huber, Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight – Lawmakers arrived in Pierre for the 99th session of the South Dakota Legislature earlier this month with an apparent will to challenge assumptions about the [Read More…]

The Watertown School District is confronted with an unforeseen teaching vacancy following the arrest of an English teacher, Jordan Bakken. The charges against Bakken, including Solicitation of a Minor, Fourth Degree Rape, and Sexual Contact [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – Governor Kristi Noem said during her recent budget address that she wants the state to return more unclaimed property to its rightful owners. She could start by claiming her own. She’s one [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight – The state Department of Social Services plans to extend Medicaid reimbursement to doula services for prenatal, delivery and postpartum care for pregnant South Dakotans this year. Efforts are underway nationwide to [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight – A bill that would force prison lifers to wait longer between clemency requests was returned to its original, more stringent form by the South Dakota Senate. As amended Thursday afternoon [Read More…]

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” To reach the Native and Strong Lifeline, call “988” and [Read More…]