Latest News

The Watertown School District has communicated the impending closure of Roosevelt Elementary School by the end of the 2023-24 school year. The decision, made during the November 13, 2023 School Board Meeting, is part of [Read More…]

26-year-old Daniel Retana of Sioux Falls is facing criminal charges for shooting a 30-year-old victim during an alcohol-influenced altercation on the city’s north side. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on Friday morning near the [Read More…]

30-year-old Sequoyah Mark West Junior from Pine Ridge has pleaded guilty in federal court to the voluntary manslaughter of Martin “Mark” White Hawk in April 2023. The incident occurred during an argument between West and [Read More…]

Three individuals from South Dakota, Jaylen Bleu Ducheneaux, Weston Reid Clausen, and Whitley Traversie, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a gun heist at Reloaders Corner in Isabel, South Dakota last [Read More…]

The leader of a South Dakota tribe is expected to declare an emergency on the state’s largest Native American reservation because of rampant crime that he said hasn’t been curbed due to the U.S. government’s [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Hours before the sun rose over Champaign, Illinois, on the morning of May 19, 2021, Champaign Police Officer Chris Oberheim and his partner were called to the scene of a domestic [Read More…]

Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight RAPID CITY — The Air Force will spend $1.5 billion on 35 construction projects to accommodate new bomber planes at a base near Rapid City, according to the base commander. Nine [Read More…]

The Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a rollover crash that occurred just outside Baltic on Friday afternoon. The incident involved a Side-by-Side UTV carrying a 13-year-old female driver and two juvenile female passengers. [Read More…]

41-year-old Terry Morris Jr., already incarcerated in California, has been sentenced to more than 33 years in federal prison for his involvement in a Meth, Fentanyl, and Money Laundering Conspiracy in South Dakota. Operating the [Read More…]

Nicholas Keitges, a 32-year-old man employed at the University of South Dakota, is facing both state and federal child pornography charges. In federal court, he is charged with attempting to create, receive, and possess child [Read More…]

Alyssa Aune, the owner of a horse named Parker, is seeking justice after the beloved animal was shot in Marshall County, Minnesota, on November 8. A GoFundMe page has been created to raise awareness and [Read More…]

Doc Louallen/USA TODAY A lucky group of individuals from South Dakota made history by winning the colossal $360 million Mega Millions jackpot in October. Blue Yucca Trust from Rapid City, South Dakota, claimed a $360 million [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber and Annie Todd/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota government officials, tribal leaders, tribal child welfare coordinators, foster families and legislators agree: The overrepresentation of Native American children in the foster care system is a [Read More…]

Christopher Ingraham/Minnesota Reformer More ticks. More mosquitos. Less snowmobiling and ice fishing. Those are just a few of the climate impacts facing Midwestern states in the coming decades, according to the just-released Fifth National Climate Assessment. [Read More…]

The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office has reported the theft of copper wiring, estimated at $9,000, from a construction site on 32nd Street South. The incident occurred on November 12, 2023, around 9:48 p.m., when unidentified [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – A newly formed coalition is encouraging more conversation around sustainability efforts and policy in Sioux Falls and South Dakota. The Sioux Falls Sustainability Coalition is made up of already established [Read More…]

Aberdeen police were dispatched to the 500 block of S State St. on Thursday afternoon in response to a man swinging a machete towards bystanders. As authorities arrived, nearby businesses and a school were instructed [Read More…]

The South Dakota Board of Regents announced Steve Elliott as the next president of Black Hills State University (BHSU). Currently the vice president of academic affairs at Wayne State College (WSC) in Wayne, Nebraska, Elliott [Read More…]

WINNER, S.D. – U.S. Highway 18 through the city of Winner is anticipated to be open to traffic by the end of the day on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. This completes the second phase of [Read More…]

Three families with students having disabilities at Rapid City Stevens High School in South Dakota have filed complaints with the state’s Department of Education against Rapid City Area Schools. Nonprofit legal services agency, Disability Rights [Read More…]