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Nyibol Kuchlong, 26, and Nyok Kuoiloi, 36, from Brookings, welcomed their seventh child, a baby boy named Madit, who became Sioux Falls’ first baby of 2024. Madit, born at 1:13 a.m. in Sanford Medical Center, [Read More…]

Three men, identified as 31-year-old Billy “Ty” Phillips of Hawarden, 27-year-old John Carr of Sheldon, and 19-year-old Darren Nicholson of Sioux Center, were arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office for attempting to break into [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – Inflation, turnover, minimal increases in state aid to education, and pay raises absorbed by non-teaching staff: Those are the reasons for South Dakota’s lagging teacher pay, according to education experts [Read More…]

RED LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — More than 100 people stranded while fishing on an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river were rescued Friday, authorities said. The anglers were on an ice floe [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – In September, Gov. Kristi Noem carried the American flag on horseback into a Sioux Falls arena full of fans. It was the Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup, advertised as “the richest rodeo [Read More…]

Three men were arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office during an attempted break-in at a church, part of a series of investigations into local church burglaries. Deputies stationed inside the targeted church observed two [Read More…]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues. Judge Stephen Locher’s preliminary injunction [Read More…]

Authorities in Clay County responded to a small plane crash near Vermillion Airport on Friday afternoon. The plane, found upside down near the runway, had two occupants who escaped without injuries. The pilot, facing engine [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight – Gov. Kristi Noem used the Friday before Christmas to reduce the sentences of nine women and three men convicted of felonies for using drugs in 2023. Each of the 12 [Read More…]

South Dakota businesses are assessing the recent holiday season, which, while not exceptional, was considered satisfactory by many. The state experienced favorable weather, boosting activities like hunting. Nathan Sanderson, the executive director of the state [Read More…]

The group Neighbors Opposed to Prison Expansion (NOPE) is progressing with its lawsuit against the state over the selection of Lincoln County for a new men’s state penitentiary. The lawsuit alleges a lack of transparency [Read More…]

Last November, more than 150 items stolen from mass graves of Wounded Knee massacre victims were returned to a group of descendants, the Si’Tanka Ta’ Oyate O’mniceye (Descendants of the Si’ Tanka Nation). Now, a [Read More…]

A man wanted for domestic violence in Lead was apprehended in Deadwood after a series of events, including a high-speed collision with a patrol car just after noon on Thursday, the theft of another vehicle [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Education recently released documents revealing the revocation of teaching certificates for several former West River teachers. The offenses include an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student and possession of child [Read More…]

The lawsuit filed by former Augustana University music professors, Lisa Grevlos and Paul Nesheim, alleging breach of contract, retaliation, and discrimination has been allowed to move forward by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier. The [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – Four years ago, the annual Name the Snowplow Contest was created by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) to engage people across the state in winter driving safety awareness and preparedness. The SDDOT encourages [Read More…]

On Wednesday morning, a rollover crash occurred on County Road 465, south of SD Highway 22, involving a pickup truck that lost control on icy roads. The vehicle rolled into the east ditch, with the [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – The state minimum wage will increase from $10.80/hour to $11.20/hour effective Jan. 1, 2024.   The minimum wage is annually adjusted by any increase in the cost of living, as measured in the [Read More…]

(The Center Square) – South Dakota’s population grew by 1% to 919,318, according to the latest figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This reflects a net population change of 9,449 from July 2022 to [Read More…]