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Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight A ballot question committee is suing South Dakota’s top election official over a new law that shortens the window for petition circulation by three months. Dakotans for Health filed the lawsuit Tuesday [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — As a trial opened Tuesday for a woman accused of stealing $1.8 million intended for children under South Dakota’s care, the defense alleged that the state shares the [Read More…]

Sioux Falls police and South Dakota Highway Patrol responded to two related officer-involved shootings involving 25-year-old Samir Albaidhani, a wanted parole absconder, on Tuesday, April 1. The incident began when Albaidhani shot a Sioux Falls [Read More…]

Detectives from the Rapid City Police Department (RCPD) and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) worked overnight to pursue leads in the investigation of a fatal stabbing that occurred the previous evening. During their investigation, [Read More…]

Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch Casey’s General Store is being sued for allegedly exploiting its workers through the discriminatory practice of imposing a tobacco-use surcharge for health insurance coverage. The surcharge, which is alleged to [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden unveiled a proposal Monday that would give counties the option to implement a half-percent sales tax to fund property tax reductions for homeowners. Rhoden [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Petitioners hoping to put state constitutional amendments on the ballot won’t need signatures from each of South Dakota’s legislative Senate districts. After the governor vetoed a bill containing the requirement last week, [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Nine months after historic flooding in McCook Lake wreaked havoc on homes, roads, trees and infrastructure, government officials are widening their focus from recovery efforts to prevention. McCook Lake is [Read More…]

Lincoln County, S.D.- A Harrisburg woman died in a two-vehicle crash early Friday afternoon, approximately six miles north of Canton. The names of those involved are being withheld pending notification of family members. According to preliminary crash [Read More…]

Eastbound traffic on Interstate 90 is being temporarily rerouted at Exit 201 due to a private bus rollover west of the Vivian exit. Authorities report no known injuries or fatalities. The South Dakota Highway Patrol [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) announced that the Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved $139,791,400 in loans and grants for drinking water, wastewater, and solid [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Property taxes eat away larger and larger slices of 71-year-old Shirley Schumacher’s fixed income each year. She has lived in the same 900-square-foot home in the southwestern South Dakota community [Read More…]