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The South Dakota Department of Education reports a decrease of more than 600 students in both public and private K-12 schools for the fall 2023 academic year. Factors contributing to the decline include post-COVID-19 attendance [Read More…]

Sioux Falls police successfully apprehended a male suspect involved in a Thursday morning standoff after he forcibly entered a home, assaulted two victims, and threatened one with a gun. The incident prompted the closure of [Read More…]

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s “South Dakota Focus” will write for South Dakota News Watch. Each month, [Read More…]

Lincoln County, S.D.- 27-year-old Evan Dale Mallatt of Brandon, SD died Sunday morning in a single vehicle crash in Lincoln County. Preliminary crash information indicates Mallatt was driving a 1997 Chevrolet CK 107 heading westbound on 272nd Street and ran the stop [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – South Dakotans have less than two weeks to review and comment on the state’s new 2024 hazard mitigation plan, which is used to navigate and prepare for costly and deadly [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight – University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law students could soon earn their law license through supervised practice before graduation and two years of public service legal work in rural [Read More…]

A federal judge has sentenced Kayline Joy LaBelle of Waubay to five years in prison for embezzling over $200,000 from the Buffalo Lake District of the Sisseton Wahpeton Tribe, where she served as treasurer between [Read More…]

A 37-year-old man from Sioux Falls was arrested by the Sioux Falls Police Department for assaulting a 29-year-old woman with a hammer and attempting to strangle her. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at a [Read More…]

AAA anticipates the second-busiest holiday travel season on record, with approximately 372,000 people expected to leave home in South Dakota. While most will opt for driving, over 16,000 South Dakotans plan to fly. AAA cautions [Read More…]

Lincoln County, S.D.- A 67-year-old woman died Monday evening in a two vehicle crash in Lincoln County. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates a woman driving a 2014 [Read More…]

The Roberts County Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for Dilyn Fahleen, who is accused of assaulting two individuals, including a law enforcement officer. Fahleen has a warrant for other crimes, and he fled in a [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – When Jeff Olson saw a photo of a massive buck deer recently – along with a message suggesting it was a record breaker – he was immediately skeptical. Olson is [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that both the state of South Dakota and individual citizens will receive money from a $700 million agreement reached with Google regarding the company’s [Read More…]

Charles Reambonanza, a 34-year-old former science teacher at St. Francis Indian School in South Dakota, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and five years of supervised release for admitting to possessing child pornography. [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced a reward of up to $25,000 is being offered to anyone who provides crucial information that leads to the successful arrest and conviction of [Read More…]

An examination of South Dakota’s public college system reveals disparities in racial and ethnic diversity, with over 80% of students and more than 87% of faculty and staff identified as white, despite the state’s overall [Read More…]

Lawrence County, S.D.- One person died Wednesday evening in a car vs. pedestrian crash in Deadwood, SD. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates a 2011 Hyundai [Read More…]

People who make, possess or distribute computer-generated child pornography would be in line for up to 10 years in prison and a spot on the South Dakota Sex Offender Registry under a bill proposed by [Read More…]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A court fight over whether the federal government should cover North Dakota’s $38 million in costs of responding to the lengthy protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline years ago near its controversial [Read More…]

Mary Steurer/Minnesota Reformer – North Dakota is still weighing whether to challenge Minnesota’s new carbon-free energy standard nearly a year after top officials sent a letter to Minnesota’s governor calling on the state to modify [Read More…]