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The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) is pleased to announce Dan Ahlers has returned as the party’s Executive Director. Dan brings extensive administrative and political experience to the role as a former administrator of the [Read More…]

Madison Police issued a warning after a mountain lion was sighted in town at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, believed to be traveling north. No additional sightings have been reported. Residents are advised to keep [Read More…]

An explosion and subsequent fire occurred at a residence near Humboldt on Wednesday morning, resulting in injuries to the occupants. Multiple neighbors reported hearing a loud noise resembling a gunshot around 5 a.m. A passerby [Read More…]

South Dakotans are the fourth largest recipients this year from a federal program that pays agricultural landowners to keep environmentally sensitive land out of production, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Conservation [Read More…]

Two Watertown residents, Amanda Raml and Colton Vig, have been charged after forcibly abducting a man and threatening him with weapons. Raml kidnapped the victim and, alongside Vig, made threatening statements and fired a round [Read More…]

30-year-old Jared Herbert Nichols was arrested in Yankton on Monday, October 16 and charged with possession of an explosive device with intent to injure or destroy property, as well as making threats. The Yankton Police [Read More…]

Presentation College, with over 70 years of history, has closed its doors, and the city of Aberdeen is now in early discussions to repurpose some of its facilities in partnership with the Presentation Sisters. City [Read More…]

Following a lengthy discussion on Monday night, the Mitchell City Council voted 6-2 to amend its lease agreement with the Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Foundation. Most provisions of the amendment relate to the Rodeo Foundation’s [Read More…]

Free flu vaccines are available today at the Corn Palace from 3 pm to 7 pm for anyone age six months through 64 years-old as part of the regional flu POD. Randy Reider is the [Read More…]

John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight Prison inmates in South Dakota who want to buy nearly anything beyond their state-furnished three meals a day can only order from one store: the prison commissary. For years, [Read More…]

Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, released her 15th HBO documentary titled “The Insurrectionist Next Door.” The documentary premiered on HBO on Sunday, October 15 and focuses on the individuals who [Read More…]

Gasoline prices in South Dakota have decreased by 7 cents per gallon in the past week, with the current average price standing at $3.55/g, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 628 South Dakota stations. Prices are [Read More…]

A new Emerson College Polling survey in South Dakota finds Governor Kristi Noem with a 43% job approval among residents, while 37% disapprove of the job she is doing in office. President Biden holds a [Read More…]

Multiple train cars owned by Ringneck & Western Railroad derailed and tipped over near 1st Avenue and South Minnesota Street in Mitchell on Saturday afternoon. Thankfully, there were no injuries reported in the incident. The [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch When Coleman Eagle Elk first met a boy he expects to mentor from youth to adulthood, he used an ancient indigenous instrument to find common ground through song. [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Talk of artificial intelligence is all but unavoidable in 2023. The emergence of tools like ChatGPT for text generation and Midjourney for art have pushed the technology into the public consciousness in a way voice [Read More…]

3M, one of South Dakota’s major employers with over 1,000 workers, held a groundbreaking ceremony this week for a substantial expansion project in Brookings. The $158 million investment, set to continue over the next three [Read More…]

U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann has issued a preliminary injunction in response to a lawsuit against the Sioux Falls School District, which had cut the gymnastics program. The ruling mandates that the school district cannot [Read More…]