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A new monthly report shows gamblers wagered $140 million in Deadwood last month, which was down about 5% from the same month last year. About 90% of that money — roughly $127 million — went back to [Read More…]

The South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training Commission made a unanimous decision on Wednesday, signaling the fate of Brookings Police Officer Damien Weets’ career. A quorum gathered at the Sioux Falls Ramkota for [Read More…]

Castlewood residents voted Tuesday in favor of a $6 million bond with 60% approval, 315 Yes votes vs. 210 No votes, to fund school improvements following extensive damage caused by a tornado in May 2022. [Read More…]

Stu Whitney/South Dakota News Watch A suicide prevention program for teens is gaining traction in South Dakota schools, empowering students to look after one another and break down stigmas about depression. Hope Squad, which operates [Read More…]

                Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – South Dakota utility regulators voted Tuesday in Pierre to release the road bond and the public liaison officer associated with a controversial [Read More…]

South Dakota has joined 32 other states in a federal lawsuit that accuses Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to intentionally addict children and teens, in violation of state and federal laws that protect consumers [Read More…]

A deadly airplane crash occurred northwest of Pierre on Monday, resulting in one fatality and one injury. The single-engine aircraft was reported to have crashed near the Missouri River, prompting authorities to respond and conduct [Read More…]

Gas prices in South Dakota have continued their downward trend, with the state’s average at $3.54 per gallon, down four cents from the previous week and more than 30 cents from the prior month. However, [Read More…]

Reed Holwegner, the director of the Legislative Research Council (LRC) responsible for legal and fiscal research in South Dakota’s legislative policies, resigned during an Executive Board meeting. The 15-member board, consisting of senators and representatives, [Read More…]

A 67-year-old Sioux Falls man, Jackie Lee Harms, has been arrested on a charge of enticing away a child, a misdemeanor, after allegedly attempting to lure a child into his car in front of the [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, said during a weekend visit to Israel that if the world wants peace, “organizations like Hamas have to be eliminated.” Israel has been at war [Read More…]

He had dropped off his 9-year-old son, Montana, at Stewart’s Creek Elementary School in The Colony, Texas, that morning. “There were no problems at home. He was smart. He wore his heart on his sleeve [Read More…]

A teenager from northwest Iowa, identified as Joseph Salmon, sustained a serious gunshot wound in a hunting accident in Dickinson County’s Spring Run Wildlife Management Area. The incident occurred while Salmon was hunting with friends. [Read More…]

South Dakota’s State Board of Education Standards has approved changes to the schedule for K-12 education standards. Health education standards have been moved to 2025-26 from their original date of 2023-24. Social studies standards will [Read More…]

The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Commission held its October meeting in Deadwood, discussing various modifications and proposals. Changes were made to the Hunt for Habitat raffle package, adjusting available licenses. Mother’s Day and [Read More…]

A 32-year-old Brookings man, Quentin Schmidt, was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary for distributing methamphetamine, a case that initially started as a burglary investigation. Schmidt pleaded guilty to drug-related charges and received [Read More…]

A Sioux Falls home, owned by the Peterson brothers, was struck by a car for the second time in two years when a 40-year-old man crashed his SUV into the house at around 10 pm [Read More…]

The Aberdeen Police Department responded to a call about a suicidal individual who threatened to shoot law enforcement just before midnight on Saturday evening. They arrived to find the person with a gun outside a [Read More…]

Clark Kauffman A Cedar Rapids woman is contesting the state’s decision to revoke her license, arguing she’s the innocent victim of the Florida diploma mill that awarded her a fraudulent degree in nursing. According to [Read More…]

(Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Those who opposed the state Board of Education Standards’ 2022 decision to reduce travel reimbursements for providers in South Dakota’s Birth to 3 program said the change would make providers less [Read More…]