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One woman died and another was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash two miles east of Milbank, SD Tuesday morning. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 10:30 am, the 61 year old [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley says the identities have been confirmed of the two bodies recovered last Friday at the scene of a Wessington Springs house fire. 51 year old Michial Brodkorb and 45 year old [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier has ruled that the state’s lawsuit against the NCAA should be heard in South Dakota circuit court and not federal court as requested by [Read More…]

Vehicle Vandalism In the early morning hours of March 14th, 2025 three unknown individuals vandalized a vehicle in the 400 of South Minnesota by slashing the tires and adding a substance to the gas tank.  [Read More…]

Fourteen year old Amanuel Gemechis of George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings recently won the South Dakota State Spelling Bee at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. South Dakota Education Secretary Joe Graves was on [Read More…]

Carson Walker-South Dakota News Watch Amanuel Gemechis, a 14-year-old student at George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings, will represent South Dakota in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington. The eighth-grader out-spelled 27 [Read More…]

The Attorney General’s Office is confirming two bodies have been recovered at the scene of a house fire in Wessington Springs. The fire was reported at 11:30 p.m. Thursday at a home located in Wessington [Read More…]

Carson Walker-South Dakota Newswatch On Saturday at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, 30 elementary and middle students from schools around the state will have the same shot at such an experience when they compete in [Read More…]

A 24 year old man from Brookings has been charged with 12 total counts of Possession of Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. Mohammad Ghosheh was arrested Tuesday. He was released on a [Read More…]

Since taking office last July, Mayor Jordan Hanson has been taking a deep-dive into all city government operations and community opportunities. He presented his findings before a sizable crowd Tuesday evening at the Muth Technology [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting a 73 year old  man from Olivet died in a two-vehicle crash early Monday evening five miles north of the Hutchinson County town. Preliminary crash information [Read More…]

On Monday, March 31, 2025, a bridge approach slab replacement project is scheduled to begin over the James River and Firesteel Creek Bridges on S.D. Highway 38 east of Mitchell. Highway 38 will be closed [Read More…]

Mayor Jordan Hanson has announced that City Hall will have extended hours Monday- Thursday from May 26- August 29 in 2025.  The revised hours are to allow citizens time before 8am and after 5pm to [Read More…]

A 24 year old man from Cherokee, Iowa died early Saturday morning in a single vehicle crash in Pringle, SD. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting around 2 am,  the driver of [Read More…]

The Mitchell Area Development Corporation has announced the preliminary approval of a $1 million zero-interest loan from the USDA Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program. The 10-year loan will support the development of a [Read More…]

By: Mary Steurer MANDAN, N.D. — A Morton County jury on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline, finding that the environmental group incited [Read More…]

As part of National Agriculture week, the Mitchell Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee hosted its annual Ag In The Classroom for fourth grade students from Mitchell and surrounding towns. Heidi Rients of the Natural Resources [Read More…]

South Dakota’s unemployment rate stayed at 1.9 percent in January, well below the national average of 4.1 percent, according to a report released Friday by the state Department of Labor and Regulation. The state’s workforce [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-South Dakota Searchlight Lawmakers introduced more than 50 bills during the 2025 legislation session proposing to alter South Dakota’s election laws. Almost half are “election integrity” bills, aimed at election security, technology and voter [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-South Dakota Searchlight After some South Dakota lawmakers complained about fatigue from the number of questions on the ballot, they’re sending four of their own measures to voters. South Dakotans considered seven ballot questions [Read More…]