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Makenzie Huber-SD Searchlight Featured Image-Paul Horsted Paul Horsted calls himself a “re-photographer.” He takes new photos at historic places to show what has and hasn’t changed. His projects have included photography books retracing the 1874 [Read More…]

Families with kids in grades K-12 are expected to spend an average of nearly $864 on back-to school items this year. That’s according to data from the National Retail Federation. That data also says that [Read More…]

A 67 year old woman from Sioux Falls woman died last Saturday in a single-vehicle crash near Rochford, South Dakota. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 11am, 72 year old Randall Lee [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 16 other Attorneys General in requesting Congress to support the STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act. The Attorney General Office’s State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and others throughout the nation [Read More…]

A 59 year old man from Redfield, South Dakota died last Wednesday in a single-vehicle crash versus train crash near Redfield. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 7:22 pm on July 29th, [Read More…]

Our Region’s Manufacturing economy showed some improvement in July…but it’s just barely in positive territory. That’s the latest reading from the Mid America Business Conditions Index from Creighton University. Overall, manufacturing is growing…but jobs growth [Read More…]

The Mitchell City Council Monday agreed to allow the Mitchell Police Department to participate in the planning of a possible regional law enforcement center as part of Davison County’s proposed county jail project. Commissioner John [Read More…]

State officials say Sioux Falls Penitentiary Warden Joseph Roemmich is no longer employed by the Department of Corrections. Spokesman Michael Winder gave no explanation, stating Tabatha Benting is now serving as warden of the Jameson [Read More…]

Black Hills area fire crews are issuing a zero-tolerance policy for illegal fires as the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally gets underway later this week. Most Black Hills counties have issued burn bans ahead of the Rally’s [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting an 18 year old woman from Wall died Monday morning in a single-vehicle crash near Scenic, South Dakota. Preliminary crash information indicates shortly before 8am, the [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will receive $996,862.80 as its share in a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread, long-running [Read More…]

A 67 year old woman from Sioux Falls died Saturday in a single-vehicle crash near Rochford in the Black Hills. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 11am, the 72 year old driver [Read More…]

A 49 year old man from Omaha, Nebraska man died Monday in a two-vehicle crash near Tyndall. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety Preliminary reported around 8am Monday, 32 year old Dustin Ray Bothwell [Read More…]

Josh Haiar-SD Searchlight Pandemic-era political disputes may be fading in South Dakota after lawmakers who proposed COVID-19-related bills during the 2026 legislative session failed to enact their proposals, and some of the legislators who sponsored [Read More…]

A man from Omaha, Nebraska died Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash near Tyndall. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 8am, the 32 year old male driver of a 2020 Ford F-250 [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden won the Republican Party’s nomination for governor Tuesday in a runoff election, earning the chance to seek his own four years in office after filling out the [Read More…]

The Associated Press has reported Governor Larry Rhoden the winner in the GOP Gubernatorial runoff.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 49 other Attorneys General in pushing the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen its “Know Your Customer” rules to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. communications network [Read More…]

A 32-year-old man from Minnesota is in custody following a pursuit with the South Dakota Highway Patrol in Sioux Falls and the surrounding area Sunday afternoon. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around [Read More…]

A federal grand jury has indicted a Pine Ridge married couple on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, 14 counts of Wire Fraud, one count of Larceny, and one count of Embezzlement and [Read More…]