STURGIS, S.D. – For the second year in a row, a young lemonade stand entrepreneur has raised some big bucks for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Wyatt Dennis of Piedmont runs a lemonade stand during the annual motorcycle rally, and while he offers up free lemonade to the thirsty bikers, they in turn, leave lots of […]

STURGIS, S.D.— A Sturgis man who was driving drunk and crashed a car injuring his 4-year-old son has been sentenced and is headed to prison. Douglas Richard Daniels, Jr., 29, of Sturgis was indicted by a Lawrence County grand jury June 22, 2022 and charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (Driving Under The […]

RAPID CITY, S.D.—Two individuals in Rapid City have been arrested following a shooting incident Saturday, September 24, 2022. The Rapid City Police Department reports that police were dispatched to the 600 block of North First Street for a report of gunfire just before 7 a.m. Two individuals, 32-year-old Olivia Bruner and 38-year-old Shaun Yellowboy, were […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is under investigation for using a state-owned airplane to fly to political events and bring family members with her on trips. But the decision on whether to prosecute the Republican governor likely hinges on how a county prosecutor interprets an untested law that was passed […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing a lawsuit after her office refused to release expense records on five out-of-state trips this year to a liberal watchdog group. American Oversight is an organization that files open records requests and litigation against Republican officials. It filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Noem. […]

BATON ROUGE, LA (AP) — A Louisiana State Police lieutenant has been put on administrative leave after being arrested in South Dakota for allegedly paying a prostitute. State police said in a news release that the 20-year department veteran was in Rapid City for a work-related conference when he was arrested about 3 a.m. Tuesday […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Mark Vargo is preparing to hire a law enforcement officer to coordinate investigations into the disappearance and murder of Indigenous people. Vargo’s office said in a statement he met with Indigenous leaders after a gathering that included a song from Rapid City’s Wambli Ska Society and […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota teachers and school administrators are voicing opposition to Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed standards for social studies in public schools because it mostly left them out of the process of writing the standards. The state’s Board of Education Standards has kicked off a series of public hearings before deciding […]

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