Category Archives: News
'Dances With Wolves' Actor Charged With Sexual Assault
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - A former "Dances With Wolves" actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in multiple states has been charged in Nevada for crimes that pr...
Ryan R. Reider Feb 07, 2023
In South Dakota Senate, Far-Right Lawmakers Rankle GOP
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The conversation between a state senator and a legislative aide started with a seemingly routine discussion about a bill. It suddenly spiraled as the senator allegedly harassed the...
Ryan R. Reider Feb 04, 2023
Native Children Welfare Bill Passes South Dakota Committee
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A bill aimed at placing Native American children with other relatives when they are taken from their families during abuse and neglect proceedings was approved in a South Dakota Ho...
Ryan R. Reider Feb 04, 2023
'Dances With Wolves' Actor To Be Charged With Sexual Assault
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A former "Dances With Wolves" actor accused of leading a cult could be facing multiple felonies and life in prison after police said he sexually assaulted young Indigenous girls and t...
Ryan R. Reider Feb 01, 2023
South Dakota Lawmakers Push Bill To Bar Transgender Youth Care
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A state House committee voted Tuesday (1/31/23) to advance a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in South Dakota. Supporters argued a bill barring youth...
Ryan R. Reider Feb 01, 2023
South Dakota's Noem Breaks News Conference Tradition
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has yet to make herself available to the Capitol press during the first three weeks of the state's legislative session, breaking with a decades-o...
Ryan R. Reider Jan 28, 2023
South Dakota Senate GOP Leader: Senator Accused Of Harrassment
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's Senate Republican leader said Friday (1/27/23) that a committee will investigate a suspended senator for allegedly harassing a legislative aide during an exchange ov...
Ryan R. Reider Jan 28, 2023
Senate Moves Forward With Child Witness Protections Bill
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Child witnesses have the right to a safe courtroom, South Dakota state legislators agreed during an initial bill hearing on Thursday (1/26/23). The Senate Judiciary committee unani...
Ryan R. Reider Jan 27, 2023
South Dakota Senate Suspends Lawmaker After Vaccine Exchange
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Senate on Thursday (1/26/23) suspended a Republican state senator in a rare move that stripped the lawmaker of all legislative power while keeping the allegations ...
Ryan R. Reider Jan 27, 2023
Some Jan. 6th Rioters Gain Sympathy For Cause In Red States
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Trennis Evans III joined the mob in the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, climbing through a broken window and tossing back a swig of whiskey in a congressional conference roo...
Ryan R. Reider Jan 27, 2023




