Author Archives: Jim Kallas

A Pine Ridge man has been sentenced to 19 years and seven months in federal prison for his role in a meth trafficking conspiracy and for possessing a firearm during a drug crime, the U.S. Attorney's O...

An attorney for Walter Mousseau has asked for a new trial, arguing prosecutors introduced false evidence during the insanity phase of his 2025 murder trial. Mousseau, 30, was convicted of second-degre...

A prosecutor says a teenager once charged in a 2022 double homicide at Rapid City's Knollwood Heights Apartments was misidentified. Then17yearold Robert Yellow Bird was initially arrested and indicted...

South Dakota health officials say influenza activity continues to climb, with 10,795 confirmed flu cases reported so far in the 2025-2026 season, according to the state's Influenza Dashboard. The dash...

A former Rapid City athlete was killed Wednesday morning in a bus crash involving the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team in rural Calhoun County, Iowa. The victim was identified as Carter John...

UPDATE: FRIDAY 8:00 a.m. (MT): Firefighters have achieved 75% containment on the Silver Mountain Fire. State, federal, and local crews have held the fire at 67 acres while working to secure the fire p...

Rapid City's Legal and Finance Committee voted to advance more than $44 million in Vision Fund support for a major expansion at Rapid City Regional Airport. The funding would help back bonds for the a...

Sequitor Edge plans to build a 30,000squarefoot modular data center in the Black Hills Industrial Center near Highway 79, with land closing expected in March and construction set to begin by late summ...

Trial opened Wednesday for Dillon Wilson, Erin Provancial, and Montell Olivera, the final three defendants charged in the Aug. 20, 2022 shooting deaths of Joseph Standing Bear and Petan Milk in north ...

Governor Larry Rhoden signed three bills aimed at enhancing South Dakota's outdoor recreation, conservation efforts, and state fairgrounds. HB 1047 - Provides funding for construction improvements at ...