Author Archives: Jim Kallas

President Donald Trump has pardoned Joseph Schwartz, former head of Skyline Healthcare, whose company operated multiple nursing homes in South Dakota before collapsing in 2018. Schwartz had been sente...

A Pennington County jury has ruled that Walter Mousseau, 30, was not legally insane when he drowned Sheldon Glenn, 43, in Memorial Park on July 4, 2022. While Mousseau was found guilty of second-degre...

With Congress passing and President Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Representative Dusty Johnson says it was an easy decision for him to support the legislation.. With the President'...

Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced the formation of a 15-member Advisory Task Force Committee on Open Meetings Laws, set to hold its first meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. CST in Pierr...

A fire broke out early Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Coeur Wharf mine, located about 12 miles outside Lead. The blaze began around 6:55 a.m. during scheduled maintenance at the mine's crushing facility. ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced A Pasadena, California, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in an online scam that defrauded a Chamberlain resident of $472,000....

South Dakota's Governor's Resilience and Infrastructure Task Force (GRIT) presented its initial recommendations to Governor Larry Rhoden and the state's congressional delegation, focusing on strengthe...

Sean Carlos Payne, 34, of Bellevue, Nebraska, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a 13-year-old South Dakota girl and transporting her across state lines. He plead...

The Rapid City Area Schools Board unanimously approved the 2026-27 academic calendar, featuring a later start date of Aug. 24, 2026, and an end date of May 31, 2027-five and six days later, respective...

Puffy's Dispensary has filed a 23-page lawsuit against Rapid City in Seventh Judicial Circuit Court, alleging the city failed to follow its own medical cannabis ordinances and misled the company about...