Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

South Dakota Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson announced Tuesday that Brian Bengs has officially qualified for the ballot as an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in the Nov. 3 general election. ...

A Mission man has been sentenced in federal court for assaulting a corrections officer at a tribal jail, U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced. Duane Rouillard III, 37, was sentenced April 21 by U.S. Di...

A Mission man has been sentenced in federal court for assault resulting in serious bodily injury. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte sentenced Jacob Wright, 31, to three years and five months in pris...

The South Dakota Department of Social Services says roughly 1,213 people on expanded Medicaid - about 4% of enrollees - could lose coverage once new federal work requirements take effect in 2027. The ...

A Rapid City man was arrested this afternoon after police responded to a report of a man brandishing a handgun in a residential neighborhood, an incident that prompted precautionary security measures ...

South Dakota Republican candidates gathered last night for their final gubernatorial primary debate ahead of the June election in Sioux Falls. Toby Doeden, Dusty Johnson, Larry Rhoden and House Speake...

A Sioux Falls police officer was shot and seriously injured Monday afternoon while responding to a weapons call, according to police. Officers were dispatched to a business near 12th Street and Lyons ...

A Rapid City man has been sentenced to the maximum 25 years in prison for a violent home invasion that occurred just hours after his release from prison. Forty-one-year-old Joshua Peacock received a 2...

A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for sexually abusing children. Jared Wickenhagen received the maximum sentence on two counts of sexual contact w...

The South Dakota Open Meetings Commission has issued a public reprimand to the Hermosa town board after determining it violated state open-meeting laws. The decision centers on an unannounced work ses...