Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

A state audit has found that South Dakota's new 605Drive vehicle registration system overcharged some vehicle owners after incorrectly calculating taxes and fees associated with trade-in values. Accor...

Rapid City crews are stepping up mosquito control efforts as residents prepare for Independence Day celebrations later this week. City officials said mosquito-control briquettes have been used to trea...

Residents of Highmore are cleaning up after a powerful storm brought some of the strongest wind gusts ever recorded in South Dakota, causing extensive damage across the community. A wind gust of 131 m...

President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Mount Rushmore on July 3 as part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebration. The White House announced the event, called "Rushmore 250," as part of its ...

The South Dakota Republican Party Convention got underway Thursday in Rapid City, bringing together hundreds of delegates, party leaders, and candidates for three days of meetings and political events...

An 18-year-old Rapid City woman was arrested Thursday evening after police located a stolen pickup and say she fled before being found in a nearby apartment. Officers spotted the stolen vehicle around...

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Chris Kujawa on charges of first-degree burglary and aggravated assault stemming from a 2025 incident in Box Elder. According to the court's...

Governor Larry Rhoden announced the appointment of Cassidy Stalley as a circuit judge in South Dakota's Seventh Circuit, filling a vacancy created by the elevation of Justice Gusinsky to the state Sup...

More than half of South Dakota continues to experience drought conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor data released June 25, 2026. Recent figures show roughly 53 percent of the state...

Reconstruction of the Interstate 90 interchange at Piedmont (exit 46) began in mid-June 2026, with crews currently building new eastbound ramps and working along Elk Creek Road and Sturgis Road. The m...