PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has declared Friday a holiday for state workers in honor of Juneteenth. Noem said her decision is in response to legislation signed Thursday by President Joe Biden establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. It’s meant to remember June 19, 1865, when […]

PINE HAVEN, Wyo. – The Pine Haven Fire, on the edge of the Pine Haven, Wyoming Town limits, is now 100% contained. The acreage burned remains at 103. The cause of the fire is believed to be unintentionally human caused. Mop up operations will continue through Sunday evening. Unburned fuel remaining inside the containment line […]

MITCHELL, SD – Capt. Donald Weiand, of Custer was named Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) South Dakota Wing Senior Member of the Year. Weiand, a retired active-duty military officer, is commander of Crazy Horse Composite Squadron, Custer, and serves in a variety of state and local roles in CAP. He, along with a number of other […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials warned Wednesday that despite coronavirus cases declining to the lowest rates since the early days of the pandemic, the state could see a resurgence of the virus in the fall if not enough people are vaccinated against COVID-19. State epidemiologist Josh Clayton explained the coronavirus is a […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota health officials reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday. Half of those new cases were out of Pennington County. Active cases statewide were down 5 today to 165 and the number of people hospitalized remained steady at 28. One new COVID-19-related death was reported today, sending the state’s death toll […]

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A fatal fall from a cliff in northern Wyoming appears to have been an accident, sheriff’s officials said Wednesday. Sheridan County sheriff’s officials identified the victim as Calli Aust, 28, of Sheridan. She fell from Steamboat Point about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Sheridan. Aust and her husband hiked to […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Thursday Scores from the Big Sticks Tournament in Rapid City: Rapid City Post 320 Shooters – 12, Rapid City Post 22 Bullets – 4 Rapid City Post 320 Risers – 7, Sturgis Post 33 Riders – 3 Watertown Post 17 Jr. Legion – 5, Rapid City Post 22 Expos – 4

FORT PIERRE, S.D. – The 2021 South Dakota High School Finals Rodeo is underway in Fort Pierre and Sturgis’ Landry Haugen is off to a hot start. Haugen is the leader in barrel racing after the 1st go, with a time of 15.810. Wall’s Piper Cordes is second. Haugen is also second in the girls’ […]

CASPER, Wyo. (June 16, 2021) — Kolt Dement, a freshman from Rusk, Texas, competing at his first College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) took the overall lead in bareback riding Wednesday. Dement, a ranch management major at Panola College, scored 83 points on Vold Rodeo’s Storm Valley to take the lead in the third round. Dement […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Post 22 picked up a split with Pierre in Legion Baseball Action Wednesday night. In game one, Pierre edged the Hardhats 9-8 and in game two, Post 22 got a hard earned 2-1 victory. In game one, Post 22 scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to […]

CASPER, Wyo. (June 15, 2021) — Taylor Lawson, a sophomore business major from New Waverly, Texas, set a College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) record in breakaway roping on Tuesday night. Lawson, who is competing at her first CNFR and representing Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC) , was the first breakaway roper to compete Tuesday night. […]