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PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Tuesday announced that 11 inmates will face a combined 18 felony charges stemming from the March 27-28 disturbances at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. The inmates face charges including aggravated assault, simple assault, damage to prison property, and starting fires within the prison. […]
SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Northern Hills Ranger District on the Black Hills National Forest is planning to conduct the Beartown and/or Short Draw prescribed fire project April 24, 2024, as weather conditions permit. The Beartown project area is located 1 mile north of Iron Creek Lake off Tinton Road (Forest System Road 134) and the […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The U.S. Forest Service published a final, permanent order Friday that prohibits prairie dog hunting in part of the Buffalo Gap National Grassland in southwestern South Dakota. The order covers about 125 square miles of black-footed ferret reintroduction habitat in the Conata Basin, within the grassland’s Wall Ranger District in Jackson […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City man pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter during a court appearance Monday. Antoine Bissonette, 43, pleaded guilty to the killing of Andrew Bear Robe, 44, in March 2021. Bear Robe was found dead in the garage of a home in the 900 block of North Seventh Street in Rapid […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A man who assaulted a woman at a Hill City motel has been sentenced to prison. Jeremiah Hancotte was given two 25 year sentences that will run concurrently. Hancotte was convicted on one count of aggravated assault and one count of second degree kidnapping. He was accused of assaulting the woman […]
DEADWOOD, S.D. – Deadwood Police say the pedestrian struck while attempting to cross an intersection on April 17th has died from his injuries. The pedestrian was identified as 68-year-old William Whitley of Concord, North Carolina. An investigation determined Ramona Davis (58, of Lead, SD) was driving her 1999 GMC Denali west bound on Pioneer Way […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Monument Health’s flagship hospital received the lowest federal quality rating possible over the past two years, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which helps patients evaluate hospital safety and quality of care. Monument Health leaders said they are working hard to raise the rating by CMS, which gave […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. Â – Duane Sierra, 22, was back in court on Thursday, April 18, accused of the murder of Serena Ann Spider in May of 2023. Sierra is being charged with alternative counts of first and second-degree murder. Spider was found in the grass between LaCrosse Street and Brennan Avenue with a gunshot wound […]
ELK POINT, S.D. – A pursuit triggered by an outstanding warrant in Lawrence County, S.D., that began in Clay County, S.D.,  and ended in Union County, S.D., resulted in the arrest of a South Dakota woman who is running for the South Dakota House of Representatives. Robin Schiro, Elk Point, S.D. fled from Clay County […]
HILL CITY, S.D. – An injured hiker was rescued in the Black Elk Wilderness area, Hill City Fire officials reported on Friday. The Hill City Volunteer Fire Department reports that they were paged at 6:07 p.m. Friday night. The injured hiker was located 2.5 miles up trail 9 and then carried back down to an […]
Dr. Daniel Albert Watson, 84, a long-time resident and optometrist in Sturgis, SD, passed away on April 20, […]
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