RAPID CITY, S.D.–Four men are facing federal charges after a joint sex trafficking and child exploitation operation during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Elmer Hopper, Beau Remington, Jayson Gomez, and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (S.D. Searchlight)–A 39-year-old former state trooper plans to seek the office of South Dakota secretary of state for the Democratic Party. If the party chooses him at its nominating ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–A Brandon woman has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for trafficking meth in the Sioux Falls area. Forty nine year-old Wendy Stricherz traveled to Las Vegas to pick up ...

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Larry Rhoden announced that the State of South Dakota has entered into a purchase agreement that grants the State the option to purchase land at the Benson Road site.

The company’s website says it owns 31 newspapers across Arizona, Illinois, South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming, as well as six “shoppers,” which are freely distributed advertising publications. One ...

PIERRE, S.D.–Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency intends to build a power plant south of the Deuel County town of Toronto and sell the electricity to Missouri River Energy Services. They jointly ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court.

Funeral services for Donald Fryslie, 96, Watertown, will be held Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. at Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, Watertown. Visitation will be on Monday, August 11, 2025 ...

PIERRE, S.D.–South Dakota is brewing up something special for America’s 250th birthday. It’s a commemorative beer called Dakota Liberty. State historian Ben Jones says the beer will be unveiled August ...

Summit Carbon Solutions has a new CEO, Joe Griffin, who authored ...

Meanwhile, a second separate fatal crash occurred Thursday on South Dakota Highway 44 and Airport Road. A pickup was eastbound and preparing to make a left turn onto Airport road. As it was turning, ...

PIERRE, S.D. –Two South Dakota lawmakers have formed a political action committee because they want Larry Rhoden to run for governor in 2026. Republican Representative Mike Derby is chairing the PAC ...