There have been at least 22 bills filed for this year’s South Dakota Legislative session that deal with elections in the state. Election security bills have been a staple of the last few sessions and ...

Vanessa Highpipe, 31, received a five‑year prison term on Jan. 30, along with five years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. She was indicted in May 2025 and later pleaded guilty on ...

A local man has been sentenced to 30 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to two counts of Aggravated Assault for a July 7, 2025 attack on two young women sitting in a ...

Candidates interested in running for the Rapid City Common Council can now pick up election packets at the City Finance Department. One seat in each of the city’s five wards is up for election in the ...

South Dakota recorded 110 fatal crashes and 123 deaths in 2025 — the lowest in five years — according to preliminary data from the Department of Public Safety’s Office of Accident Records. Fatalities ...

Meade County Sheriff Pat West said Tuesday Calls for service to the Meade County Sheriff’s Office have doubled in three years, rising from 10,875 in 2022 to 21,530 in 2025. The increase has been ...

A Rapid City man is arrested Sunday night on burglary and other charges in Pierre. Pierre Police Captain Kyle Cummings says officers were called Sunday night just before 8:30 pm to a residence on ...

Police say the manhunt for 37‑year‑old Jeremy Taylor intensified Tuesday after new information suggested he may have been dropped off near North LaCrosse Street and East Anamosa Street in Rapid City, ...

President Donald Trump said the United States and India have reached an agreement on a new trade deal, marking a shift in economic ties between the ...

The South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development has named Christopher Larson as the state’s new Energy Development Director.

House Republicans moved closer this week to holding Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after the couple ...

Several South Dakota gubernatorial hopefuls have filed their 2025 campaign‑finance reports.