SIOUX FALLS | South Dakota Senate Republicans in a private 2020 meeting planned how to achieve an already-negotiated outcome to a committee investigating a pair of lawmakers for being intoxicated during legislative proceedings even before the committee had a chance to meet, according to a te…
Vince Vidal, a Rapid City Democrat, announced his candidacy for state House District 33, which includes portions of Pennington and Meade counties.
Republican John Carley has announced that he is running for state Senate in District 29, which encompasses most of Meade County.
Republican Jodie Frye has announced her run for a state House seat representing District 34.
Rapid City attorney Jay Shultz announced that he will run for a seat representing state House District 34, which encompasses west Rapid City.
Elevate Rapid City will be hosting events throughout the month of May to help connect the public with candidates leading up to the June 7 primary election.
The third annual Elevate Rapid City Pro-Business scorecard tracked the votes of area legislators on 14 key bills that Elevate took a stance on during the 2022 Legislative session.
SIOUX FALLS | The South Dakota attorney general's office on Tuesday said it will launch an investigation into whether state campaign finance disclosure laws were broken by a political organization that sponsored billboards to push state lawmakers to impeach Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.
PIERRE | Republicans on a South Dakota House committee want to clear the state's attorney general of impeachment charges for his actions surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash, arguing that anything wrong he did was not part of his work “in office.”
PIERRE | A South Dakota House committee recommended on Monday that the state’s attorney general face no impeachment charges for his actions surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash.
PIERRE | A South Dakota House committee recommended on Monday that the state's attorney general face no impeachment charges for his actions surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash.
PIERRE | The South Dakota Legislature failed to override three vetoes from Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday, killing multiple proposals.
Christine Stephenson, a Democrat from Rapid City, has announced her candidacy for District 32 in the South Dakota House of Representatives.
Steve Duffy, a Republican from Rapid City, has announced his intention to seek election for state House District 32, which encompasses the central corridor of Rapid City.
The Douglas School Board received a presentation from Ann Petitt, executive director of elementary curriculum and instruction, on Acadience data — a program that gathered student data on K-5 reading, at its regular board meeting Monday evening.
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Class B athletes from West River didn't make a huge splash at the state track and field meet this spring, but those who did made sure to make it count.
At first glance, Rexy is a normal American dog. He loves people, ear scratches and his favorite dog bed. But Rexy’s story is one of survival, and, as his owner puts it, “love, determination and commitment.”
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says that President Joe Biden had granted the state’s request for a presidential disaster declaration to aid the recovery from May storms that included over a dozen tornadoes. Gov. Kristi Noem requested the declaration, which allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist in recovery efforts. The storms hit the eastern part of the state on May 12 with tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding. Two people were killed, roads were temporarily closed and thousands of people were left without power.
South Dakota’s interim attorney general has dismissed two of former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s top appointees who were involved in the aftermath of Ravnsborg’s 2020 fatal car crash. Ravnsborg was removed from office last week after the Senate convicted him on impeachment charges for his conduct surrounding the crash. He struck and killed a pedestrian but initially said he might have hit a deer or other large animal. Gov. Kristi Noem appointed the lead prosecutor in the Senate impeachment trial, Pennington County State’s Attorney Mark Vargo, as interim attorney general. Vargo quickly dismissed Ravnsborg’s chief of staff, Tim Bormann, and the Director of the Division of Criminal Investigation, David Natvig, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported.
Proposed changes in veterans’ healthcare facilities in South Dakota and elsewhere are on hold for now. Some U.S. senators, including South Dakota’s Mike Rounds and John Thune, have agreed to dismantle a commission tasked by the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out closures, downsizing and other significant changes to medical facilities. That means the VA Hospital in Hot Springs will remain open. The commission was considering moving VA medical services from Hot Springs to Rapid City. Those programs include inpatient and outpatient care, nursing home and rehabilitation services. The senators are choosing not to confirm appointees to the commission. Rounds says that means the commission will expire and not have enough time to review recommendations.
A proposed South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks shooting range in Meade County hit another roadblock Tuesday after the county's Board of Commissioners unanimously denied relocating a section line near the property.
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A federal judge in Rapid City sentenced a Louisiana man to prison for attempted possession of child pornography. The man was apprehended during a multi-agency 2020 sex trafficking sting during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Pennington County's Chief Deputy State's Attorney will take over after State's Attorney Mark Vargo was appointed as South Dakota's Attorney General.
More than 150 people stood at the corners of Ninth and Main streets near the federal courthouse in Rapid City through the rain Friday evening protesting the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
A 32-year-old former violent offender was arrested following a Thursday night shooting in Rapid City.
With bid requests for the Rapid City Police Department southwest precinct and phase two of the Rapid City Hall renovation project, council members questioned the process for the requested authorization.
A Rapid City resident filed a code of conduct complaint against Rapid City Council member Pat Jones alleging intentional and malicious libel.
Gov. Kristi Noem has appointed Pennington County State’s Attorney Mark Vargo as South Dakota Attorney General effective Tuesday.
HOT SPRINGS | U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., announced Monday that the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs has found a way to stop the proposed closure of several U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, including the hospitals at Hot Springs and Fort Meade.
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