Latest South Dakota Headlines
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3 South Dakota Family Members Sentenced for Defrauding Farmers
Sep 23 2021 // Three members of a South Dakota family accused of bilking millions from farmers due to risky speculation in the grain business have been sentenced to time behind bars. Jared Steffensen and his wife, Tami Steffensen,...
South Dakota AG Got Speeding Ticket Days Before Trial Over Deadly Crash
Sep 2 2021 // South Dakota’s attorney general was ticketed for going 57 in a 35 mph zone just days before he pleaded no contest to traffic charges for a car crash that killed a pedestrian last year. Jason Ravnsborg, the...
Confirmed Tornado Caused Damage in Southeastern South Dakota
Aug 31 2021 // A storm survey team from the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has confirmed it was a tornado that caused damage in and around Lennox during the weekend. The weather service tweeted the brief tornado...
Fines, but no Jail Time for South Dakota AG in Pedestrian Death
Aug 29 2021 // South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest on Aug. 26 to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the...
South Dakota’s Sanford Health Targeted by Cyber Hackers
Aug 6 2021 // A large healthcare system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, acknowledged that it has been targeted by hackers. Sanford Health President and CEO Bill Gassen confirmed to the Argus Leader that the organization was working...
South Dakota Supreme Court Allows Police Excessive Force Lawsuit to Proceed
Aug 3 2021 // The South Dakota Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to go forward alleging police officers used excessive force when arresting a Sioux Falls woman in 2016. Nichole Boggs sued in Second Circuit Court for injuries she...
South Dakota Rules for Medical Pot in Public Schools Approved
Jul 21 2021 // The South Dakota Department of Education succeeded on July 19 in its second attempt to get legislators to approve rules for allowing medical marijuana in public schools. The Board of Education struck language that would...
Autonomous Farming Vehicles Cropping Up in South Dakota
Jun 30 2021 // A John Deere tractor is pulling a grain cart. Dust swirls around the equipment as the tractor roars by. That’s a familiar sight in South Dakota. But there’s something different about this tractor. The cab is...
South Dakota Lawmakers, Cities Making Their Own Marijuana Plans
Jun 29 2021 // As South Dakota anticipates a state Supreme Court decision on whether recreational marijuana will become legal in July, state lawmakers and city governments are moving forward with their own pot plans. Officials across the...
South Dakota Records Second Earthquake This Month
Jun 18 2021 // Another earthquake has been recorded in South Dakota, the fifth since December. According to the United States Geological Survey, a 2.6 magnitude quake was recorded about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday with the epicenter about 60...
Earthquake Recorded in Southern South Dakota, No Damage Reported
Jun 7 2021 // Officials say an earthquake occurred in southern South Dakota, though no damage was reported. The United States Geological Survey said the 3.7 magnitude quake happened at 10:25 a.m. Friday just north of the South Dakota...
South Dakota Voters Passed Medical Pot, but Docs Hesitant
May 27 2021 // Medical marijuana advocates have convinced South Dakota voters that legalizing the drug for medical use is a good idea, but they are struggling to do the same with many of the state’s physicians. A split between the...
Judge Rejects State’s Argument in South Dakota Sinkhole Case
May 25 2021 // A judge has rejected the state of South Dakota’s argument that homeowners in a Black Hawk neighborhood lack legal standing to seek damages due to a sinkhole. The Rapid City Journal reports Judge Kevin Krull’s...
Debris Pile Apparent Source of South Dakota Fire that Caused 400 Evacuations
Apr 22 2021 // The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says no criminal charges are expected as a result of a large wildfire west of Rapid City. A debris pile is believed to be the source of a fire that burned about 3.5 square miles...
Deaths in Vehicle Crashes Up 38% in South Dakota in 2020
Apr 16 2021 // The number of traffic crash fatalities in South Dakota rose to 141 last year — an increase of 38% over the previous year. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety said in 2020, there were 132 crashes in which the...
Study of Area Where South Dakota Mine Collapsed to Begin in May
Apr 13 2021 // Experts from Montana Technological University will soon begin to analyze what lies underground in Black Hawk, S.D., neighborhood where homes have been evacuated because ground over an abandoned mine collapsed. A law firm...
‘Not Over Yet,’ But Crews Gaining Control of South Dakota Wildfires
Mar 31 2021 // Firefighters have begun to gain control of wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota that have forced the evacuation of more than 400 homes and closed the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Three separate wildfires were...
South Dakota Wildfires: 400 Homes Evacuated; Mount Rushmore Closed
Mar 30 2021 // Three separate wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota have forced evacuations of more than 400 homes northwest of Rapid City and shut down Mount Rushmore, authorities said. A fire that started near Schroeder Road in...
South Dakota AG Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Crash Charges
Mar 14 2021 // South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded not guilty in an initial court hearing for three misdemeanor charges he is facing for striking and killing a man with his car last summer. The Republican attorney...
South Dakota Senate Pushes Permissive Medical Pot Law, Defying Governor
Mar 12 2021 // South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s push to scale back a voter-approved measure to legalize medical marijuana was left clinging to life on March 10 after Republican senators defied her. The issue of implementing a...
