All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2021 // A mechanical failure caused the fire that has burned about 1.5 square miles northwest of Rapid City, according to state and local officials.South Dakota Wildland Fire and the Rapid City Fire and Police departments tweeted...
Oct 5 2021 // FEMA on Oct. 4 authorized the use of federal funds to help with the cost of fighting the Auburn Fire in Pennington county, on the north side of Rapid City, South Dakota, that is threatening 500 homes.Around 1,000 people...
Oct 1 2021 // The widow of a man who died last year after being struck by a car driven by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has reached an out-of-court settlement after threatening a lawsuit, the two sides...
Sep 30 2021 // More than 150 homeowners in a development outside Rapid City, South Dakota, are suing Meade County over risks to their properties after a sinkhole exposed an abandoned gypsum mine.The federal complaint filed Sept. 27 by...
Sep 24 2021 // The South Dakota Supreme Court, in an opinion released Sept. 23, agreed with a lower court ruling that two people on a motorcycle who were severely injured in a crash with a volunteer firefighting trainee cannot collect...
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, pleaded...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...