South Dakota Bat Found Inside Home Tests Positive For Rabies

If you're familiar with the hit sitcom television series The Office, it sounds like a South Dakota family took Michael Scott's advice about the dangers of rabies seriously. A family in Brandon, South Dakota, had a bat hiding inside their home....

South Dakota Job Corps under threat of closure

Bart Pfankuch investigative reporter and content director bart.pfankuch@sdnewswatch.org NEMO, S.D. – As a teenager 25 years ago, David Goodwin's future appeared bleak. Goodwin was smart, but for some reason he couldn't find his footing in the...

South Dakota stay-at-home mom blindsided by her husband’s divorce request — here’s Dave Ramsey’s blunt advice

The Ramsey Show Highlights/YouTubeChristy spent the last 14 years as a stay-at-home mom in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, raising six children, ages four to 18. Her husband of nearly 20 years recently dropped a bombshell that he plans to file for a...

Over 100 Days Later, South Dakota Dog Finds Loving New Home

Someone in Minnesota, Iowa, or South Dakota just adopted one of the sweetest four-legged friends around. Pearl is a 5-year-old German Sheppard/Greyhound mix who was waiting for her "furever" home at the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society for over 100...

Road Rage Incident Sparks Heated Tensions In Northeast Sioux Falls

We've all heard the expression "Crazy from the Heat." Perhaps the recent heatwave, which has had a grip on the Sioux Empire, played a part in a road rage incident that happened in Sioux Falls over the weekend. Dakota News Now is reporting that a...

4th Of July 2025 Gas Prices Across Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota

Travelers planning Independence Day road trips across Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota will see some higher gas prices. GasBuddy says the national average for a gallon of gas will be ticking up just a bit to around $3.17 a gallon on July 4....

Two Florida murder suspects arrested in South Dakota

July 2, 2025 SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–Two Florida men who were wanted for murder and robbery, have been arrested in southeast South Dakota. Devon Collymore and Moises Ramirez were both wanted in connection with the June 2024 killing of a store clerk in...

AAA: More than 215,000 South Dakotans to travel for 4th of July

Analysts are expecting an increase in the number of South Dakotans traveling for the 4th of July holiday. AAA projects over 215,000 South Dakotans will travel 50 miles or more this weekend. That’s a two percent increase from last year. The...

CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Bill King: South Dakota is Amazing

CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Bill King: South Dakota is Amazing Published 8:45 am Wednesday, July 2, 2025 After a few hours of sleep in Rapid City, we began our journey at the drug store…Wall Drug Store. Wall Drug is more akin to a shopping mall for...

Storm-chasing couple gets engaged in front of South Dakota tornado

CLEAR LAKE, S.D. – One couple had the experience of a lifetime over the weekend, when they became engaged in front of a tornado in South Dakota. Stormchasers Bryce Shelton and Paige Berdomas were tracking tornadoes during a severe weather outbreak...

Chutes sweep Sioux Falls West

Staff Reports BROOKINGS – The Brookings Chutes swept a junior legion baseball doubleheader against Sioux Falls West on Tuesday afternoon at Bob Shelden Field. Brookings won game one 8-4 and then took game two 15-5 in six innings. The Chutes are...

South Dakota State Rep. calls for toning down rhetoric following Minnesota Lawmaker shootings

Thune praises reconciliation bill aiding South Dakota's economy

Senator John Thune, US Senator for South Dakota | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator John Thune, US Senator for South Dakota | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senator John Thune of South Dakota has expressed approval following the Senate's...

KING: South Dakota is amazing

After a few hours of sleep in Rapid City we began our journey at the drug store, Wall Drug Store. Wall Drug is more akin to a shopping mall for tourists, but it originally began as a drugstore back in 1931 and there is a drugstore still in...

Sioux Falls man receives decade-long sentence for attempted enticement of minor

U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell | U.S. Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell | U.S. Department of Justice A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor. U.S. District Judge...

Sioux Falls man in custody after downtown assault; victim in critical condition

SIOUX FALLS — One person is hospitalized and another is in jail after police say an assault downtown left a woman in critical condition. Shortly after 11 p.m. Monday, June 30, police in Sioux Falls were called to an area under the Eighth Street...

Sioux Falls Airport expansion on track for August construction

The Sioux Falls Regional Airport is moving forward with the first phase of an expansion that will open the possibility of more flights to more places for area travelers. The City Council on Tuesday gave its blessing for the Airport Authority to...

Florida Men Wanted For Murder Arrested in SE South Dakota

Two men from Florida wanted for the murder of a store clerk have been arrested in southeastern South Dakota by the U.S. Marshals Service – Dakota Territory Fugitive Task Force with the assistance of several state and local partners. Devon...

South Dakota State Rep. calls for toning down rhetoric following Minnesota Lawmaker shootings

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -South Dakota State Representative Trish Ladner is calling for the toning down of political rhetoric following the alleged targeted shootings aimed at lawmakers in Minnesota. Ladner says she thinks it’s time for rhetoric to...

Dusty Johnson running for governor's office in South Dakota

By Bart PfankuchSouth Dakota News Watch U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson formally entered the 2026 race for South Dakota governor Monday, promising to bring a positive leadership style to efforts to strengthen families, better educate children and drive...