VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota legislators have spent quite a bit of time this session debating crime and punishment. Senator Art Rusch of Vermillion introduced several bills with emphasis on treatment rather than stiffer penalties. Rusch says if legislators don’t change course, they will face an expensive alternative. Rusch says when he has toured… Read more »
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Sobriety checkpoints announced for March
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety has released its March list of sobriety checkpoints scheduled throughout the state. The checkpoints are done each month in different counties as a way to discourage drivers from drinking and then driving. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety… Read more »
Flu cases drop for first time this season
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) – Weekly flu cases have dropped in South Dakota for the first time this flu season. State Epidemilogoist Josh Clayton hopes it means flu season has peaked. Clayton says its good news, but the second half of the flu season is yet to come.
Affairs Committee passes bill to prohibit collective bargaining by Regents employees
PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The House State Affairs Committee passes a bill (SB 147) to prohibit collective bargaining by employees of the South Dakota Board of Regents. It would eliminate the union that represents faculty at the state’s six public universities. Presenting the bill this morning, Representative Jon Hansen of Dell Rapids. He says the… Read more »
Dix to be featured speaker at Community Affairs Luncheon
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s March Community Affairs Luncheon will feature Rachel Dix with the Aberdeen Home Builders Association as the speaker. This event will take place on Thursday, March 5 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Best Western Ramkota. An RSVP is required, and everyone is invited… Read more »
Nebraska woman identified in fatal crash on Interstate 29
TORONTO, S.D. (Press Release) – A Kearney, Neb. woman has been identified as the person who died Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash west of Toronto. A 2005 Peterbilt Conventional 379 semi-truck was pulling a full trailer and a pup trailer northbound on Interstate 29 when the driver braked suddenly for two dogs running across… Read more »
Perry receives death threat over vaping bill
ABERDEEN, S.D. (aberdeennews.com) – One of two bills related to vaping and reducing the number of flavors available to customers not only drew criticism, but a death threat for an Aberdeen legislator. Rep. Carl Perry, R-Aberdeen, said Hughes County law enforcement investigated the threat he received at the end of a voicemail left by a… Read more »
Reward of $25,000 offered for information leading to arrest in death of pizza delivery man
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the shooting death of a pizza delivery driver in Sioux Falls. Thirty-year-old Casey Bonhorst was making the delivery to an east side home Wednesday night when he was killed. The suspect, wearing a light-colored hoodie sweatshirt and… Read more »
Three South Dakotans arrested on meth trafficking charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal authorities say three people in South Dakota have been sentenced on methamphetamine trafficking charges in the last week. Thirty-nine-year-old Terry Paulhamus, of Rapid City, and 38-year-old Joel Boe, of Pierre, were each sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute meth. Frank Miller… Read more »
Man who caused lockdowns in Aberdeen apprehended in Indiana
ABERDEEN, S.D. (APD Facebook post) – Ronald Elkins, who was being sought Friday, by APD in reference to a Brown County warrant and suspicion of vehicular theft and violation of protection order, was apprehended in Indiana. The APD would like to thank Avera’s St. Lukes and the Aberdeen School District. Their assistance was integral in… Read more »