PIERRE, S.D.(KELO)- South Dakota Legislators will gather in Pierre for the 2024 legislative session. Among those laying out their agenda is Attorney General Marty Jackley. His primary focus is to protect children from Artificial Intelligence abuse related to child porn. Jackley also says it’s critical to stay ahead of the latest developments in drug abuse.… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- Emergency workers in the Sioux Falls region now have access to some of the most advanced training facilities you can find. City and state officials opened the 55-million dollar public safety campus this weekend. Governor Kristi Noem took a break from the Governor’s Pheasant hunt to recognize the importance of the new… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- Senior Night has always been a special event in the lives of high school athletes. It’s a time when they are recognized for their dedication to their sport in front of an appreciative home crowd. But this week’s Senior Night for the Watertown Arrows volleyball team will be even more meaningful. That Night… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(DRGNews)- South Dakota US Senator Mike Rounds and the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence working group hosted a panel discussion earlier this month with a group of medical professionals focused on the applications for artificial intelligence in medical research. Rounds says the panel participants agreed collaboration and regulation are both needed. Rounds says incredible progress can… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KWAT)–Watertown police were called out just after 8 p.m. Sunday on a report of a teenage girl who’d been shot. The call was to Burger King on Highway 212, although that is not where the shooting occurred. When police got there, they found a 17 year-old girl who’d been shot in the foot. Police… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen Insider)- The Aberdeen Area Arts Council is looking for a new executive director. Steve Thithavong, who had been with the arts council for about a year, has accepted a position as compliance and information officer in Aberdeen’s city finance office. Angie Cleberg, president of the Aberdeen Area Arts Council Board of Directors, said Ththavong starts… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is hoping new technology and testing procedures can help slow the spread of chronic wasting disease in the state.  Senior Big Game Biologist Bryon Buckley says last year officials reported 60 cases in multiple varieties of big game. While the current testing is considered the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(The Dakota Scout)- Gov. Kristi Noem is warning South Dakota lawmakers to prepare for a lean budget year, and that she won’t sign any bills attempting to repeal a sales tax holiday that began this summer. More than a month ahead of her December budget address, the second-term Republican in an op-ed Friday said… Read more »

MOBRIDGE, S.D.(DRGNews)- A Walworth County commissioner is proposing the formation of an oversight committee for the county’s Sheriff’s Department. During their Oct. 11, 2023, meeting, Sheriff’s Deputies John Abshire and Talese Aucoin spoke about how they, and the department, are treated poorly by the commission. During this week’s meeting, Commissioner Scott Schilling said he and local… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- He’s charged with impersonating a police officer. Sioux Falls Police Information Officer Sam Clemens says a woman noticed she was being followed in her car, and stopped to confront the man behind her. 44-year old Ronald Steef of Sioux Falls claimed to be an officer, but failed to show his badge before… Read more »