Just before 1 a.m. Sunday, Mitchell police responded to reports of a truck driving without headlights in the Activities Center parking lot on North Minnesota. The vehicle nearly struck parked cars and a squad car before the driver, who showed signs of impairment, was stopped.
Mariah Sazue, a former HR director for the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for embezzling over $44,000 through falsified timesheets.
Top South Dakota officials gathered at the Washington Pavilion for a public safety forum focused on a proposed $650 million men’s prison in Sioux Falls. The plan, endorsed by the Project Prison Reset task force, could double the city’s prison population and raise crime concerns.
ICE has confirmed an active investigation at Trail King Industries in Mitchell, South Dakota, amid increased federal immigration enforcement across the state. The probe follows recent worksite operations and a new 287(g) partnership with the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.
The South Dakota Department of Corrections has issued a public safety notice ahead of the release of high-risk offender Michael Pigney. Scheduled for release in the Sioux Falls area, Pigney will not be under parole supervision following convictions in Minnehaha County.
Brookings Police now say a medical emergency caused the sudden death of South Dakota State football player Nate White. The 20-year-old sophomore running back from Wisconsin was found unresponsive at his Brookings home the morning of June 25th.
A Brookings man is facing charges after allegedly leaving an 8-month-old baby in a hot car for over 30 minutes during Tuesday’s extreme heat.
Authorities have released new information on a July 2 crash in Mitchell that left an 18-year-old moped driver with life-threatening injuries. The collision occurred at Sixth Avenue and Winsor Street when a Jeep Compass driver failed to yield and struck the unhelmeted teen.
A Sioux Falls man is in custody after allegedly making a bomb threat at a Brookings Starbucks on Wednesday afternoon. Police say the threat, which claimed a bomb was placed in the drive-thru, prompted a swift response from authorities, who later determined it was not credible. The suspect, William Watkins Jr., has been arrested and charged with making a felony terrorist threat.
The South Dakota prison planning task force has made major progress toward building a new men’s state prison, agreeing to a $650 million cost cap and narrowing the location to two industrial sites in northeast Sioux Falls.