A Mitchell man has pleaded guilty to a reduced felony in connection with a violent domestic assault earlier this year. Court records show 30-year-old Tanner Pickner admitted to violating a restraining order, a Class Six felony reduced from an aggravated assault by strangulation charge.
A Pierre mail carrier, Nicholas Travers, will avoid prison after admitting to stealing Menards rebates. U.S. District Judge Eric Schulte sentenced Travers to one year of unsupervised probation and ordered restitution.
A 70-year-old man from Sturgis has died following a single-vehicle crash in Summerset. According to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, the man was driving west on Sturgis Road Friday when his vehicle struck a road sign and a telephone pole after veering into a ditch.
The South Dakota Supreme Court is in session this week at the Knudson School of Law in Vermillion for its October term.
Sturgis police have arrested four people following a high-speed chase tied to the rape and kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl. Authorities say the victim escaped a Sturgis home Monday and reported being sexually assaulted and forced to take illegal drugs.
A Yankton County man, Timothy Terrell Wilson, has been sentenced to 25 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary, with 15 years suspended, following his conviction for aggravated assault.
A 61-year-old Sioux Falls man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a 21-year-old woman during a confrontation in a parking lot on West Bailey Avenue. Police say Allan Lehne demanded payment from the victim before an altercation broke out.
Rapid City police arrested two individuals Saturday afternoon following multiple gunshots on Sturgis Road. Officers responded around 2:30 p.m. after witnesses reported a dispute and gunfire. No injuries occurred, but shell casings were recovered.
Authorities are investigating a deadly crash in Lincoln County Saturday night after a Jeep Grand Cherokee crossed the center line on 275th Street north of Lennox, went into a ditch, and rolled.
A tragic train collision near Woonsocket, South Dakota, left one man dead and another injured Saturday afternoon. Authorities say a 2012 Ford F-350 pickup became stuck on the tracks at 399 Avenue and 237 Street when it was struck by a BNSF train around 4:39 p.m