Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that 31-year-old Calahan Stark pleaded guilty in Yankton County Circuit Court to possessing cocaine and fentanyl with intent to distribute and bringing drugs into jail.
Sioux Falls police say a local man lost $181,000 to fraudsters posing as international law enforcement agents.
An Emery, South Dakota woman has been indicted for allegedly embezzling between $100,000 and $500,000 from her employer.
Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken is urging South Dakota lawmakers to close a “safety gap” in current gun laws.
A 26-year-old Brookings man is in custody after a violent crime spree that spanned Minnehaha and Yankton Counties Monday night. According to KELOLand, police say Connor Hanson stabbed a man in Sioux Falls around 5:30 p.m.
Parkston city officials are weighing a proposal to dissolve the local police department and contract with the Hutchinson County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement coverage. The plan, outlined by Sheriff Maurice Waltner and Mayor Tim Semmler, would provide up to 60 patrol hours per week starting January 1, redirecting the city’s $276,000 police budget to county services
A Lincoln County judge has sentenced 32-year-old Justin Rackley of Sioux Falls to three life terms without parole for killing three people at a 2024 bonfire.
A South Dakota circuit court has ordered the trial of Joseph Hoek to be moved from Moody County to Pennington County.
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.