The South Dakota Department of Health has launched a new task force aimed at reducing maternal and infant mortality across the state. The initiative focuses on addressing preventable deaths, including sleep-related infant fatalities—nearly two-thirds of which have occurred in adult beds, according to Health Department official Katelyn Strasser.
After years of battling high inflation, American consumers may be facing another wave of rising prices. Creighton University Economist Dr. Ernie Goss links the recent uptick in inflation to tariffs on foreign goods imposed during the Trump Administration
The South Dakota Municipal Street Maintenance Association has awarded Traffic Control Device Grants of up to $2,500 to Burke, Crooks, Murdo, and Platte to enhance local traffic safety.
The federal trial for Cory Cumings, a Mount Vernon man accused of illegally possessing over 100 firearms and ammunition as an unlawful drug user, has been postponed until September. Cumings has pleaded not guilty to the felony charge. The firearms, seized from his home and business, are also part of a pending federal forfeiture case. His attorney claims the seizure violated Cumings’ constitutional rights.
The South Dakota Department of Health, in partnership with the Departments of Agriculture & Natural Resources and Game, Fish & Parks, has issued updated 2025 fish consumption advisories.
As warmer weather increases pet and wildlife activity, South Dakota health officials are urging residents to remain vigilant about rabies. Though cases have declined over the past 50 years, the virus remains a public health concern.
South Dakota Housing’s Grants for Grads program is nearing its May 30th deadline, offering recent college graduates up to 5% of their loan amount toward a first home purchase.
Former Canton Township treasurer Peggy VanDeKieft, already serving a five-year prison sentence for embezzling nearly $500,000, is now facing a new federal lawsuit.
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Authorities in Mitchell, South Dakota, arrested 21-year-old Travis Bullington after a high-speed police chase involving a stolen red pickup truck reported out of Brookings County. The pursuit led officers through city streets and into rural Hanson County, ending in a cornfield after Bullington rammed two police vehicles