Emily’s Hope and Let’s Be Clear have partnered with Brookings Health System to install a 24/7 community-access naloxone box, expanding access to life-saving overdose reversal medication in eastern South Dakota.
U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson voted this week to release files connected to Jeffrey Epstein as part of an ongoing House Oversight Committee investigation. Johnson said the move supports transparency while protecting victims’ identities.
The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the suspected drug overdose death of a 46-year-old inmate at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield. The case marks the seventh inmate death under investigation since February.
The South Dakota Department of Social Services will distribute the remaining November SNAP benefits to more than 37,000 eligible households following the end of the federal shutdown. Benefits are expected to be available on Tuesday.
More than 130 Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 665th Support Maintenance Company in Mitchell have been activated for federal duty and will deploy to Europe to provide critical maintenance support for U.S., NATO, and partner forces. The unit will spend the next year at the Grafenwöhr Training Area in Germany.
Dakota Wesleyan University will close its offices Wednesday through Friday, Nov. 26–28, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular operating hours will resume Monday, Dec. 1.
A Sioux Falls woman lost more than $200,000 to a scammer posing as an FBI agent, prompting renewed statewide warnings during International Fraud Awareness Week. Officials urge residents to be cautious of texts, cryptocurrency demands, and high-pressure tactics.
The Mitchell City Council will consider multiple land-use requests, license transfers, infrastructure agreements, and a proposed 2026 employee compensation plan during its Nov. 17 meeting. Councilors will also review several change orders and upcoming public hearing dates.
State prison offender Shane Osterkamp, 44, died Nov. 14 in a comfort care setting at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield. Osterkamp had been serving sentences out of Hughes and Sully counties.
Officer Shanden Reiners has graduated from the Basic Law Enforcement Academy and will soon begin serving the Mitchell community. Reiners follows in the footsteps of his father, Bill, who served with the South Dakota Capitol Complex Police Department.