SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The second-longest serving police chief in Sioux Falls history has announced he is retiring from his position. Chief Doug Barthel announced Wednesday at a press conference that he will step down in October to take a position with Sanford Health. Barthel began with the department in 1986 and was named […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Minnehaha County commissioners have decided to use more than $109,000 in federal election money to buy a third digital vote tabulator. The Argus Leader reports ( ) that the additional machine meets a recommendation from an election review committee. The group formed after it took county election officials 14 hours […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City man accused of killing a 6-month-old girl has pleaded not guilty. Twenty-six-year-old Kristopher Houchin faces a second-degree murder charge in the June 26 death of L’Naya White. Preliminary autopsy results indicated she died from brain bleeding as a result of blunt force trauma. Police say Houchin was […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A memorial service and funeral have been scheduled in South Dakota for a Rapid City firefighter who died on the job in California. Thirty-eight-year-old David Ruhl was on temporary assignment with the Big Valley Ranger District of the Modoc National Forest. He went missing Thursday in hazardous fire conditions and […]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Investigators believe a fire at an aluminum products business in Yankton started when static electricity ignited a solvent being used to clean a paint gun. The Monday afternoon fire prompted the evacuation of Sapa Extrusions. No one was hurt. Plant Manager Kevin Perakslis tells the Daily Press & Dakotan ( ) […]

MOBRIDGE, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire at a gas station in Mobridge. Fire Chief Mitchel Voller tells the American News ( ) that the blaze at the Holiday gas station occurred about 12:30 a.m. Monday. He says it is not considered suspicious. No one was hurt in the fire, […]

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The number of traffic fatalities tied to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota has risen to nine. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says a two-motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 385 on Tuesday afternoon killed one person and injured another. They were not immediately identified. The Rapid City Journal reports […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City man accused of killing a 6-month-old girl has pleaded not guilty. Twenty-six-year-old Kristopher Houchin faces a second-degree murder charge in the June 26 death of L’Naya White. Preliminary autopsy results indicated she died from brain bleeding as a result of blunt force trauma. Police say Houchin was […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Agriculture says the cutoff date is approaching to apply for a farm and ranch recognition program that celebrates families who have had operations for 100 or 125 successive years. The department said Tuesday that the deadline to apply is Aug. 13. The program offers honors to […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man says he will plead guilty to killing a woman on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Thirty-year-old Lance Summers, of Fort Yates, is charged with murder in the slaying of 38-year-old Natalie White Lightening of Cannon Ball. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. Authorities say Fort […]