Pennington County law enforcement is also working hard rounding up drug pushers and users. According to a Wednesday post, felony drug arrests are up 4%…
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A Rapid City woman faces felony child abuse charges for leaving her child in her vehicle in the heat for two hours: Brendyn Medina is the…
While Governor Kristi Noem feels the need to lock herself up behind a fence, the state is locking fewer people up in its prisons. The…
…or maybe we’re having trouble finding teen workers because we’re arresting so many kids for drug offenses: A new study shows that South Dakota leads the…
When I was young and stupid, I was young and stupid. But even in my youngest and stupidest moments, I never got drunk, crawled into…
Following up on yesterday’s post about how Huron, Brookings, and other rural communities depend on immigration for their economic survival, an eager reader asked, “What…
South Dakota is part of a nationwide shortage of people who want to be cops: The Sioux Falls Police Department received 634 applications for open officer…
Last year Levi Breyfogle submitted two initiated amendments that he’d like to petition on the 2020 ballot. These measures, to outlaw “victimless” crimes and to…
The feds have indicted South Dakota Republican schemer Paul Erickson, not centrally for any shenanigans with convicted Russian agent Maria Butina, but for wire fraud…
Here’s another needless bill from our legislators. The Republican mother-son team of Rep. Lana and Sen. Brock Greenfield offer House Bill 1197, a measure intended…