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On June 3, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley welcomed 23 officers, including 11 tribal law enforcement officers, to the state’s first-ever tribal enforcement specific training session. Gov.

Centerville, SD (AP) — Three people were shot to death in a small South Dakota town, and a former law officer who once served as the town’s mayor is charged in the killings. Jay Ostrem, 64, was jailed on $1 million cash-only bond on three counts of first-degree murder, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said May 28 in a news release.

The Biden Administration just announced it would be increasing tariffs on about $18 billion of imports from China. The Biden Administration is increasing China tariffs above what the Trump Administration initially imposed on Chinese imports when Trump was in office.

(Pierre, SD) - Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson announces that a petition submitted for an initiated measure was validated and filed by her office today. This ballot question would legalize the recreational use, possession, and distribution of marijuana. The title for the ballot question will be Initiated Measure 29, and it will appear on the 2024 General Election ballot on November 5, 2024.

The South Dakota primary election is coming up next Tuesday, June 4, but local voters will have very few decisions to make at the ballot box. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents or those with no party affiliation will have a choice about hand-counting ballots for future legislative elections held in Gregory County.

The committee working on a plan for the city’s property at 509 and 511 Main Street presented their proposal for selling the lot (the two lots less 20 feet of the north side of 511) at the regular meeting of the Gregory City Council at 6:00 p.m., Monday, May 20, at City Hall.

A wish granted through Make-A-Wish is more than just a nice thing. It is far more than a gift or singular event. It is something that impacts everyone involved—wish kids, volunteers, donors, sponsors, medical professionals, and communities. Recently, the family of Evie Tietgen found out just how impactful one of those wishes can be.

Funeral services to be held for Lynn Zeller, 75 Funeral Services for Lynn Zeller, age 75, of Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Gregory, SD, will be held on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at the Methodist Church in Gregory, SD.

With the summer camping season kicking off on Memorial Day weekend, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) reminds campers to buy firewood where they burn it to minimize the movement of emerald ash borer (EAB) and other pests.