Travelers can now see new Indigenous art at Rapid City Regional Airport

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Visitors coming in and out of Rapid City Regional Airport will now be able to indulge in 15 new Indigenous art pieces. As part of the airport’s partnerships with Crazy Horse Memorial, the Journey Museum, and the Sioux...

Rapid City council voting to raise salaries for non-union benefited employees

Rapid City company repairing foundations, one structure at a time

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Extreme Foundation Repair & Concrete Lifting has been operating since 2018. “We do concrete lifting, we do waterproofing like the membranes in the crawl spaces and stuff, and we do foundation repair as well, we lift...

Sioux Falls man charged with second-degree murder related to Friday assault death

SIOUX FALLS — A Sioux Falls man was charged with second-degree murder on Monday after an assault turned deadly in an eastside apartment on Thursday. Police say Shawn Raphael Roubideaux, Sr., was involved in an altercation in 600 block of North...

Rapid City woman arrested for DUI after dragging mailbox, starting fire

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A woman was arrested July 2 after RCPD said she dragged a mailbox under her SUV, causing mail to catch fire. Police were alerted to a driver driving recklessly along E. North Street around 11:30 p.m. Reports said that a white...

Sioux Falls Under Severe Thunderstorm Watch Monday Evening

Sioux Falls and the surrounding area have a pretty good chance for some stormy weather on Monday afternoon and evening (July 7). The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, iowa, And...

Lalley: Sioux Falls and Fargo, air travel brothers of different mothers

On South Dakota Public Radio they’d call this a challenge match. The City of Sioux Falls is considering loaning $5 million to help out with a planned expansion that will add at least four gates to the Sioux Falls Regional Airport. Which, careful...

REPORT: Minnesota set to play San Francisco in Sioux Falls

The Minnesota Golden Gophers have added another opponent to their 2025-26 schedule. According to college basketball insider Jeff Goodman has reported that the Golden Gophers will take on the West Coast Conference’s San Francisco Dons this season...

Smittys Split With Sioux Falls On Tuesday From Fossum Field

Posted on July 8, 2025 by - Sports TUES SCHEDULE HIGH SCHOOL Legion Baseball SF Post 15 East 9 F/7 Aberdeen Smittys 15 – WP: Bennett Eisenbeisz 3IP. 5H. 4R. 3ER. 2BB. Lance Siefken 2-4 + run & 4RBI. [Game 1] [Presented by Culvers of Aberdeen] SF...

South Dakota VFW Baseball adds state tournaments to give more youth teams a chance to play

MITCHELL — After 60-plus years of organizing state youth baseball tournaments in South Dakota, the Veterans of Foreign Wars baseball postseason is going to look much different in 2025. Gone are the past Class A and Class B region tournaments and...

Sioux Falls PD: Victim pushed off retaining wall dies

July 7, 2025 SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–A woman pushed off a retaining wall near the 8th Street bridge in Sioux Falls last week died of her injuries Sunday night. At Monday’s police brieifing, authorities identified the victim as Doris High Elk. Forty five...

Sioux Falls event leaves politics and hate at the door and invites in kindness and unity

A free event this week asks community members to gather for kindness and compassion in response to violence and political polarization in Minnesota. The recent shootings of lawmakers in Minnesota left local communities devastated, but inspired...

Travelers can now see new Indigenous art at Rapid City Regional Airport

Sioux Falls woman found unconscious under 8th Street bridge has died

Police say a Sioux Falls woman has died days after she was found unconscious under a downtown bridge. That means more charges could be coming for the man already charged with assaulting her. Doris High Elk, 39, died on July 6, said Aaron Benson,...

Remembering The Devastating 1972 Rapid City Flood

It was a dark day on June 9, 1972, in South Dakota. Heavy rains pelted the Black Hills. The water had nowhere to go. Previous rains left the ground saturated. Before the clouds lifted on June 10, 238 people had perished in the floodwaters making...

Sioux Falls mayor says there are 'better options' for new state prison

While many argue Sioux Falls is the best location for a new $600 million men's prison, one of the city's leaders doesn't agree with that train of thought. Mayor Paul TenHaken said he believes there are better options out there. “The Lincoln County...

South Dakota AG warns of donation scams following Texas floods

PIERRE, S.D. (KTIV) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning people to be aware of money donation scams for relief efforts following the Texas flash floods. Jackley said scammers use disaster events, such as the flooding in Texas,...

Sioux Falls man jailed for wallet theft

LARCHWOOD—A 60-year-old Sioux Falls, SD, man was arrested about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, on a Lyon County warrant for fourth-degree theft. The arrest of Mark Andrew Pederson stemmed from him being handed a wallet that did not belong to him by an...

Photos: South Dakota Golf Association Junior Tour stops in Watertown      

Stuart Stein of Watertown places the ball for his son Ethan (9-and-under boys) prior to a tee shot on No. 6 during the South Dakota Golf Association Junior Tour event on Monday, July 7, 2025, at the Prairie Winds Golf Club.Roger Merriam/Public...

South Dakota, West Virginia 15-mile races join forces

Prairie Striders Running Club The Jack 15 road race and the Charleston Distance Run, the only 15-mile road races in America, are joining arms to honor runners who complete both events. The 15-15 promotion has been created at the instigation of the...