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Roberts County Sheriff's Office Continues to Search for Missing Man
{KXLG – Sisseton, SD} The Roberts County Sheriff's Office is intensifying its search for Christopher J. Kvatum, a 43-year-old man who has been missing since July 23, 2024. Kvatum, described as partially bald, approximately 6'1" tall, and weighing 210 lbs., is considered armed and potentially dangerous. In the initial...
Wilmot High School to Implement Successful JAG Program
{KXLG – Watertown, SD} Jobs for America's Graduates – South Dakota (JAG-SD) celebrated their 15th anniversary of empowering at-risk youth nationwide. The event at the Cherapa Place Interconnect highlighted the program's success and future plans, including exciting news for Wilmot. JAG-SD boasts a remarkable track record. Since its...
Two former teachers lose South Dakota licenses
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota teaching certificates for a former teacher in the Britton-Hecla school district and a former teacher in the Newell school district have been permanently revoked. Larry Telkamp was a music teacher for the Britton-Hecla school district. He was accused of various suggestive sexual...
DSS employee charged in $1.8 million theft appears in court Thursday
PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A former Department of Social Services employee accused of stealing nearly $1.8 million from the state is making her first court appearance Thursday in Hughes County. Lonna Carroll, 68, of Algona, Iowa, is charged with two felony counts of Aggravated Grand Theft. She was...
Referred pipeline law puts company's permit quest in limbo
An Iowa company seeking regulatory approval to run a carbon dioxide pipeline through South Dakota and four other states said a delay in its plan to re-apply for a permit has nothing to do with a November vote on the project. After Summit Carbon Solutions gained approval from the Iowa...
Dozens of South Dakota students stranded amid software outage
A global software outage delayed flights worldwide last weekend. For one group of South Dakota students, this resulted in a simple trip home turning into a three-day ordeal. A group of incoming Sioux Falls O’Gorman freshmen and their parents took a trip to Washington D.C. and New York. They went to the nation’s capital for a few days and then traveled to New York.
Heat and humidity are here to stay
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -- First Alert Weather Days will start today in central South Dakota and last through the weekend. The wind will begin to pick up through the end of the week which will help to try to thin out some of the smoke. The heat, and those alerts, will then advance east by the end of the week and heading into this weekend. Feels-like temperatures during the weekend will be in the triple digits for many of us.
Gevo wants state exemption for different power source
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A proposed project that would turn corn into renewable aircraft fuel is asking South Dakota regulators for an exemption that would allow a rural cooperative to supply electricity for its operation. Gevo Net-Zero 1 intends to put its facilities on a 245-acre site just east...
South Dakota awards $10M to eight airports
The South Dakota Department of Transportation recently awarded eight airports $10 million in South Dakota Airport Terminal Program (SDATP) grants. The program supports airport terminal projects statewide. It was funded through Senate Bill 144 that was passed during the 2024 legislative session. SDATP funds a one-time appropriation distinct from the traditional Aeronautics Commission policies. Funds […] The post South Dakota awards $10M to eight airports appeared first on Transportation Today.
DOE spent $2.6M on road trips, summits to promote new social studies standards
As many as 240 teachers embarked on road trips across South Dakota last week to learn more about the state’s history − history they will teach to their students by developing lessons based on information they learned on the trip. The road trips, and recent Civics & History Summits, are part of the South Dakota Department of Education’s rollout and implementation plan for new social studies standards that will be implemented in a year’s time. ...
SD awards $2M in grants for long-term care, but facilities sought $5M more
The South Dakota Department of Human Services recently awarded $2 million in grants for technology and equipment in the long-term care industry, which has been afflicted with closures and staffing shortages. Funding for the grants was approved by the Legislature and Gov. Kristi Noem during the 2024 legislative session, after being recommended by an interim […] The post SD awards $2M in grants for long-term care, but facilities sought $5M more appeared first on South Dakota Searchlight.
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