Family identifies man shot and killed by Sioux Falls police; questions why a taser wasn’t used

The man killed Thursday morning by police has been identified by his brother. Elwood Dwyer, 52, was shot by police following an hour-long standoff.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Dakota del Sur reporta tres muertes más de personas con COVID-19

Tres personas más han muerto con COVID-19, según datos publicados el jueves por la mañana por el Departamento de Salud de Dakota del Sur.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Nepotism probe into Gov. Noem, South Dakota labor office leaves questions unanswered

Labor Secretary Marcia Hultman denied that Kristi Noem’s daughter would have been denied a license if the governor hadn’t stepped in.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

These people have been shot by law enforcement in Sioux Falls since 2004, four fatally

The man killed Thursday morning is the fourth person shot and killed by Sioux Falls police since 2010.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Sioux Falls Police shoot and kill man after he charged at officers, police say

Sioux Falls Police Department units, the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office and SWAT vehicles could be seen at 12th Street and Garfield Avenue around 9:30 a.m. Thursday.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Legalize recreational marijuana, tax at 15%, South Dakota pot panel says

Legislature’s executive committee to get final say before recommendations head to House and Senate floors in January.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Grab some ice cream and help Sanford Health Children’s Hospital on Miracle Treat Day

All Sioux Falls locations are participating in the fundraiser, as well as the Canton Dairy Queen and the Dell Rapids Dairy Queen.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

SD Supreme Court: Votes to hold special lawmaker gatherings in South Dakota can be kept secret

South Dakotans don’t have a right to know how their lawmakers voted when it comes to considering impeachment of their state’s attorney general, according to a South Dakota Supreme Court ruling.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Board approves timeline for new social studies standards review process

A second round of drafting and review of the state’s social studies standards will begin its process as soon as next week.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Sioux Falls is the best place to live in South Dakota, among the top cities in US, study finds

This year’s list by Livability was shaped by how the pandemic has increased remote work, the news release said.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Police: Threat to Roosevelt High School circulating on Snapchat was ‘made up’

The Sioux Falls Police Department investigated a potential threat to a local high school that was “made up,” according to a school official.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Hobo Day photos 2021

More than 20 photos from this year’s Hobo Day Parade and tailgate.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Here’s when Sioux Falls will accept applications for medical cannabis dispensary licenses

A lottery will be held to distribute the city’s five medical cannabis dispensary licenses. Applications can be submitted Oct. 29-Nov. 15.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Spooky Sioux Falls: What I learned about downtown’s haunted history in new scavenger hunt

Chances of encountering ghosts are slim, but you’ll learn plenty of haunted tales and Sioux Falls history in the Haunted Downtown Scavenger Hunt.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

It’s fall, but the leaves haven’t fallen yet in Sioux Falls. Here’s why

Various factors, like drought and warm weather, are to blame for why trees in Sioux Falls haven’t lost their leaves yet.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Before Karl’s, Brodie’s was a source for appliances and electronics in Sioux Falls: Looking Back

Brodie’s Certified Appliance opened three locations in Sioux Falls in the 1960s. Two eventually became Karl’s TV and Appliance.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

South Dakotans need to use 605 area code before making phone calls starting Sunday

Beginning Sunday, callers in-state will have to include the “605” area code to complete their calls.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Hy-Vee onions sold in August recalled and should be discarded

The potentially impacted onions would have been sold at Hy-Vee stores between Aug. 13 and Sept. 1, 2021. Any remaining produce should be thrown out.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

UPDATE: State of South Dakota websites functioning after failure Friday morning

Government websites controlled by the state of South Dakota were down Friday morning, but were live again by the afternoon.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Photos: Researchers sample Big Sioux River for river otter population data

Game, Fish and Parks researchers sample the Big Sioux River for river otter population data        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

1,400 invited to South Dakota’s annual governor’s pheasant hunt, but public won’t know who

Former Gov. Dennis Daugaard volunteered the attendee list to the pheasant hunting event to the media. But his successor is taking a different route.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

Analysis: COVID-19 in South Dakota schools improving this year when last year, they weren’t

After starting off this year with more covid cases in K-12 schools than last, schools are better off now than last year.        Top Featured Tags: – South Dakota News Press Release Distribution Service

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