New state public defense office has taken 43 cases so far
September 16, 2025
Staff of the South Dakota Office of Indigent Legal Services are pictured outside their office Sept. 11, 2025, in Sioux
Staff of the South Dakota Office of Indigent Legal Services are pictured outside their office Sept. 11, 2025, in Sioux
The Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls on May 15, 2025. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) Two federal agencies had to
The Deadwood Ridge Apartments in Deadwood. (Courtesy of Black Hills Pioneer) A loan from South Dakota’s Housing Infrastructure Financing Program
Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to reporters from a podium on July 28, 2025, at the Public Safety Administration Building in
The northeastern Sioux Falls site selected by Gov. Larry Rhoden’s administration for a new men’s prison. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)
Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to reporters from a podium on July 28, 2025, at the Public Safety Administration Building in
South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko presents to the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee on Jan. 23, 2025, at
A screen at the Minnehaha County Courthouse that normally displays the daily court calendar sits blank on Aug. 20, 2025,
Fuel options at a central Sioux Falls gas station, as seen on Aug. 22, 2025. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) SIOUX
From left, Rapid City Mayor Jason Salamun, Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley appear
An equal justice statue sits outside the doors of the Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
A man approaches the Minnehaha County Treasurer’s Office in Sioux Falls on Aug. 20, 2025, the second day on which
Drinks advertised as THC- and cannabis-infused on the shelves of a Rapid City store in July 2024. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota
Terrence Davis has declared his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for South Dakota secretary of state in 2026. A
An officer recruit fires a pistol during firearms training at the George S. Mickelson Law Enforcement Center in Pierre on
Sisseton-Wahpeton Police Captain Gary Gaikowski speaks to the State-Tribal Relations Committee on July 31, 2025, in Agency Village. (John Hult/South
J. Garret Renville, chairman of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, speaks to visitors from the State-Tribal Relations Committee about the tribe’s artifacts
Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to reporters from a podium on July 28, 2025, at the Public Safety Administration Building in
The South Dakota Educational Telecommunications Board meets in Sioux Falls on July 24, 2025. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) SIOUX FALLS
The federal courthouse in Sioux Falls. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) A Sioux Falls jury ordered a former state prison warden
Corn grows in a field in southeastern South Dakota in August 2023. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Very little of South
Cells at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. (Courtesy of South Dakota Department of Corrections) South Dakota lawmakers will gather in
The B-21 Raider is under development by Northrop Grumman in Palmdale, California. (Courtesy of Northrop Grumman) Funding for the B-21
A crowd gathers to hear Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the 2025 McGovern Day dinner on July 13, 2025, in
Inmates in the East Hall of the South Dakota State Penitentiary on July 8, 2025. (Courtesy of South Dakota Department
From left, Dakota State University President José-Marie Griffiths, Wyoming financial planner Reid Rasner and South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden participate
The site that was selected in 2023 in Lincoln County for a prison construction project. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) The
South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko speaks to reporters on July 9, 2025. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) SIOUX
South Dakota State Engineer Stacy Watters, left, and Vance McMillan of JE Dunn testify to the Project Prison Reset task
Susan Shumaker, a paramedic for Humboldt Fire and Ambulance, pictured in November 2022. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) Back in February,
A Humboldt ambulance in November 2022. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) Motorized cots and chairs, emergency medical technician training and life
Lance Russell speaks to voters in Sturgis during a 2018 campaign for attorney general. (Courtesy of Lance Russell) A county
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) A Friday decision by the U.S. Supreme Court set
Educational materials on sexual assault in prisons, produced by the South Dakota Department of Corrections and paid for by federal
The Project Prison Reset group meets on April 3, 2025, at the Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls. (John Hult/South
A crowd listens to a presentation on June 17, 2025, at Mitchell Technical College about the possibility of constructing a
Reid Rasner, who says he’s pulled together a $47.45 billion bid for TikTok, speaks on May 23, 2025, at Dakota
South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks during a press conference Feb. 6, 2025, at the Capitol in Pierre with
(Getty Images) The students who earned their certificates of library management this month with the aid of the South Dakota
People hold signs at a protest on May 23, 2025, at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. (John
Participants in a welding program for minimum security inmates are pictured at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls on Oct.
(Johner Images via Getty Images) The South Dakota State Library has secured the second half of its federal funding, which
The exterior of the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center near Sioux Falls. (Courtesy of USGS EROS Center) A preliminary
Representatives with Summit Carbon Solutions hand out information and answer questions ahead of a Public Utilities Commission hearing in Sioux
The South Dakota State Penitentiary, pictured on March 27, 2024. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) The South Dakota Division of Criminal
The Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls on May 15, 2025. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) It’s unknown how many immigrants