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South Dakota inmates trained to help communities with storm cleanup
5+ day, 45+ min ago (299+ words) The SD Department of Corrections announced Monday, May 4, that inmates are available to help with storm cleanup and other community service opportunities this summer. Over the last month, inmates have been certified to respond to natural disasters, and they are…...
South Dakota Supreme Court rules officers can hide names
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (522+ words) Officers who shoot when threatened can shield their names from public view under the victims" rights clause of the South Dakota Constitution, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The Wednesday decision came in one of the criminal cases filed against…...
South Dakota's new legal aid office argues first cases
2+ week, 3+ day ago (673+ words) Lawyers for the recently created Office of Indigent Legal Services delivered their first oral arguments before the South Dakota Supreme Court on Tuesday in Pierre. It was a watershed moment for the state's public defense agency, a $1. 5 million, five-attorney operation…...
South Dakota has third-highest increase amid growing US prison population
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (379+ words) The nation's prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline. A new prison population'report'from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, released before the federal shutdown, shows that 1, 254, 224 people were incarcerated in…...
Greenpeace seeks new trial in $345 M Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (604+ words) Greenpeace has asked for a second trial after a judge'entered a $345 million'judgment against the organization in a landmark case brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The case "threatens to result in one of the largest miscarriages of…...
South Dakota inmate dies while serving aggravated assault sentence
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (89+ words) aberdeennews. com South Dakota inmate dies while serving aggravated assault sentence The South Dakota Department of Corrections has announced the death of Shannon Kilber, formerly of Brown County. Kilber, age 57, died in the medical housing unit at Jameson Prison in…...
North Dakota law enforcement's AEDs save 90 lives
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (436+ words) An estimated 90 lives have been saved in North Dakota since a grant five years ago equipped law enforcement across North Dakota with modern life-saving equipment. Department of Health and Human Services officials gathered Wednesday in Bismarck to celebrate the success…...
Lack of national wolf recovery plan faces new legal challenge
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (599+ words) The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a decision the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service made last year to not release a national wolf recovery plan, saying the species doesn't need federal protection. Tuesday's lawsuit is…...
SD Public Integrity Unit fields 47 complaints, 4 criminal charges
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (326+ words) A state Public Integrity Unit fielded 47 complaints of state employee misconduct in its first six months of operations, according to the South Dakota Attorney General's Office. Of those complaints, 14 resulted in criminal investigations, four of which have resulted in criminal…...
Summit man dies in single-vehicle incident near Ortley, South Dakota
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (190+ words) aberdeennews. com Summit man dies in single-vehicle incident near Ortley, South Dakota A Summit, South Dakota man died on Saturday afternoon in a single vehicle incident six miles southeast of Ortley, South Dakota, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety…...