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Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
AUGUST 14, 2023: HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana judge on Monday (Aug. 14, 2023) sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean an...
Jody Heemstra Aug 14, 2023
High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
UNDATED (AP)- Recent assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners have renewed concerns about whether the federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people in its custody safe. Derek...
Jody Heemstra Dec 08, 2023 Ken Mayer / CC
Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been arrested after 2 weeks on the run in Pennsylvania
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023, UPDATE: POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante has been captured after eluding hundreds of searchers for two weeks in rural southeastern Pennsylvania. Law e...
Jody Heemstra Sep 13, 2023
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter mark 77th wedding anniversary at home in Plains, Georgia
JULY 7, 2023: ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday (July 7, 2023) at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-...
Jody Heemstra Jul 07, 2023 Georgia Institute of Technology
Evaluations confirm 12 tornadoes formed during last week's derecho
MAY 19, 2022: The Aberdeen office of the National Weather Service has issued a final report on the severe storms that spawned tornadoes across northeastern South Dakota and west-central Minnesota last...
Jody Heemstra May 19, 2022
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is free and reflecting on prison term for conspiring to kill her abusive mother
JANUARY 3, 2024: UNDATED (AP)- Gypsy Rose Blanchard said she has found a way to forgive her mother - and herself. But it has been a long journey from years of abuse and the darkest parts of her life s...
Jody Heemstra Jan 03, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
State water board approves over $431 million for South Dakota rural water system projects; Funding included for Mid-Dakota and West River Lyman/Jones rural water systems
The South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved (April 13, 2022) $431,159,550 in grants and loans for rural water systems throughout South Dakota. These awards are part of more than...
Jody Heemstra Apr 14, 2022
Natalee Holloway's confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder
NOVEMBER 1, 2023: LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba was returned to Peru on Tuesday (Oct. 31, 2023) to serve...
Jody Heemstra Nov 01, 2023
Ethics board dismisses Noem plane case, says law is unclear
DECEMBER 20, 2022: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's ethics board has dismissed a complaint against Gov. Kristi Noem for using state government aircraft to attend events hosted by political orga...
Jody Heemstra Dec 21, 2022
Special sessions-- District 24 Sen. Mary Duvall update of the SD Legislature
Special sessions by District 24 Senator Mary Duvall. As Veto Day drew to a close, the Governor indicated she would be working with legislative leaders to schedule a Special Session to deal with three ...
Jody Heemstra Apr 14, 2021