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Viability of rural ambulance services in S.D. at risk due to staffing and funding shortages
Rural ambulance services in South Dakota are having an increasingly hard time recruiting volunteers and generating revenues, putting the stability of the services at risk and making it more likely that rural residents will endure longer response times in emergencies or possibly lose ambulance service altogether.
While most larger cities
Legalization votes bring worries of increased youth marijuana use, but evidence remains murky
One major concern of South Dakotans who opposed legalization of medical and recreational marijuana was that it could lead to an epidemic of youth use of the drug.
Drug-abuse prevention advocates and law enforcement officials said greater availability of marijuana would almost certainly lead to an increase of use among
South Dakota criminal and civil traffic laws favor drivers over pedestrians in collisions
South Dakota traffic laws place more responsibility on pedestrians to be on the lookout for errant drivers than they do for drivers to watch out for walkers, joggers and cyclists when it comes to assigning liability in vehicle versus pedestrian accidents.
The state criminal and civil laws are unique among
Crash experts question Ravnsborg’s car-deer explanation and raise concerns of distracted driving
HIGHMORE, S.D. – An experienced traffic-accident reconstruction expert is casting doubt on the claim made by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg that he thought he hit a deer with his car the night of Sept. 12 when in fact he had struck and killed a man.
Kurt Weiss is
Family of victim in attorney general crash worries if investigation will be thorough; Ravnsborg makes formal statement
Two cousins of the man killed when a car driven by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg struck him say they worry the investigation into the incident is not being handled properly.
Victor and Nick Nemec are both cousins of Joseph Boever, 55, who was killed when Ravnsborg struck him
SD hunter residency investigation and arrest create ‘nightmare’ for retired combat veteran
The legal language describing who qualifies as a South Dakota resident when it comes to in-state hunting privileges is laid out in state law, but the real-world definition is now murkier than ever.
Serenity still missing: One year later, SD girl’s fate unknown despite extensive search and investigation
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a new version on April 4, 2023, headlined: 2019 mystery still causing misery.
ROCKERVILLE, S.D. – The most extensive investigation in western South Dakota and one of the most exhaustive searches in state history have failed to determine what happened to