SISSETON

Sisseton Man Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Abuse of A Child

Joel Max is charged with three counts of sexual abuse and one count of aggravated abuse of a child

SISSETON, S.D.– A Sisseton man has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing a child younger than 12. 29 year old Joel Max is charged with three counts of sexual abuse and one count of aggravated abuse of a child. Court records say the charges accuse Max of abusing of a child between September 2016 and June 2018 in Roberts County. Each…

Victim In Fatal Accident on I-29 Over The Weekend Is Identified

Driver Was Hurt But Could Face Charges

SISSETON, SD — Authorities have identified a Minnesota woman who died in a crash on I-29 in South Dakota. 23-year-old Marrisa Mountain of Granite Falls was a passenger in a pickup that went off the interstate and rolled north of Sisseton on Saturday morning. She died at the scene. The 28-year-old South Dakota man who was driving suffered serious but…

Three More People Charged in Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Embezzlement Case

A total of six people were accused of embezzling from the tribe's Big Coulee District

BISMARCK, ND — Three more people charged in a Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate embezzlement case have been sentenced in federal court. Colette White was given three years of probation and fined $3,000, Gerald German Jr. three months in custody and a $5,000 fine and Gerald Heminger Jr. three months in custody and a $2,000 fine. They also must pay a total of…

Two Dead After House Fire on Lake Traverse Reservation

Two escaped the fire but after the fire was out, two others were found upstairs

SISSETON, SD — Two people have died in a house fire on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in northeastern South Dakota. The Sisseton Fire Chief says an adult and a child escaped from the burning home Sunday. After the fire was out, two others were found upstairs. They were taken to a hospital in Sisseton where they died. He says…

Gym Fire Closes Sisseton Elementary School

There were no injuries and school officials hope to re-open the school by Tuesday

SISSETON, S.D. — No one was hurt after a fire broke out at a Sisseton elementary school. School officials say nearly 500 students in kindergarten through fifth grade were evacuated after a fire was discovered in the gym of Westside Elementary School. They say it appears the fire began in a mechanical room and it is accidental. Students and staff…