Courtesy Gov. Larry Rhoden/FacebookSTURGIS, S.D. (KVRR) — South Dakota Highway Patrol has made a record meth seizure and arrest in Sturgis. They stopped a 42-year-old man for speeding on Interstate 90. During the stop, a police service dog alerted the trooper to the presence of an odor it is trained to detect. The trooper found around 207 pounds of crystal…
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the shooting of a person by a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper at a convenience store Wednesday in Sturgis, where a big annual motorcycle rally is underway. Sturgis Police Chief Geody VanDewater issued a brief statement confirming that one person was shot and wounded by a trooper, and said more information would be…
BRITTON, S.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Havana, North Dakota man has been identified as the person killed in a crash last Tuesday east of Britton, South Dakota. 83-year-old William Krafka was driving a pickup on Highway 10 when he crossed the center line and collided head-on with a car driven by 19-year-old Cade Roerig of St. Eden, South Dakota. Roerig had…
Roberts County Sheriff’s Office/FacebookROBERTS CO., S.D. (KVRR) — The nasty wind was likely a culprit in this crash on I-29 in South Dakota. Roberts County Sheriff’s Office posting this photo to Facebook of a camper on its roof. The crash happening Sunday afternoon on northbound I-29 near mile marker 229, blocking one lane. South Dakota Highway Patrol and the sheriff’s…
GROTON, S.D. — Two RDO vice presidents are dead after crashing into a dump truck in eastern South Dakota. The crash happening Tuesday afternoon around 2:30 on US Highway 12 about five miles west of Groton. According to RDO Equipment Company, Mark Kreps and Steve Connelly were killed. They were both 54-years-old. According to South Dakota Highway Patrol, the dump…
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) _ Sheriff’s officials say the death of a Nebraska man at the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota is apparently due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The Omaha man, who has not been identified, was found dead in his motor home at the rally on Tuesday. The Meade County coroner is investigating. Officials say there has been only…
ALCESTER, SD — Two people are dead and six others hurt after a car slammed into a group of people outside a South Dakota nursing home. Officials say the 81-year-old female driver stepped on the gas instead of the brakes, hitting the people and the Alcester Care and Rehab Center. South Dakota Highway Patrol officials say the fatal crash was…
