TOWER CITY, ND — North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the names of three people killed in a crash near Tower City late Friday Night. They are 40-year-old Matthew Wipf and 43-year-old Kathy Wipf both of Tower City and 46-year-old Dorothy Decker of Ipswich, South Dakota. They were in a vehicle hit head-on by a SUV driven by 16-year-old Sophia Weshnevski…
FARGO, ND – This week’s blizzard has led to a critical shortage of blood. Vitalant closed offices and canceled blood drives in at least three states, resulting in the loss of nearly 1,000 blood donations. Vitalant’s Jennifer Hawkins says blood donors in North Dakota and South Dakota are urgently needed to rebuild the blood supply. “We’re strongly urging our donors…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (UND Athletics) – Playing its second game in a 24-hour span, against the first opponent in league history to earn a top-25 ranking on the women’s side, who had only lost four games all season, and had defeated UND by a combined 63 points in the previous two meetings, the sixth-seeded Fighting Hawks gave everything it could…
FARGO, ND – A winter storm warning is in effect until 1 p.m. Sunday for a large portion of North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota. The snow is expected to continue through Saturday, followed by increasing winds, which could cause blowing and drifting in open areas. Dangerously cold windchills are not expected to be an issue. The North Dakota DOT…
Theresa BentaasSIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sioux Falls Police say they have solved a cold case homicide dating back to 1981. On February 28th, 1981, a newborn baby boy was found wrapped in a blanket in a ditch near East 26th Street and Sycamore Avenue. An autopsy revealed the baby died from exposure to cold temperatures. Police say they received few tips…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D – Lewis Drug says it has purchased pharmacy assets from Shopko Stores in six communities in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. The company said Wednesday it bought prescription files and records from Shopko pharmacies in Madison, Mitchell and Sisseton, South Dakota; Luverne and St. James, Minnesota and Ida Grove, Iowa. Lewis Drug currently operates in four of…
ROCKERVILLE, SD — The search for a missing nine-year-old South Dakota girl has been put on hold due to rough winter weather. It has been more than a week since anyone has heard from Serenity Dennard. The young child ran away from the Black Hills Children’s Home in Rapid City and disappeared into the woods near Rockerville. Officials say snow and…
ROCKERVILLE, SD — Day three and still no sign of 9-year-old Serenity Dennard. The girl ran away from a residential youth home near Rockerville, South Dakota on Sunday morning without a coat. Deputies and around 100 people total have been going door to door speaking with neighbors and looking in outbuildings, hay stacks, log piles and other spaces. Authorities have…
UPDATE: 02/04/2019 8:10 p.m. Investigators want to speak with a couple who reportedly last a missing 9-year-old girl, Serenity Dennard. Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says the couple was cutting wood nearby and spoke with Children’s Home staff Sunday around the same time the girl ran away. **ORIGINAL STORY BELOW** RAPID CITY, SD — The search is on for a missing 9-year-old…
Shopko is closing stores nationwide including in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Wisconsin-based retail chain has filed for bankruptcy protection citing excessive debt and ongoing competitive pressure. The company will close nearly 100 of its more than 300 stores across the country this year. Here is a list of the Shopko stores that will close in our region….
