Minnehaha County News

Once convicted of raping a girl who couldn't consent to sex, David Sukup is getting a re-trial. He first appeared in Minnehaha County Court on the rape charges in 2004.

There have been 28 human cases of West Nile Virus in South Dakota this year as of the beginning of the month, a number that Health Department officials say is low compared to other years.

A judge sentenced David Sukup to 125 years in prison, but that conviction was overturned in July when a judge ruled he had an ineffective attorney.

Ten local law enforcement officers, including Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead, are on their way to patrol the streets in Louisiana.

A trial date has been set for a Rapid City man accused of stabbing three people outside a north Rapid City apartment complex last May.

Testimony in a suppression hearing today centered around a sheriff's detective's use of a polygraph on day care provider Amy Dierks.

A day care provider may have been susceptible to police coercion when she was interviewed by police after allegedly assaulting a young boy in her care, a University of Cincinnati forensic psychologist testified ...

A Sioux Falls man who drove his car into his elderly mother in a grocery store parking lot was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.

The South Dakota Department of Health reported Tuesday that a new incidence of a person infected with the West Nile virus has occurred in Miner County.

For months, the cases revolving around red light cameras has been stuck in the bottleneck of cases waiting to be heard by Iowa's Supreme Court.

South Dakota's traffic crash fatalities in 2007 fell from the previous year, according to state officials.

The disappointing prosecutions of undercover online sex stings have one lawyer turning to lawmakers to make sure the penalties fit the criminal conduct.

A South Dakota Highway Patrol officer was involved in a car accident this morning north of Sioux Falls.

A Sioux Falls man has been charged with invading the privacy of his friends by using a hidden video camera to record them in his bathroom.

This summer's hike in prices on things like food and fuel has many peoples' wallets looking slimmer.

For years, Jeff Larson and his wife Sarah have had stories to share with family and friends about their vacations to the Middle East, South America and other parts of the world.

Sioux Falls Police have charged two men with robbing Lambo's Gas & Convenience at 3501 W. 49th St.

A Grayson County fugitive is caught in South Dakota. Preston Hightower fled from the Grayson County Justice Center last month, after he was found guilty of child sexual assault.

The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Department is searching for Duane J. Bowden, 47, after sheriff's officials say he fled a suspected meth lab in Hartford and made threats to law enforcement officers.

Sioux Falls police say a 38-year-old man has been arrested for Solicitation of a minor and attempted sexual contact with a child under the age of 16.