While states like California have “feather alerts” for missing Indigenous people, the FCC just announced it is launching a nationwide alert system similar to the Amber Alert.
On Monday, we told you of human and labor trafficking at large events, including the Sturgis rally. Now, we bring you the intersection of human trafficking and drugs.
What would it feel like to be an adult and find out you were considered a missing person since you were a baby? That’s the real-life story of a woman with ties to South Dakota.
First Alert Reporter Beth Warden brings new details of mannequins, bee farms and a woman who is still being searched for 11 years after her disappearance.
First Alert Investigator Beth Warden introduces us to a man who searched for his missing son and found him. Was his son kidnapped and brainwashed? Could there be others who are missing, facing the same inescapable trauma?
A prison consultant firm director shared his insight with First Alert Investigator Beth Warden, offering new solutions to old problems within the South Dakota prison system.
Both inmates and prison staff have opinions about problems behind the razor wire fences at prisons in South Dakota. The causes of recent uprisings and ideas to prevent future unrest depend on who you ask.
At smoke shops all across South Dakota, hemp-derived products are being sold that have the same psychoactive effects as what can be found at a medical dispensary. Members of the medical marijuana industry are calling foul saying that none of these products should be sold without a medical license.
First Alert Investigator Beth Warden talked with law enforcement officials and retailers to find out what hemp-related products could be legal to buy and sell in just a few weeks.
The latest ban comes on the heels of a news conference in Pierre, where she appeared to double down on the rhetoric tribes took offense to, such as comments about Mexican cartels operating on South Dakota reservations.
After the March unrest at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, several state lawmakers held private talks with Sioux Falls correctional officers. The top concern — policy changes.
While the Department of Corrections looks to build a new penitentiary on Lincoln County land, some lawmakers — including Rep. Kevin Jensen — have questions about the location and the increasing price tag.
The National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People is coming up on May 5. The day seeks to highlight those who haven’t made it home and to comfort those who are desperately seeking answers.
Law enforcement across the state of South Dakota wants to ensure those who get behind the wheel are operating safely. There can be many contributing factors to impairment. One of them is marijuana.
Huron residents are coming forward, asking for change. They want public information of arrests to be made, but they want to limit the amount of ridicule and public comment that follows.
Renters of Tzadik properties continue to contact our First Alert Investigators over what they believe to be unsafe living conditions, including a woman who moved back home to Sioux Falls with the sole purpose of helping these tenants.
Some are questioning the practicality and cost of the proposed site for the men's prison, while others are concerned about emergency services for the new location.
This week, a video was released showing Gov. Kristi Noem praising a Texas company for the dental work she received in their office. In the following days, questions have arisen about the ethics of promoting the service.
Thanks to the latest equipment to manage diabetes, patients can look forward to a better quality of life. However, a Sioux Falls mom is reaching out to find a solution to locating the supplies that will be approved by South Dakota Medicaid.
Recently, we’ve shared some of the issues tenants have faced with out-of-state landlords, but some landlords in Sioux Falls have been dealing with issues themselves.
South Dakota lawmakers have been trying to bring together the interests of landowner rights advocates and a CO2 pipeline company that hopes to build and operate in the state.
It was a hectic morning for Sioux Falls residents living in the Marion Community Mobile Home Park. Water began filling yards and covering the road after a water main broke late Wednesday night.
At first look, SB121 is just about a road and who has the final authority to vacate it, but landowner rights advocates see the bill as an attempt to remove local control.
On Tzadik’s website, CEO Adam Hendry’s bio says he focuses on “relationships with tenants that cause them to be raving fans.” In Sioux Falls, Tzadik and Hendry may be hard-pressed to find accolades from tenants to the Mayor’s office.
The meaning of the word Tzadik is "righteous," but if you ask some of the current and former Tzadik tenants, they may not agree that their living conditions would equate to a business run in a way considered “righteous.”
A collective of South Dakota State Penitentiary employees called for the removal of Secretary of Corrections Kellie Wasko in a letter sent to Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday.
Thanks to a new director coming into Apple Tree West, the kids have a place to stay going into the new year. Now, that director is putting out the call to save the other Apple Tree locations in Sioux Falls.
Some families in Sioux Falls are reeling from the loss of their childcare and those in the daycare industry said they hope this event will garner the attention needed to solve the ongoing daycare crisis.
Nearly everyone who looks at the land surrounding the unused rail line between Tabor and Platte sees the beauty of the rolling prairie. What they may not agree on is what to do moving forward.
The Dakota News Now I-Team continues to reveal concerns of Yankton Sioux Tribal members as they question how law enforcement investigates crimes on the reservation.
