Hughes County News

Authorities have released no details about the death investigation. Law officers were called about 4 p.m. Sunday.

A body was removed early Sunday evening from the post office section of the Pierre federal building, but authorities are refusing to provide any details.

A Hughes County resident in the 30 to 39 age group is South Dakotaa s first West Nile virus case of the year, the Department of Health reported today.

First West Nile Case Reported by KDLT News Posted on 04 June 2009 South Dakota has it's case of the West Nile Virus this year.

An Alton, Iowa woman is dead after a high gust of wind blew a door off of a machine shed and hit her in the head.

A Hughes County jury has awarded $244,000 in damages to a rural Pennington County woman who was injured in a traffic crash in Pierre nearly five years ago.

A Hughes County jury has awarded $244,000 in damages to a rural Pennington County woman who was injured in a traffic crash in Pierre nearly five years ago.

A man who had just been sentenced to three years in prison was free for a grand total of 2 blocks after bolting from a Pierre jailer on Monday.

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has had harsh words for AIG this past week. And, he's been backtracking ever since.

The South Dakota Supreme Court will hold its March term at the University of South Dakota School of Law and is scheduled to hear several cases, including the case of former State House member Ted Klaudt.

A winter storm system is slowly moving out of the area, but its effects are still being felt across KELOLAND.

A new option is available for judges in Stanley and Hughes counties when they sentence drunk drivers.

A 32-year-old Rapid City man accused of rape and sexual contact with children in Hughes County is to appear in a Pierre courtroom May 4. Prosecutors say Ryan Murphey is to plead during that appearance.

Hughes County State's Attorney Kelly Marnette said today she had received a Highway Patrol case report on a state lawmaker's accident from last week, but has not decided whether the senator will face criminal ...

A branch of the Highway Patrol investigated a state lawmaker from Sioux Falls for not reporting a fender bender in Pierre.

Associated Press - January 29, 2009 6:35 PM ET ONIDA, S.D. - Court records in Hughes County indicate at least one case of domestic violence involving a man described as a suspect in the shooting death of his ...

Hughes County law enforcement reports at least two cases of a telephone scam that targets grandparents have been reported in the county.

While Minnehaha County has more people than any other county in South Dakota with its population of 148,281, Meade County takes the prize for being the largest in terms of size with 3,471 square miles.

What stands between Hughes County and a major overhaul of its zoning ordinance? Three modifications.

Sioux Falls police on Wednesday released the name of the man slain in the city's first homicide of the year and said his girlfriend pulled the knife that killed him during an argument.