Lincoln County News

South Dakota gained 25,000 private-industry jobs from 2002 through 2008, with more than half of those in Minnehaha and Lincoln counties.

The Lincoln County Commission signed an agreement with the city of Harrisburg last week that will allow for the construction of a temporary stoplight at the intersection of Willow Street and the entrance to the new high school.

The Twins are playing fair to muddling, about average, which is okay for us Midwesterners, so it's a good time for a baseball story.

In a move meant to promote economic growth in areas hit with job losses in 2008, the federal government recently allotted $6.2 million in bond authority to Lincoln County.

BALTIC - The up-and-down story of this town's only gas station went up again this spring.

A Sioux Falls husband and wife face multiple rape and exploitation charges, and are accused of subjecting their children to years of incest, according to court documents.

We have shocking details on the arrest of two adults involving three children and multiple counts of rape, sexual contact and sexual exploitation of a minor.

Two Sioux Falls adults face serious charges, accused of having sex with children between June 2007 and March 2009.

UPDATED: 10:03 p.m. Severe weather has redeveloped prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Tornado Warning until 10:30 p.m. for parts of eastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota.

Lincoln County may be home to greener residents in the near future. Lincoln County Commissioners recently approved using Mickelson and Company of Sioux Falls to apply for a grant from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, which is part of the Obama stimulus package.

A wheel with four faces of criminals on it that targets one criminal every week seems so simple, but with your tips, its allowed 9 of those criminals to be captured.

Due to what Harrisburg city leaders described as abuse, stricter water restrictions are back in place.

Sioux Falls police arrested twenty-one year old Corey Roelfsema, two 17 year olds and a 16 year old yesterday with almost 10 pounds of marijuana, along with some meth, 5 ecstasy pills and several guns, one of which was reported stolen from Lincoln County.

On cloudy days, the stainless steel cross blends in with the gray background. But when the sun's rays strike the cross, it once again becomes a beacon as it was for decades before a storm toppled it, sending it into storage for years.

Sioux Falls business people and developers see signs of an approaching economic recovery, even if the numbers don't show a significant improvement on the near horizon.

When Donn Hill looked out across the family farm in the 1990s, he saw more than corn and soybeans.

Drivers who visit the Kerslake Industrial Park will need to watch their speed from now on.

He's spent time in prison before, but 42-year old Luis Cruz is headed back to the penitentiary, convicted of his seventh DUI.

Lincoln County commissioners have come to a consensus on how to tackle the county's overgrown cell phone bill.

South Dakota has confirmed three more cases of swine flu in the past week. That puts the state's total at seven.