Minnehaha County News

The 9th annual Jazz & Brews fundraiser is Thursday, June 20th. The event is to support the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society scholarship fund.

A call to the police for a strong-armed robbery, assault and shoplifting at the east-side Walmart led to a chase, arrests for two adults and protective custody for three children just after midnight Wednesday.

Looking toward its 2014 budget, Minnehaha County has more cash on hand than it did any year since 2009.

A 33-year-old Dell Rapids man has been indicted for burglary, kidnapping and assault for an alleged fight with his ex-wife late last month.

The Minnehaha County Commission on Tuesday accepted bids for nearly $1.6 million in road and bridge construction this summer and next fall.

It happened near the intersection of 267th Street and 463rd Avenue around 2:30 Monday afternoon.

Authorities in Minnehaha County are trying to figure out what caused a crash that left a driver trapped inside a cement truck.

A Brandon man was injured Sunday morning after a lawn tractor fell on him. At 9:55 a.m., the Minnehaha County Sheriff's department responded to a call at 26494 Bruns Place, just south of Brandon, reporting a man was trapped under a tractor.

Authorities say a 51-year-old inmate who left a minimum-security prison in South Dakota earlier this month has been captured in Florida.

The South Dakota Transportation Hall of Honor will induct two new members at banquets to be held later this year.

At around 4 p.m., the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Department served a warrant for the arrest of Larry Ferdig Jr. at 420 E. 14th St. Deputies waited outside of the home for more than hour trying to get Ferdig to come out.

The man accused of impersonating a police officer in Sioux Falls and choking a man for his wallet during the early morning hours Tuesday will have to pay $25,000 if he wants to get out of jail.

Board members of the Siouxland Heritage Museum are criticizing Sioux Falls' city administration for not supporting the proposal of a $3.8 million facility for museum artifacts.

Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead says Dell Rapids is among the best communities around, and if vandalism is the leading criminal problem, local officials should consider themselves fortunate.

Two victims were airlifted to Sanford Medical Center Monday after a motorcycle accident on I-29.

A Sioux Falls police officer was reportedly assaulted Saturday by a seriously intoxicated man who had been suspected of indecent exposure.

According to the South Dakota Department of Corrections, Richard Beckwith signed out of the Yankton Minimum Unit to go to his work release job in Yankton Sunday morning.

Six people are on the Minnehaha County Most Wanted Fugitives list. If you observe these people or have information on their whereabouts, do not attempt to approach.

The DOC will host a reception Friday afternoon for outgoing the state's outgoing director of prison operations Doug Weber.

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