INTERIOR, South Dakota, Dec. 7 -- The National Park Service Badlands National Park issued the following news release: Badlands National Park superintendent Eric Veach announced the selection of Abigail Aldrich as the new deputy superintendent of Badlands National Park/superintendent of Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota. Aldrich is currently a project manager with the Harpers Ferry Center in West Virginia. She will assume her new role in South Dakota in January 2024. "I a  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Brittany Kenney, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs A team of four officers from the 37th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base brought home the Mitchell Trophy for best overall bomb score at the 2023 Global Strike Challenge capstone event held at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, November 8, 2023. Approximately 450 competitors, ranging from unit  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Kingman, Arizona, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on November 27, 2023. Rusty James Driscoll, 39, was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison, followed by five y  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Second-Degree Murder. The sentencing took place on November 28, 2023. Trent Brewer, age 21, was sentenced to 16 and a half years in federal prison, followed by five y  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl. The sentencing took place on November 29, 2023. John Hansen, age 64, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five   more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Alison J. Ramsdell, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a jury has convicted Armando Cheshier, age 25, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death and two counts of Distribution of a Controlled Substance following a three-day jury trial in federal district court in Sioux Fall. The verdict was returned on N  more