Lake Andes News

Attorney General Marty Jackley and Charles Mix County States Attorney Pam Hein report that Kelly Joe Wells, 28, Lake Andes, was indicted today in Charles Mix County on one count of sexual contact with person incapable of consenting, class 4 felony, maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and/or a $20,000 fine and one count of abuse of a disabled ... (more)

The statistics are stark. More than 1 in 3 Native American women will be sexually assaulted their lifetimes, a rate much higher than the general population.

LAKE ANDES, S.D. - Two inmates escaped from a southeast South Dakota jail by hiding in a shower stall while other prisoners were being locked in their cells for the night, then fleeing out the main door.

For those who made the mistake of voting for Obama -- you didn't ask what the change was and he... LAKE ANDES, S.D. - Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped from the Charles Mix County jail in southeast South Dakota.