Lawrence County News

Lawrence County officials say a Thursday morning standoff closed a mobile home park, apparently after an argument between a man and his girlfriend.

Formal charges are pending against a Spearfish man after a nearly six-hour standoff with law officers that closed a mobile home park.

After Lawrence County commissioners denied their request for a permit, backers of a feedlot north of Spearfish are seeking a permit from the state.

Two Tone Cattle Co. had asked the count9 to allow a feedlot large enough for 4,000 cattle.

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. Law enforcement officials say sex crime charges involving children have hit a five-year high in the state.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections says a state prison inmate has died. A news release says 75-year-old Leland Kagy died Tuesday morning at the state prison in Springfield.

South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks is investigating the apparent poaching of a Black Hills moose.

Sentencing is delayed for a Chicago man who confessed to several sex crimes in Lawrence County.

A Deadwood judge who sentenced an Alaska man to die for a 2000 torture murder of an acquaintance has stepped aside for the man's re-sentencing trial, in response to a defense request to recuse himself.

The U.S. Forest Service says a prescribed burn is expected to resume Wednesday near Nemo, depending on the weather.

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation will seek certification for its South Dakota Child Abduction Response Team next week during a mock child abduction exercise at Steamboat Park in Pierre .

The problem is clear: Lawrence - SCounty is facing a rapidly increasing drug and crime problem that is devastating families, draining financial resources and destroying our quality of life.

At nearly every hearing involving her son's killer's, Dottie Poage wears a reminder of Chester.

After years of hard work the Forest Service has virtually squashed the pine beetle infestation in the area they call Bug Town.

What was set as a standard motions hearing turned into an argument against the death penalty, as the defense set the stage for a Lawrence County murder trial.

For immediate release: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 Lori Haupt, Revenue Supervisor, Rapid City Office, 605-394-2332 PIERRE , S.D. Despite reports of reduced bike counts and fewer vendor licenses for the 2009 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, sales tax revenues increased this year from the 2008 rally.

Several new fires were reported on Tuesday evening as thunderstorms again moved through the Black Hills.

Several new fires were reported on Tuesday evening as thunderstorms again moved through the Black Hills.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 CONTACT: Brooke Bohnenkamp, Public Information Officer, 605.773.3178 Below are the 2009 Rally statistics through Aug.

Do you have a place you'd like to stock with fish? The St. Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District is now taking orders for its annual fish program.