Minnehaha County News

An area farmer had a close call this morning when a fire started in his grain dryer.

A national group that teaches children etiquette and social dance is expanding to Minnehaha County.

The per diem charge to the 13 counties that partner with Minnehaha County on the Regional Juvenile Detention Center has increased $5 to $140 after the county commission unanimously approved the measure Tuesday.

The Minnehaha County Commission on Tuesday signed a quit claim deed to the city of Sioux Falls for a lot along Cliff Avenue.

South Dakota has received more applications from residents seeking help to pay heating bills than it did last winter, and expanded eligibility guidelines could push demand even higher.

The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Department is looking for help in finding those responsible for the illegal entry and theft of several items from a home on East 4th Street in Crooks.

In an effort to control costs that have climbed sharply from $500,000 in recent years to an estimated $1 million in 2010, Minnehaha County's Involuntary Mental Illness Review Committee will examine the process by which law enforcement officials send people to be held and evaluated for mental illness.

A man wanted on two counts of aggravated assault for his role in an after-bar party shooting has turned himself in.

With judges seeing more people who speak little or no English, South Dakota's Supreme Court is looking at developing standards for courtroom interpreters.

Marianne Bump, 58, was arrested today around 7:30 p.m. by Minnehaha County Sheriff's deputies after a chase with law enforcement.

A 25-year-old Altamont man was sentenced today to two years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary for soliciting a minor.

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The first man freed from death row by DNA evidence told a crowd at the University of Sioux Falls that society must listen more closely to claims of innocence from those convicted through eyewitness testimony.

The Sioux Empire Fair's executive director wants an extended management agreement with Minnehaha County to help it move beyond the financial trauma caused by the embezzlement of more than $600,000. The push comes as the criminal component of the embezzlement at the Sioux Empire Fair Association draws to a close.

Minnehaha County Commissioners got an update on Tuesday on how well last week's flu shot clinic went and what the public can expect for a clinic being held this week.

Minnehaha County commissioners expressed understanding Tuesday after confusion at last week's flu shot clinic in Sioux Falls and then jousted over what it suggests about government expanding its role in health care.

The H1N1 vaccination clinic being held in Sioux Falls on Thursday is now open to anyone in South Dakota who is part of Tier 1. Earlier, organizers planned to limit who could get the vaccine to residents of Minnehaha or McCook Counties or the Sioux Falls portion of Lincoln County.

A quick reminder, there is a public H1N1 vaccination event tomorrow night in Sioux Falls.

It's a disturbing trend, the number of sex crimes against children doubled last year in South Dakota.

Three people are in the Minnehaha County Jail after a robbery at a Sioux Falls bank over the lunch hour.