On Friday, the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office released its 2024 crime report, which showed a slight increase in overall crime. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced a 1.21% increase in the overall number of reported crimes from 2023 to 2024.

South Dakota’s Attorney General says the Department of Criminal Investigation currently has three ongoing investigations concerning possible criminal actions

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley released the Crime in South Dakota 2024 Report on Friday. Overall, it shows that the number of reported criminal offenses went up by 1.21% in 2024. The total number of criminal offenses statewide was 67,959. That’s just over 800 more reports compared to 2023.

Dakota News Now caught up with South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley on Friday and Gov. Larry Rhoden took some questions earlier this week. Both want to reassure those with any fears or concerns that the state will be just fine.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Friday that the overall number of reported criminal offenses reported statewide in 2024 increased 1.21 percent compared to 2023.

Marty Jackley joined two dozen other attorneys general in a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune to close a loophole in the federal laws on drugs closely related to fentanyl.

Abe Joseph Boushee, 43, was identified as the man who died following a standoff with law enforcement in Brandon that lasted at least five hours.

South Dakota is part of a lawsuit filed by Texas and several other states that targets section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974. It requires organizations

Hudson Wheeler, a South Middle School teacher, was arrested Feb. 3 and charged with one felony count of threatening or intimidating a person holding statewide office, after being tracked by

House lawmakers voted 49-21 Wednesday afternoon to segregate restrooms in state-owned facilities such as the Capitol, prisons, university buildings and public schools by sex assigned at birth.

PIERRE, S.D. (KFGO) – Reported crime in South Dakota is up 1.21% according to the state’s 2024 crime report. Violent crime reports are up 2.53%. Attorney General Marty Jackley says there were 67,959 reported crimes, compared to 67,145 in 2023.

Friday is National Caregivers Day, and Village Caregiving in Sioux Falls hosted an event thanking their caregivers and the work they do.