Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction preventing South Dakota officials from enforcing a new state law that criminalizes the advertising of abortion-inducing drugs against a national reproductive health organization and a former state lawmaker.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - Federal prosecutors have successfully dismantled four major drug trafficking organizations responsible for flooding South Dakota communities with massive quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl. The coordinated multi-agency operations have resulted in federal charges against 63 defendants and secured more than 660 years in federal prison sentences, with additional cases still pending.

Northeast Radio SD News – Brookings, SD - A federal jury has convicted Joseph Darrell Peterson, Jr., 47, of Brookings (formerly of Veblen) on two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons. The verdict followed a three‑day trial in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - A Denver man has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for leading a long‑running drug trafficking conspiracy involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, and firearms in western South Dakota, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota.

Northeast Radio SD News – Bryant, SD - A Bryant man has been sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison after admitting to illegally possessing multiple firearms despite a prior felony conviction, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A 26-year-old Watertown, South Dakota man has been sentenced to federal prison after being convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today.

Northeast Radio SD News – Tucson, AZ/Watertown, SD - The federal criminal proceedings against Jeffrey Allen Koistinen have taken another procedural turn, with another delay to his jury trial and a legal battle over a “blue iPhone” that could determine the fate of key evidence.

Northeast Radio SD News - Watertown, SD - Jeremiah Peacemaker, a South Dakota resident who spent three and a half years in custody before being acquitted of murder, has filed a comprehensive federal civil rights lawsuit against dozens of law enforcement officials and municipal entities.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - A Harrisburg man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a scheme to evade federal banking laws through a practice known as “structuring.”

Northeast Radio SD News – Sioux Falls, SD - A Jamaican citizen was sentenced on Monday in federal court to 63 months in prison for his role in a years-long sweepstakes scheme that defrauded an elderly California woman of more than $181,000.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - An Aberdeen, South Dakota, man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after being convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on December 4, 2025, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Ron Parsons.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Kyle, South Dakota, man to nearly four years in federal prison for Involuntary Manslaughter stemming from a fatal drunk driving crash that occurred in May 2024.

Northeast Radio SD News - Watertown, SD - A Watertown, South Dakota, man, Gokoh Frank Brown, age 29, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison following his conviction for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abuse of a Minor. U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann handed down the sentencing on November 3, 2025.

Northeast Radio SD News - Watertown, SD - The federal criminal case against Jeffrey Allen Koistinen in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona has been postponed, with both the trial and a critical evidence hearing now rescheduled for early 2026.