Northeast Radio SD News - Watertown, SD - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that a Buffalo, South Dakota man, 55-year-old Duane Newlander, has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Abuse or Cruelty to a Minor.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - Two women, one from Slayton, Minnesota, and another from Aberdeen, South Dakota, have been sentenced in federal court after being convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced the sentencing, which Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange of the U.S. District Court oversaw.

Northeast Radio SD News – Sioux Falls, SD - A Kansas woman has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing of Amanda Acosta, 43, of Prairie Village, Kansas, was handed down by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on September 29, 2025.

Northeast Radio SD News – Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls resident James Kooima, 47, was sentenced on September 29, 2025, to 15 years in federal prison after being convicted of Production of Child Pornography. United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced the sentencing, which Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange handed down.

Northeast Radio SD News – Eagle Butte, SD - A man from Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted of Child Abuse and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell. Richard Hale, Jr., age 36, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte on September 22, 2025. Hale was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervi