Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A 32-year-old Clark man has been sentenced to the South Dakota State Penitentiary following his eighth drug-related felony conviction in Codington County Circuit Court.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A 20-year-old Watertown man has been sentenced to 15 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to the first-degree rape of an eight-year-old child.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Blake Russell Whitlock, 28, of Watertown, South Dakota, was sentenced on September 23, 2026, to serve time in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to two felony counts of possessing child pornography as a habitual offender. Whitlock received consecutive 10-year sentences for each count, with five years suspended on each, resulting in a combined 10 years of active prison time.

Northeast Radio SD News – Mitchell, SD - A Mitchell man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison on each of two separate counts of First Degree Rape involving victims under the age of 13, according to South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - A 38-year-old Dallas, Texas, man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for operating an interstate cocaine distribution and money laundering network that funneled drugs into Rapid City, federal officials announced.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - Frederick Frank Grimes, 60, has been sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary with six years suspended after pleading guilty to a Class F4 felony drug charge.

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 – Watertown, SD - A Watertown man has been sentenced to two decades in the state penitentiary following his conviction for the rape of an intoxicated juvenile last fall.

Northeast Radio SD News – Peever, SD - A Peever man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two assault charges stemming from a 2021 incident in Sisseton, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - A federal jury has found a Sioux Falls man guilty of attempting to entice a minor using the internet, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota. The verdict against 34‑year‑old Ryan Nigro was returned on June 4 following a three‑day trial in Sioux Falls.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A Watertown man with a decades‑long history of impaired‑driving offenses has been sentenced to eight years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary, with two years suspended, following his conviction for a sixth‑offense DUI.

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.

Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to Over 9 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison for his role in distributing fentanyl in the city.

Northeast Radio SD News – De Smet, SD - Two owners of a De Smet manufacturing company have been sentenced to federal prison and home confinement for failing to pay over $600,000 in employment taxes to the IRS.

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Northeast Radio SD News - Watertown, SD - A sentencing hearing held Thursday morning in Codington County highlighted the profound impact of local criminal activity on the community’s sense of safety, as Ted “TJ” Hurkes was sentenced to 50 years in the state penitentiary.

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.