Cottonwood, SD

PENNINGTON COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — An investigation is underway following the discovery of a body in a vehicle destroyed by fire in western South Dakota. It was just before 9:45 p.m. on Thursday when a witness reported hearing a loud popping sound and then seeing a fire in a remote area off Foster Gulch Road in the Rockerville area.

PENNINGTON COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — Authorities in Pennington County are sending out another push for the public’s help in finding a woman who’s been missing for over a month. Police say 33-year-old Jessica Story was last seen in the area of Merritt and White Buffalo Roads in Pennington County on...

ROCKERVILLE, S.D. — The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in the investigation of a vehicle fire that resulted in the discovery of a fatality. At 9:41 p.m. Thursday evening, firefighters were called to a remote area off Foster Gulch Road in the Rockerville area. According...

UPDATE (7/29/21 @ 4:30 a.m.): The body of the drowning victim was recovered around 11 p.m. Wednesday night. Agencies responding to the incident included Pennington County Search and Rescue, Rapid City Pennington County Water Rescue, Game, Fish and Parks, Johnson Siding Volunteer Fire Department, U.S. Forest Service, Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, and the Rapid City Fire Department.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — Pennington County authorities say a Rapid City man drowned at Pactola Reservoir on Wednesday. The Sherriff’s Office shared on Twitter that the victim was 57-year-old Terry Westergaard of Rapid City. Authorities used technology to locate Westergaard’s body at a depth of more than 100 feet...

UPDATE (7/29/21 @ 4:30 a.m.): The body of the drowning victim was recovered around 11 p.m. Wednesday night. UPDATE (7/28/21 @ 9:20 p.m.): The victim has been located at a depth over 100 feet. However, first responders are saying that it may take several hours, possibly into the early hours...

Black Hills Aerial Adventures is seeing three to four times its regular summer business numbers this season. In response, pilot Seth Lockwood said the business has increased its number of pilots so they are able to take more breaks. The company has nine helicopters and 20 pilots. He said the increased number of pilots helps give people time off and rotate days for employees more.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - Potential mask mandates in Rapid City have been controversial, to say the least. Pennington County is in a moderate area, not one of the areas where the CDC is recommending these guidelines. Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender says it’s too early for talk of a...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The Pennington County Water Rescue team was hard at work this week, with two drownings in the area. The first one was at Memorial Park in Rapid City on Tuesday, then one at Pactola Reservoir, where the body was found 130 ft deep in the water.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - The Pennington County Water Rescue team was hard at work this week, with two drownings in the area. The first one was at Memorial Park in Rapid City on Tuesday, then one at Pactola Reservoir, where the body was found 130 ft deep in the water.

PENNINGTON COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — Authorities in Pennington County are searching for a drowning victim at Pactola Reservoir. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says they received a call Wednesday afternoon for a report of a man who was swimming near his boat, went underwater and never resurfaced. Authorities are asking...

The Pennington County Sheriff's Department wrote on Twitter late Thursday evening that it had located the body of an individual who drowned earlier in the day at Pactola Reservoir. Using technology, searchers located the body at a depth of more than 100 feet, but in the statement noted that it could take several hours, or even into Thursday, to bring the body to the surface.

U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Viken on Tuesday granted a motion to dismiss the indictment of a man charged with health care fraud and acquiring and possessing controlled substances after a Pennington County officer seized empty drug vials from the man’s home in 2019. The defendant, former paramedic Dane Arredondo,...

Pennington County, SD (KEVN) – At around 2:15pm Wednesday, July 28, law enforcement were alerted to a drowning at Pactola Reservoir. The report said that a man had been swimming near his boat when he disappeared under the water and did not re-surface. His location was in a portion of the reservoir that is 100-feet-deep.