Hyde County, SD

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO.com) — The political career of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg ended when the State Senate voted to remove him from office. Ravnsborg struck and killed a pedestrian while driving on U.S. Highway 14 in Hyde County. Watertown Mayor Ried Holien is a former state senator....

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A permit application for a proposed wind farm on the Hughes/Hyde County border is a step closer to restarting now that the Hughes County Commission has approved a haul road agreement with the project’s developer. County Manager Kevin Hipple says the agreement comes after months of work and months after Hyde County approved a conditional use permit for the 71 turbine project.

A new study shows that Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed carbon capture, transportation and storage project could mean almost $90 million in state and local tax income for South Dakota. Summit Carbon Solutions has partnered with 32 ethanol plants– including Ringneck Energy at Onida– to develop the largest carbon capture...

(The Center Square) - South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was impeached by the House of Representatives on Tuesday by a vote of 36-31. Ravnsborg struck a man walking on the side of the road in Hyde County on Sept. 12, 2020. The attorney general said he did not know what he hit and left the scene of the wreck. The body of Joseph Boever was discovered when Ravnsborg returned to the scene the next day. He pleaded no contest to two traffic offenses and paid a fine.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Toxicology tests after a deadly wreck two years ago in Hyde County didn’t find alcohol in the victim, pedestrian Joe Boever, or in the driver, state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. That’s according to separate reports recently released as part of the official investigation file...

We have noted previously Hyde County Sheriff Mike Volek’s seemingly shocking lack of curiosity at the scene of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s car crash on the night of September 12, 2020, the crash in which distracted driver Ravnsborg killed Joseph Boever. After sending Ravnsborg back to Pierre with the Sheriff’s personal vehicle, and while waiting for the tow truck from Black Hills Towing to arrive from Pierre, Sheriff Volek saw a glowing light in the ditch, but instead of investigating closely, assumed it was a light from Ravnsborg’s car.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Hyde County Sheriff Mike Volek was the first responding officer on the scene the night that South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg struck and killed Joe Boever on September 12, 2020. Volek and his actions that night were central components in the investigation into...

(The Center Square) – Two South Dakota state troopers shared details Wednesday of their investigation into a fatal wreck involving Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and said the House Select Committee on Investigation never heard their presentation. The House will decide Tuesday whether to impeach Ravnsborg based on his actions...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Jason Ravnsborg is no stranger to law enforcement for his driving record. Through the investigation, the South Dakota Highway Patrol notes that Ravnsborg has been pulled over numerous times going back to 1996. And since he was elected Attorney General, he’s been warned eight times.

PIERRE, S.D. – At the request of legislators, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety will conduct a public briefing for legislators today in regards to the crash where South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was driving a vehicle that struck and killed the late Joseph Boever on Sept. 12, 2020 in Hyde County. In anticipation of that briefing, DPS has released information that supplements what has been publicly reported on by the media from its investigative report.