John Hult

Sioux Falls

Senior Reporter at South Dakota Searchlight

Storyteller. South Dakotan. Agitating in the public interest. Senior reporter for @SDSearchlight. Got news tips? Hit me: [email protected]

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Prison group stuck between local opposition and limited space

1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | John Hult |Joe Sneve

On June 3 in Pierre, a gaggle of Mitchell city leaders delivered an unambiguous message to the state’s prison construction work group. The city council, mayor, county commission, sheriff and various economic development officials were all in agreement: a patch of land south of Mitchell could easily host a new prison for 1,500 or more inmates, and their community would reap the benefits. That wall of official support has since cracked under the weight of fierce public opposition.
Man who says he can move TikTok to South Dakota is a bust in Wyoming politics

1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | Patrick Lalley |John Hult

Excluding the money he loaned himself, Reid Rasner raised less than $35,000 for his failed attempt to unseat a U.S. senator last year. This year, the 41-year-old Wyoming Republican says he’s assembled more than a million times that amount to buy the social media app TikTok and potentially move its operations to South Dakota.
State hires New Mexico-based warden of for-profit detention center to run state penitentiary

2 weeks ago | sourcenm.com | John Hult

The South Dakota Department of Corrections has replaced the penitentiary warden who resigned last fall after eight months of cascading controversies at the Sioux Falls facility. Joseph Roemmich, most recently the warden of the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico, will begin his service in South Dakota June 24.
State Library secures full federal funding, will resume interlibrary loan deliveries

3 weeks ago | bhpioneer.com | John Hult

PIERRE — The South Dakota State Library has secured the second half of its federal funding, which will allow for the resumption of interlibrary loan deliveries over the summer. The library relies on the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for about half of its annual funding.
State hires New Mexico-based warden of for-profit detention center to run state penitentiary

3 weeks ago | mitchellrepublic.com | John Hult

The South Dakota Department of Corrections has replaced the penitentiary warden who resigned last fall after eight months of cascading controversies at the Sioux Falls facility. Joseph Roemmich, most recently the warden of the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico, will begin his service in South Dakota June 24.
State hires New Mexico-based warden of for-profit detention center to run state penitentiary

3 weeks ago | southdakotasearchlight.com | John Hult

by John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight June 5, 2025 The South Dakota Department of Corrections has replaced the penitentiary warden who resigned last fall after eight months of cascading controversies at the Sioux Falls facility. Joseph Roemmich, most recently the warden of the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico, will begin his service in South Dakota June 24.
State Library secures full federal funding, will resume interlibrary loan deliveries

3 weeks ago | southdakotasearchlight.com | John Hult

by John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight June 5, 2025 The South Dakota State Library has secured the second half of its federal funding, which will allow for the resumption of interlibrary loan deliveries over the summer. The library relies on the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for about half of its annual funding.
10 injured in prison violence days after protests over security and inmate treatment

1 month ago | kfgo.com | John Hult

By: John HultSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – A flurry of fighting broke out again Tuesday in the maximum security building on the campus of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, according to the Department of Corrections. The violence comes less than a week after a protest over prison security and the treatment of inmates, and less than a month after the last publicly acknowledged sparring between inmates on the prison grounds in Sioux Falls.
10 injured in prison violence days after protests over security and inmate treatment

1 month ago | mitchellrepublic.com | John Hult

A flurry of fighting broke out again Tuesday in the maximum security building on the campus of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, according to the Department of Corrections. The violence comes less than a week after a protest over prison security and the treatment of inmates, and less than a month after the last publicly acknowledged sparring between inmates on the prison grounds in Sioux Falls.
Multiple inmates sent to hospital days after protests over prison security and inmate treatment

1 month ago | southdakotasearchlight.com | John Hult

A flurry of fighting broke out again Tuesday in the maximum security building on the campus of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, according to the Department of Corrections. The violence comes less than a week after a protest over prison security and the treatment of inmates, and less than a month after the last publicly acknowledged sparring between inmates on the prison grounds in Sioux Falls.

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