Mike Brownlee

5 days ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Mike Brownlee

The Our Lady of Perpetual Help staff was at an off-site retreat when they heard the good news. White smoke. A new pope. And, surprisingly, an American pope. Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost was chosen by Catholic cardinals as the 267th pontiff to lead the church, the Associated Press reported. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. "it was pretty unanticipated that we would have an American Pope.

6 days ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Mike Brownlee

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1 week ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Mike Brownlee

A Nebraska man wanted after a pursuit that started on the Pine Ridge Reservation is in custody. He's also wanted in Nebraska for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman. Cody Dittman, 35, was arrested after the work of several law enforcement agencies, the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.

1 week ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Mike Brownlee

A Nebraska man wanted after a pursuit that started on the Pine Ridge Reservation is in custody. He's also wanted in Nebraska for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman. Cody Dittman, 35, was arrested after the work of several law enforcement agencies, the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.

1 week ago | rapidcityjournal.com | Mike Brownlee

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — On a recent Friday with beautiful weather, South Dakota National Army Guard members soared above the Black Hills in Black Hawk helicopters, dipping 500-gallon buckets in Angostura Reservoir and pouring water on the land below. Thankfully, on this day at least, it was a drill. But the effort prepped multiple agencies for the coming peak of fire season.