South Dakota
911 outages reported in Nevada, Nebraska and all of South Dakota — Las Vegas residents asked to text instead
911 service crashed across at least three states Wednesday evening.
Several municipalities in Nevada and Nebraska — and the entire state of South Dakota — reported emergency outages.
The service seemingly dropped at the same time, with Las Vegas police first reporting that 911 calls weren’t making it through to dispatchers.
“Dial 911 on a mobile device, and we will be able to see your number and will call you back right away,” the Las Vegas Metro Police Department said at 7:30 p.m. local time.
“911 calls from landlines are NOT working at the moment.”
The roughly 656,000 residents of Las Vegas were urged instead to text 911, a portion of the service that wasn’t interrupted.
The nearby city of Henderson reported the same outages, but like Las Vegas, was unable to provide a timeframe for the service to be reinstated.
In Nebraska, the Buffalo County and City of Kearney Emergency Call Center also reported outages but didn’t specify the extent of the interrupted service, instead asking those in need to dial alternate, non-emergency numbers.
South Dakota was the only one of the three states to confirm that the outages affected the entire state — meaning nearly 910,000 people there were without the ability to call 911 Wednesday night.
The Rapid City Police Department emphasized that calls to 911 affected every South Dakotan — and warned people to stop testing whether their call would go through.
“Pennington County 911 is getting inundated with 911 calls from residents who are ‘testing the system.’ While the calls themselves aren’t connecting, dispatchers can still see who is attempting to call and the phone number from the caller,” police said.
“Each 911 attempt is getting a call-back from dispatch, however the workload generated from unnecessary calls is hampering their efforts to get appropriate resources where they need to go.
“PLEASE DON’T CALL 911 UNLESS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY EXISTS.”
The cause of the widespread outages — and why the three states were the only ones affected — was not clear Wednesday.
South Dakota is linked to Nebraska by its southern border, but Nevada is roughly 1,000 miles away from either.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released the name of the woman who was killed in a fatal crash in Minnehaha County last week.
64-year-old Patricia Archambeau of Mitchell died on January 5 due to her injuries in a crash that took place in the early hours of Saturday, January 3.
Archambeau’s 2012 Chevrolet Traverse was traveling eastbound on I-90 near mile marker 379, about four miles west of Humboldt, when she attempted to pull off on the side of the road.
At the same time, the Traverse was struck by a semi-truck, also traveling eastbound, and pulling a trailer. The truck continued driving east after the crash and has yet to be located.
On Sunday, the South Dakota Highway Patrol released two images of the semi-truck suspected of hitting Archambeau’s Traverse. The two photos were taken on I-29 near 41st Street in Sioux Falls at 2:25 a.m., about 12 minutes after the crash west of Humboldt.
Highway Patrol is seeking more information about a red Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck, missing its passenger-side headlight. If anyone has information, they’re asked to contact Highway Patrol at 605-367-5700.
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VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Cameron Fens scored 23 points as South Dakota beat Denver 82-72 on Saturday.
Fens also contributed 12 rebounds and four blocks for the Coyotes (9-9, 1-2 Summit League). Isaac Bruns scored 20 points while going 8 of 12 and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds. Jordan Crawford went 5 of 11 from the field (3 for 7 from 3-point range) to finish with 13 points.
Gabe Oldham led the Pioneers (8-11, 1-3) in scoring, finishing with 24 points, 13 rebounds and two steals. Denver also got 19 points from Zane Nelson. Carson Johnson also put up 11 points and six assists.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The South Dakota Highway Patrol is continuing to look for the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run near Humboldt, SD.
In a Facebook post, the SD Highway Patrol has released new details regarding the semi suspected of committing the hit and run.
According to police, the semi is a red Freightliner Cascadia semi, missing its passenger-side headlight.
The semi was traveling eastbound from the Humboldt area on I-90 in the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2026.
Police are seeking information, video, or pictures from 2:13 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. along I-90 and I-29 from the public.
If you have any tips or footage, contact the South Dakota Highway Patrol District 2 Office at (605) 367-5700.
Copyright 2026 Dakota News Now. All rights reserved.
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