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.
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South Dakota
South Dakota Governor signs trucker English proficiency and CDL bills to ‘deliver Dalilah’s Law’
This week, South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed two bills imposing stricter language and citizenship requirements on commercial driver license (CDL) holders.
On March 10, 2026, Rhoden signed the following two bills into law in an effort to strengthen standards for CDL holders in South Dakota:
- SB 164, which requires CDL holders to be proficient in the English language
- SB 180, which modifies requirements regarding non-domiciled CDLs
Rhoden said in a news release announcing the signing of the bills into law that South Dakota has now satisfied President Trump’s call for states to pass “Dalilah’s Law,” which would “increase standards for English proficiency and prohibit states from issuing CDLs to undocumented immigrants.”
Trump pushed for “Dalilah’s Law” during his State of the Union address in February.
“These bills are commonsense steps to improve public safety by guaranteeing that truckers can read our road signs and making sure that only citizens and legal immigrants hold CDLs. South Dakota will continue to prioritize strong licensing standards so all drivers are traveling safely and responsibly,” Rhoden said.
Rhoden also said that the state has partnered with federal immigration authorities for an enforcement detail.
“The [South Dakota] Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently conducted an enforcement operation alongside the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. DPS also reviewed its process for non-domiciled CDLs to ensure illegal immigrants are not operating with or receiving CDLs in South Dakota,” Rhoden said.
Dalilah’s Law was named for Dalilah Coleman, a child who was injured in a June 20, 2024, crash in California involving Partap Singh, who was driving a semi truck. Officials said that Singh was an Indian national present in the U.S. illegally. He was later taken into U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
Much action has already been taken at a federal level over the past year to tighten citizenship requirements for obtaining a non-domiciled CDL and to increase English Language Proficiency enforcement for truck drivers.
The South Dakota Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at March 10, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Mega Millions numbers from March 10 drawing
16-21-30-35-65, Mega Ball: 07
Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from March 10 drawing
03-27-43-45-49, Bonus: 04
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your prize
- Prizes of $100 or less: Can be claimed at any South Dakota Lottery retailer.
- Prizes of $101 or more: Must be claimed from the Lottery. By mail, send a claim form and a signed winning ticket to the Lottery at 711 E. Wells Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501.
- Any jackpot-winning ticket for Dakota Cash or Lotto America, top prize-winning ticket for Lucky for Life, or for the second prizes for Powerball and Mega Millions must be presented in person at a Lottery office. A jackpot-winning Powerball or Mega Millions ticket must be presented in person at the Lottery office in Pierre.
When are the South Dakota Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky for Life: 9:38 p.m. CT daily.
- Lotto America: 9:15 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Dakota Cash: 9 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 10:15 p.m. CT daily.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a South Dakota editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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