One person is hospitalized following a home explosion in Gary, South Dakota.

Mayor Larry Stoks said the victim was airlifted to Sioux Falls for treatment. The extent of their injuries is unclear.

The cause of the explosion is under investigation. Stoks said the house was leveled.

More details will be released as the situation unfolds, officials said.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol will conduct sobriety checkpoints in 14 counties throughout October. These checkpoints will take place in the counties of Beadle, Bennett, Brookings, Clay, Codington, Custer, Fall River, Jerauld, Lawrence, Marshall, Meade, Minnehaha, Pennington and Walworth, according to a release.

The monthly checkpoints are designed to discourage people from driving while impaired. The South Dakota Office of Highway Safety is funding the checkpoints, while the South Dakota Highway Patrol will conduct the checkpoints.

South Dakota Highway Patrol reminds drivers that impaired driving is never a good idea regardless of whether there is a checkpoint planned in their county or not. People who have been drinking are urged to designate a sober driver or take an alternate form of commercial or public transportation.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – A Sioux Falls man was arrested early Sunday morning following a police pursuit in Rochester.

According to Minnesota State Patrol, around 2:20 a.m., a trooper initiated a pursuit with a 2009 Mazda MZ3 in the city of Rochester and discontinued it shortly after.

A while later, according to the Rochester Police Department, around 2:45 a.m., officers responded to a crash on the 500 block of 4 Street SW where a sedan struck an unoccupied parked vehicle and then flipped. RPD said the suspect from the earlier pursuit was responsible for the crash.

The suspect was identified as Justin Hudson, age 31, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota RPD said he ran off on foot after the crash but was quickly taken into custody.

RPD said Hudson faces multiple charges including fleeing an officer and 3rd degree DWI.

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