Crime

A South Dakota man will face life in prison following a murder in Spencer.

A Cherokee man avoids prison but faces strict probation rules following a drug bust near Sanborn last fall.

Nordrum is scheduled for sentencing on February 17th.

Oldenkamp is facing a complex web of felony charges that connect a drive-by shooting, a violent arrest, and a violation of his probation.

Skadeland allegedly became belligerent with staff and threatened to shut the business down.

Gilbert pled guilty to Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree, two counts of Domestic Abuse Assault Impeding Air or Blood Flow, and Domestic Abuse Assault with Intent to Inflict Serious Injury.

The suspect is also charged with Obstruction of Emergency Communications for taking the victim’s cell phone when she attempted to call 9-1-1.

According to court documents, Alexandr Vlietstra admitted to taking inappropriate photographs of a female minor with his cellphone.

One of the men being held in the Lyon County jail for the alleged burglary and vandalism at that county’s courthouse in December has now been charged with with assaulting a jail staffer with a bodily fluid.

According to court records, the case stems from a March 14 traffic stop in Storm Lake.