Victoria Wicks
Former SDPB Freelance Reporter/ProducerRapid City freelancer Victoria L. Wicks has been producing news for SDPB since August 2007. She Retired from this position in March 2023.
She has been a newspaper reporter, and she spent about 14 years advocating for crime victims in Rapid City and Aberdeen.
Victoria is also a creative writer; several of her short stories have been published, one of them in an anthology titled Fishing for Chickens: Short Stories about Rural Youth.
In addition, Victoria is a visual artist, creating pottery, watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings, and photographs. She holds a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of South Dakota.
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Native POP in Rapid City is an annual indigenous art market that has traditionally included a catwalk, where artists of the Great Plains showcase their fashion designs. -
Bret Healy and his family have battled publicly over control of a ranch near Pukwana for several years. When a federal judge dismissed the case, Healy appealed. -
Rapid City lawyer James Leach says state and federal legislation is key to stopping the proliferation of weapons used in mass shootings. But he says the gun industry’s lobbying and political contributions prevent politicians from taking action. Leach attended a rally to end gun violence last weekend in Rapid City. -
A six-year-old boy died on May 5, 2022, at his grandparents’ home north of the town of Pine Ridge. Logan Brent Warrior-Goings was killed by a bullet shot from outside into the house. Investigators have not yet found the shooter. Logan’s maternal grandmother spoke at an anti-gun violence rally this weekend in Rapid City. -
People alarmed by gun violence demonstrated Saturday, June 4, in Rapid City, gathering in a parking lot in North Rapid and marching to Memorial Park for a rally. -
Three South Dakota agencies have violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. That’s the opinion released last week in response to a lawsuit filed by the Rosebud and Oglala Sioux Tribes.Federal District Judge Lawrence Piersol has found that the Secretary of State, the Department of Social Services, and the Department of Public Safety all failed to uphold a federal law designed to make it simpler for people to register to vote. -
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe has filed a lawsuit against Lyman County for delaying a redistricting plan that would ensure the election of Native candidates to the county commission. -
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a sex trafficking conviction stemming from a sting operation during the 2017 Sturgis Rally. One of the men caught up in the sting says he was just looking for a massage. And he says there was no pimp and no 15-year-old victim. The ad he answered was a law enforcement fabrication. -
A Sioux Falls man charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance is challenging the traffic stop that led to his arrest. Alex Olin Johnson made his case before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday. -
Frank Sanchez of Wagner was convicted last year of abusive sexual contact of a nine-year-old girl. He was tried in federal court, which has jurisdiction over major crimes committed on reservation land. The 66-year-old Sanchez was found guilty and sentenced in September 2021 to serve more than seven years in prison. Now he is appealing his conviction, saying the federal prosecutor failed to prove that the crime occurred within the boundaries of the Yankton Sioux Reservation. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Thursday, May 12, in St. Paul.
