STAR Academy

The state-owned STAR Academy near Custer will get a third auction in as many years.An auction is set for mid-September after state officials say some…

An effort to retain state ownership of the shuttered STAR Academy near Custer has failed. State Sen. Lance Russell, R-Hot Springs, introduced a bill…

A legislative committee approved a bill Wednesday that would prevent the governor from putting the former STAR Academy juvenile detention center back up…

Governor Kristi Noem says she’d like to see the criminal justice system work more toward providing addiction treatment as opposed to placing people in…

Governor Kristi Noem says all options are on the table for the STAR academy complex.The state resumed control of the former juvenile corrections facility…

Welcome to this week’s news podcast. This week you’ll hear about The Oglala Lakota Tribe becoming the first in the region to pass laws adding protections…

In The Moment ... September 18, 2019 Show 661 Hour 2Should the state of South Dakota have seen the warning signs about investors of the former STAR…

The STAR Academy has a new owner.The estate sold for a minimum bid at $2.34 million in auction. It was the second time the academy campus went up for…

In The Moment ... December 20, 2017 Show 244 Hour 2Kristi Bunkers is Director for Juvenile Services in South Dakota. Today we look at the FY17 JIPSIA…

In less than a month, the state-owned STAR Academy in Custer will go up for bid again.The 170 acre site was home to a juvenile correctional facility went…