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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NewsIn 2017, six South Dakota plaintiffs sued law officers in three cities for forcing them to undergo catheterization to get evidence of drug use.After a…
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NewsThe Sierra Club has standing to challenge a confined hog and cattle operation in Clay County. That's the unanimous decision of the South Dakota Supreme…
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NewsOn Nov. 3, 2020, South Dakota citizens voted to approve an amendment to the state constitution that legalizes all things cannabis. Voters also approved an…
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NewsThe South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday, April 28, on the constitutionality of Amendment A. In the 2020 election, almost 55 percent of…
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NewsThe South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence of Jonathon Klinetobe, the Rapid City man who enlisted two other men to murder his…
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NewsOpponents to the Dakota Access Pipeline are disappointed that the Biden administration has not shut the pipeline down. Opponents have sued the U.S. Army…
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NewsRepresentatives of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe say the Biden administration should take action against the Dakota Access Pipeline.Standing Rock and…
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NewsThe Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a man who sued investigators and prosecutors in Meade County.Oakley Engesser served 12 years in…
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NewsEarlier this week the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released an extensive opinion on the Indian Child Welfare Act.Lawyers immediately started to examine…
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NewsThe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has found aspects of the Indian Child Welfare Act to be unconstitutional.The appellate court released its opinion on…