Reporter arrested for prank calling South Dakota Governor's personal number

Dakota News Now reporter Austin Goss has been arrested and fired for allegedly making a prank phone call to the former chair of the South Dakota Republican Party using Gov. Kristi Noem’s personal cell phone number. Goss was charged with "making threatening, harassing, misleading contacts,” a class 1 misdemeanor. Dakota News Now and KOTA Territory News issued a joint statement announcing the termination of the reporter. The call was reportedly made around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 22, and came from a website called PrankDial, which was able to make it appear as though the call was coming from Noem’s cell phone.