PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican lawmakers have revived a proposed law that would have banned people from changing the sex designation on their birth certificates. A House committee earlier rejected the bill that LGBTQ advocates decried as an attack on transgender people. Republicans in the House forced the bill to be brought to […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem would support using a grand jury to decide whether charges should be filed against the state’s attorney general, who struck and killed a man along a highway in September. Noem has been critical of the fact no decision has been made by prosecutors on whether […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s COVID-19 count Tuesday indicated 202 total new cases with 47 of them listed as probable. For a second day in a row, no new deaths were reported. Active cases continued their decline – down another 250 Tuesday to 3,428. The number of people hospitalized dropped by 9 to 152. Across […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Patrick Pardy has been promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the South Dakota Army National Guard during a ceremony at Camp Rapid. Pardy will serve as the land component commander for Joint Force Headquarters in Rapid City. “Being promoted to brigadier general is the single greatest honor of my […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota health officials reported the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in months Monday as just 22 confirmed  cases were listed. There 10 listed as probable for a total of 32. No new deaths were reported Monday, keeping the state’s death toll at 1,705. Active cases of the virus dropped 327 […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — State officials have canceled the annual count of South Dakota’s unsheltered homeless population because of the coronavirus pandemic and other concerns. The count is usually done on the last Tuesday of January. Volunteers of America regional homeless services coordinator Sara Hornick says the Department of Housing and Urban Development made […]

UNDATED – Here is your Tuesday Night, January 26, South Dakota Prep Basketball Scoreboard: BOYS BASKETBALL= Aberdeen Central 70, Pierre 60 Aberdeen Christian 61, Herreid/Selby Area 41 Alcester-Hudson 46, Scotland 37 Belle Fourche 63, Lead-Deadwood 48 Bon Homme 46, Kimball/White Lake 44 Bridgewater-Emery 59, Freeman Academy/Marion 56 Canistota 54, Chester 44 Chamberlain 46, Madison 33 […]

LEMMON, S.D. – In high school wrestling Tuesday, Harding County won the team title of the Lemmon Invitational, just edging out Mobridge Pollock 75 to 74.5. Home team Lemmon came in third with 64 points and Rapid City Central placed fourth with 41. Here are results from Trackwrestling: Girls Guaranteed Places 1st Place – Quinn […]

HILL CITY, S.D. – The Hill City Ranger girls basketball team upended the Scoopers 61-48 and the Ranger boys dominated the Sturgis boys, 64-41 Tuesday night at Coach Gins Court in Hill City. The Scooper girls, coming off a big win against the Yankton Gazelles, jumped out to an 11-5 lead over the Rangers midway […]

UNDATED – The South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Poll for the week of Jan. 25 is listed below, ranking the top-five teams, the team’s record, points received and ranking in the previous poll. First-place votes are listed in parentheses. Boys basketball Class AA 1. Washington (19) 8-0 95 1 2. Yankton 10-2 75 2 3. […]

UNDATED – Here is your Monday Night, January 25, South Dakota Prep Basketball Scoreboard: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Bridgewater-Emery 65, Mitchell Christian 29 Canistota 54, Ethan 46 Castlewood 76, Colman-Egan 36 Clark/Willow Lake 60, Great Plains Lutheran 27 Marty Indian 67, Avon 50 West Central 66, Garretson 59 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Castlewood 52, Colman-Egan 41 Herreid/Selby […]

Rapid City, SD.  – It’s all coming together to create a strong bull riding program within the world’s largest pro rodeo organization, the PRCA.  And nothing shines a light on the battle between man and beast like the PRCA Xtreme Bull Tour that opens stock show week in the Barnett Arena at The Monument (formerly […]