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MITCHELL, S.D. – The Davison County Auditors Office is now even more shorthanded after commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to place on first-reading an ordinance that would combine the county treasurers […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks wanted to use federal funding to help offset the cost of a $20 million shooting range outside Rapid […]
LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. — First it was carbon dioxide pipelines that people in eastern South Dakota didn’t want. Now, it’s a prison. The South Dakota Department of Corrections announced recently […]
BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. — It may seem corny to some but in Butte County, folks take their corn seriously. So when organizers of the 4th annual Belle Fourche Sweet Corn […]
FORT PIERRE, S.D. — The economic benefits of a proposed carbon capture pipeline came under scrutiny Wednesday during the second day of a permit hearing before state regulators at the […]
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The fight for eminent domain reform is gaining momentum, and some communities and counties across the state are drafting and attempting to pass legal language in efforts […]
PIERRE, S.D. — Big plans are rolling out from the South Dakota Department of Education (SDDOE) intended to help teachers bring South Dakota’s new social-studies standards into their classrooms. The […]
PIERRE, S.D. – After three previously held public hearings, the fourth and final opportunity for the public to express opinions on South Dakota’s proposed changes to K-12 standards for social […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – First there was the unexplained change in the date and location of a previously announced public hearing. Followed by Gov. Kristi Noem’s announcement on Tuesday that […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Kristi Noem has appointed a local businessman to take the place of the certified K-12 educator as chair of the South Dakota Board of Education Standards. Noem […]
PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Board of Education Standards has changed the location and moved the date of its next hearing on its proposed controversial content standards for social […]
LINCOLN, Neb. — EPA’s final waters of the U.S. rule released on Friday keeps a controversial “significant-nexus” test in place when determining jurisdictional waters and codifies for the first time […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A few days before middle school teacher Shaun Nielsen joined a work group to develop South Dakota’s social studies standards, he got a thick package […]
SIOUX FALLS, SD — A ballot question that could ban new meat processing plants in Sioux Falls is moving forward. The city council certified the language of the ballot question […]
CHEYENNE, WY – The state of is asking a federal panel to block a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) purchase of Marton Ranch land in Carbon and Natrona counties. On […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A nonprofit group is urging city leaders in Sioux Falls to place a moratorium on the construction of a $600 million pork processing plant. Citizens […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Willis Johnson said he just wanted to help. So, earlier this month the billionaire Republican donor, who amassed a fortune building an international junkyard empire, […]
PIERRE, SD – The controversial merger of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has left those on both sides of the issue […]
Eleanor (Boe) Ingalls, 94, of Maurine, SD, stepped into glory on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 at Aspen Grove […]
Public hearing on controversial social studies standards set for Friday in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. – First there was the unexplained change in the date and location of a previously announced public hearing. Followed by Gov. Kristi Noem’s announcement on Tuesday that […]