By Mondell Keck The Brookings Register BROOKINGS — Taking time to plan for the future is something most people do to one degree or another, but for the Bender family of …
To anyone to who has been following the messages of Gov. Kristi Noem, especially residents of Texas and South Dakota, I offer the following interpretation (with apologies to George M. Cohan) of what …
By Bart Pfankuch South Dakota News Watch BOX ELDER — The 2024 South Dakota Legislature considered two spending measures for construction projects aimed at preparing for an …
BROOKINGS — South Dakota State University’s National Student Advertising Competition team received three awards at the 2024 American Advertising Awards hosted by the American Advertising …
AURORA — The original 1910 schoolhouse in Aurora — subsequently converted to apartment buildings — is a total loss after catching fire twice in two days. Fire departments from …
BROOKINGS — After a dry summer, fall and now winter, spring flooding is likely not something you’re worrying about. But people who live near Six-Mile Creek know the risk of flooding is …
PIERRE — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers …
BROOKINGS — A nearly $397,000 bid for pickleball courts at Hillcrest Park was approved on a 7-0 vote by the City Council on Tuesday night. Now all that’s left is to, well, build them. …
BROOKINGS — In 2009, Angie Schmitz-Thompson’s 12-year-old son TJ died in the crash of a small, private airplane. About six years ago, the fitness instructor at Synergy Strength Studio in …
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November, he said on the Senate floor Wednesday, announcing the end of a run as party leader …
South Dakotans will vote on Medicaid work requirements in the Nov. 5 general election. The measure would not immediately impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients who qualify under …
PIERRE — Despite county auditors saying it could result in fewer South Dakotans voting, a legislative committee endorsed a bill Wednesday that would require voters to register 30 …
SIOUX FALLS — Bob Zeidman has visited South Dakota just once in his lifetime. He could be $5 million richer because of it. The computer forensics expert attended a Cyber Symposium …
BROOKINGS — With the death, at age 97, of Robert “Bob” Bartling, Brookings and South Dakota have lost a gentleman, mentor and citizen of legendary stature in the world of long …
BROOKINGS — Readers call and write with all sorts of comments and concerns, gripes and the occasional plaudit. And every once in a while, there's a really good question. So it came to …
BROOKINGS — Planned utility projects in Aurora and White in the upcoming months could make it harder for people living and/or doing business in those communities to get around, but it’s …
BOSTON (AP) — February's end is bringing wild weather to much of the United States, with record heat allowing for golf in Wisconsin and outdoor food trucks in Minnesota, along with an increased …
The following qualified for the April 9 election. Mayor Oepke G. Niemeyer City Council (2 seats) Al Austreim Wayne Avery Nick Wendell School …
By Bart Pfankuch South Dakota News Watch Some of the most contentious, emotionally charged debates during the 2024 South Dakota legislative session have been about property …
PIERRE — South Dakota’s Legislature has made it easier for the city of Sioux Falls to find new homes for more than 150 taxidermy animals of its arsenic-contaminated menagerie. The …
