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An Iowa company seeking regulatory approval to run a carbon dioxide pipeline through South Dakota and four other states said a delay in its plan to re-apply for a permit has nothing to do with a …

A South Dakota county with the second-highest national rate of lethal West Nile virus in humans shares a border with a county that has never reported a single case. Between 1999 and 2023, Dewey …

WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin (AP) — A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted  Vice President Kamala Harris  Tuesday as she opened her Democratic political case against Republican …

An Iowa woman who formerly worked for the South Dakota Department of Social Services is accused of stealing an estimated $1.8 million from the department’s Division of Child Protection Services …

Applause rang out among residents at the city council meeting in Faith on Tuesday, July 16 when the council voted to begin the process to rescind a controversial new code enforcement policy. …

SIOUX FALLS — The campaign to put abortion rights before South Dakota voters on the November 2024 ballot claimed a major victory in state court Monday. Circuit Court Judge John Pekas ruled …

MILWAUKEE (AP) —  Donald Trump  named  Sen. JD Vance  of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, choosing a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 20-year-old man  who tried to assassinate  former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement’s attention at Saturday's rally when spectators …

PIERRE — The first case of West Nile virus in a person in South Dakota in 2024 was announced Thursday by the South Dakota Department of Health. In a release, the department confirmed the …

A second statewide 911 outage this year is suspected to have been caused by Hurricane Beryl making landfall in Texas on Tuesday night and damaging network infrastructure, according to South …

FAITH — A few months ago, the city council in this ranching town in remote northwestern South Dakota decided to join dozens of other communities across the state and hire an outside contractor …

SIOUX FALLS — A political border war between South Dakota and Minnesota on how to handle tax policies, abortion and the pandemic response could spill over into renewable energy and the future …

PIERRE — Longstanding official social media accounts belonging to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem appear to have been deleted without explanation. The accounts on Facebook, Instagram and X, …

BROOKINGS — The students are the stars; she makes them shine. Such is the story of the Brookings High School debate team and Head Coach Sally Pies. Having spent her whole life in speech and …

HARRISBURG —This bedroom community south of Sioux Falls transformed over the past couple of decades into the fastest-growing South Dakota city of more than 5,000 people, according to the most …

South Dakota’s most populous county, Minnehaha, was in the spotlight this week after its top election official ordered the county's post-election audit to consist of all 2024 primary ballots …

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near  a Minnesota dam  collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of  extreme …

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. collapsed a railroad bridge and tested a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be …

WAKONDA — South Dakota recently became the No. 1 producer of hemp fibers in the nation after being the third-to-last state to make it legal just three years ago. "We're the highest …

Heavy rains late last week led to inevitable flooding throughout South Dakota, prompting Gov. Kristi Noem to sign an emergency declaration Saturday. “Even though the rain is slowing down, …

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