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Stanley County youth among SDSU Extension 4-H 2024 Premier Exhibitor award recipients

South Dakota State University Extension 4-H is pleased to announce the 2024 Premier Exhibitor Award winners.

Game, Fish and Parks achieves 1.6 million acres of public access, sets 2 million acre goal

Walk-In Area land along South of Harrisburg. (Joshua Haiar/SD Searchlight). The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has surpassed its goal of creating public access to 1.6 million acres of private land one year ahead of schedule. The news came in ...

South Dakota to set record for female lawmakers

(NewsNation) — In the new year, a record number of women will serve in the South Dakota legislature. According to unofficial election results from the State Secretary’s office, thirty-nine female lawmakers will serve; up eight from the 2023-24 legislature.

Fighting the homeless stigma: South Dakota Marine was more than a mugshot

Lloyd Bald Eagle, also known as Anuk, was reported missing on November 1, 2022. In February of 2024, an individual’s body was recovered in Rapid City from a culvert on Lacrosse Street. The remains were identified using DNA in October. It was Lloyd Bald Eagle.

U of South Dakota's $1.1M telehealth training grant: 4 notes

Federal grant of $1.1 million to fund training for South Dakota healthcare workers in telehealth services, increasing access to quality care.

Ethan Elementary School honored nationally for student achievement

Ethan Elementary School and Timber Lake Elementary School earned the honor based on the outstanding academic achievement of their students.

Key 2024 election takeaways: Trump sets tone for South Dakota Republican rout

The Republican rampage that propelled Donald Trump to the White House with majorities in the U.S. Senate and possibly the U.S. House of Representatives was felt strongly in conservative South Dakota. Not just in candidate races, where GOP establishment ...

History of marijuana failures in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A measure to legalize recreational marijuana in South Dakota failed in the 2024 general election, making the state *0-3 in its attempts to gain access to adult-use recreational cannabis. Let’s take a look back. The asterisk ...

South Dakota votes against constitutional abortion protections

Scripps News and Decision Desk HQ project South Dakota will not enshrine abortion protections in its state constitution.

Referred Law 21 opponents celebrate election results, look to future

One of the highly-debated initiatives South Dakota voters rejected on Tuesday was Referred Law 21, which would have put Senate Bill 201 into law with a Landowner Bill of Rights.

SD voters reject recreational marijuana

Recreational marijuana will remain illegal in South Dakota. Voters rejected Initiated Measure 29. The measure would’ve legalized the growth, possession, ingestion, and distribution of the drug. Hundreds of thousands of voters across the state weighed in on the future of recreational marijuana in South Dakota.

Advocacy groups say not to lose hope on South Dakota

After Donald Trump’s presidential victory on Tuesday, advocacy groups like the ACLU and Transformation Project are coming forward with support for the queer community in

Forte scores 23 as South Dakota downs Texas A&M-Commerce 91-83

Led by Chase Forte's 23 points, the South Dakota Coyotes defeated the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions 91-83 on Wednesday night

Voters Reject Marijuana Legalization in North Dakota and South Dakota

The ratio of Republicans to Democrats is similarly lopsided in North Dakota, where the GOP has likewise maintained a trifecta since 1995. And as in South Dakota, voters are fine with medical marijuana, which they approved by a 28-point margin in 2016, but leery of recreational legalization, which they rejected in 2018 and 2022.