South Dakota hosting events to celebrate National Treatment Court Month; Graduation ceremony for Sixth Circuit being ...

Treatment courts across South Dakota are holding special events in May and June to celebrate National Treatment Court Month. Every day, courtrooms across South Dakota and the United States are filled with individuals impacted by substance use and mental …

Has South Dakota set a goal for reducing water pollution in the state’s rivers and streams?

South Dakota’s Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources has not set specific targets for reducing water pollution in the state’s streams and rivers. More than three-quarters (78%) of the stream-miles tested in South Dakota were found to be unhealthy …

South Dakota tourism leaders worried soft economy will slow revenues

PIEDMONT, S.D. – John Carley joined about 100 other business operators in early May for a meeting of the Black Hills & Badlands Tourism Association to preview the 2025 tourism season. The mood in the room, he said, was "a little muted" …

Severe Thunderstorm Risk For Minnesota, Iowa, And South Dakota

Severe Weather Alert: Thunderstorm Threat Tonight for Tri-State Region of Minnesota, Iowa, And South Dakota. According to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, Eastern South Dakota, western Minnesota, and northwestern Iowa are under a Level 2 (out …

Cold front could trigger severe storms across South Dakota today

May 14, 2025 ABERDEEN, S.D.–The National Weather Service office in Aberdeen says a strong cold front will move across South Dakota today, and that could be the trigger point for severe storms, which are possible over central South Dakota beginning this …

South Dakota lawmakers see drawbacks in some rural prison proposals

South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association weighs in on Southern Border closure to livestock

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -The USDA has suspended cattle, horse, and bison imports through the Southern Border over concerns of New World Screwworm. Eric Jennings, former president of the South Dakota Cattleman’s association, says screwworm ending up in the …

Days after Noem visit, ICE arrests South Dakota manufacturing employees

2025 Eastern South Dakota Conference boys tennis tourney concludes in Watertown

WATERTOWN — Harrisburg completed a dominant performance on the way to winning the Eastern South Dakota Conference boys tennis tournament for a third-straight year. The Tigers won five of the six singles and all three doubles championships in the two-day …

Days after Noem visit, ICE arrests South Dakota manufacturing employees

ICE agents arrested employees at Manitou Equipment America and Global Polymer Industries, manufacturers with facilities in Madison, as part of a "worksite enforcement action." Taneeza Islam, president of South Dakota Voices for Peace, told the …