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Randall Community Water District Celebrates Groundbreaking for “Connecting Neighbors” Regional Waterline Project
Local leaders, stakeholders, and team partners gathered for the official groundbreaking ceremony of the Randall Regional Waterline Project. In a public statement in support of South Dakota rural water, Governor Larry Rhoden wrote, “Access to [Read More…]

Attorney General Alliance awards a $100,000 grant to SD DCI to fight Internet Crimes Against Children
The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation has received a $100,000 grant from the Attorney General Alliance to enhance the state’s efforts to combat internet crimes against children. “We can better protect children from online [Read More…]

State schedules vaccination clinics as measles cases rise to four
The number of reported measles cases has grown to four in South Dakota, according to a Wednesday news release from the state Department of Health. In response, the department will hold vaccination clinics across the [Read More…]

Hutchinson County fatal crash
An 81 year old man from Burke died in a single vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon,11 miles east of Parkston. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 12:30, the driver of a Ford Econoline [Read More…]

Man from Mitchell sentenced to prison on federal drug conspiracy charge
A 43 year old man from Mitchell, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance has been sentenced to federal prison. Cory Linderman was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison, followed by five years [Read More…]

Fatal crash near Sioux Falls
A 59 year old man from Sioux Falls died in a collision with a semi Tuesday evening in Sioux Falls. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 11:30 pm, the driver of a [Read More…]

Proposed prison informational meeting draws a large crowd
A near capacity crowd filled the Muth Technology Center amphitheater for a public forum regarding a proposed State Men’s Prison on county land south of Mitchell. Audience members submitted written questions through a moderator which [Read More…]

Man who says he can move TikTok to South Dakota is a bust in Wyoming politics
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Excluding the money he loaned himself, Reid Rasner raised less than $35,000 for his failed attempt to unseat a U.S. senator last year. This year, the 41-year-old Wyoming Republican says he’s [Read More…]

Attorney General Jackley Announces South Dakota to Receive $10.1 Million As Part of $7.4 Billion Settlement with Purdue Pharma
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that South Dakota is expected to receive an estimated $10.1 million as its share of a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, [Read More…]

North Dakota removes lawmaker addresses from website in response to shooting
Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor North Dakota legislative support staff on Saturday wiped legislators’ home addresses from the Legislature’s website in response to the shootings of two lawmakers in Minnesota. John Bjornson, director of Legislative Council, [Read More…]

Gov. Pillen supports locking Nebraska clocks at permanent standard time
Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has endorsed which way the state should lock the clocks, putting his weight behind ending twice-a-year clock changes by using permanent standard time. In his monthly radio [Read More…]

South Dakota Supreme Court will consider legality of Igloo bunker leases
Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch The South Dakota Supreme Court will decide the legality of a disputed lease signed by dozens of people who live in former military munitions bunkers located near Edgemont [Read More…]

Data center official says other states offer better incentives than South Dakota
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — A member of the artificial intelligence data center industry said Monday that South Dakota’s lack of incentives makes the state less competitive for development. Data centers house powerful [Read More…]

U.S. abortion clinics are closing even in states where abortion is legal. More cuts could be coming
The abortion funding system across the U.S. is battered three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states to enforce bans. An initial surge of donations has subsided, scores of clinics have closed and advocates [Read More…]

‘Expensive and complicated’: Most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies
Anna Claire Vollers/Stateline Nine months after Monroe County Hospital in rural South Alabama closed its labor and delivery department in October 2023, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in neighboring Clarke County also stopped delivering babies. Both [Read More…]

State Prison Offender Dennis Lufkins Passes Away at 76
A state prison offender, Dennis Lufkins, age 76, has died while in custody. Lufkins passed away on June 15, 2025, at the Jameson Annex medical unit, where he was receiving care. At the time of [Read More…]

SD Attorney General’s Office and Dakota State University Launch RFP for Statewide Secure Email System for Local Governments
Attorney General Marty Jackley and Dakota State University’s SecureSD have announced the second set of Requests for Proposals being utilized to implement a unified, secure email solution for cities, counties, and municipalities across South Dakota. [Read More…]

No Kings protests around the nation denounce Trump’s actions
States Newsroom With the nation’s capital hosting multimillion-dollar celebrations and a parade marking the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s birthday Saturday, huge No Kings demonstrations blanketed the country from coast to coast [Read More…]

South Dakota loses $5.6M in federal funding to expand digital access, help with unemployment insurance
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight The Trump administration recently terminated more than $5 million promised to South Dakota for expanded access to digital technology. That increases the administration’s total federal funding cuts impacting South Dakota state [Read More…]

‘No Kings’ protests planned in multiple South Dakota cities
South Dakota Searchlight Nationwide protests against the Trump administration are planned this Saturday, including in South Dakota cities. “No Kings” is the theme of the protests, which will coincide with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, [Read More…]
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