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Thanks to South Dakota’s historic expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced that more [Read More…]

BOSTON (AP) — Revelers across the U.S. braved heat and heavy rain to take part in Fourth of July activities Tuesday — celebrating the nation’s founding with parades, fireworks and hot dog eating contests at [Read More…]

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Sunday morning after he was caught attempting to lure children into his van with candy. Skylar Coleman of Sioux Falls was first reported by a group of children who [Read More…]

A 20-year-old woman was punched and had her car windows broken after pulling into a parking lot in eastern Sioux Falls on Saturday night. The incident happened at about 11:30 p.m. The victim, who has [Read More…]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota higher education officials are deeply worried about losing students and revenue in 2024 when neighboring Minnesota makes public college and university tuition free for thousands of residents. Officials estimate [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The body of a pilot who crashed his floatplane into Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs and drowned has been recovered, the county sheriff said Saturday. The Mille Lacs County sheriff said in a [Read More…]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Police on Friday morning discovered the remains of a goat stolen earlier this week from a Montessori school in St. Paul. Officers who responded to reports of “suspicious items” at [Read More…]

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The founder of the Minnesota-based medical products company Precision Lens died when a vintage plane crashed shortly after takeoff at an airport in Montana. Paul Ehlen was piloting the plane that [Read More…]

Firefighters responded to a garage fire in central Aberdeen early Saturday morning. The fire was reported at 109 N. 1st St. at around 5:11 a.m. According to Aberdeen Fire Rescue, the fire fully engulfed an [Read More…]

A 20-year-old man from Rapid City has been arrested on charges of second-degree murder after a stabbing incident that occurred on Saturday night on Highway 16 near Keystone. The suspect, Caesar Angelo Duran, allegedly stabbed [Read More…]

On Thursday, June 29 at approximately 12:30 am, an unknown individual entered a business in the 800 block of North Main and forced open a change machine. The total dollar loss is over several thousand [Read More…]

The Scoreboard Pub & Grille in downtown Mitchell, has started work on its expansion project with an upcoming move next door. With the move the restaurant will take on a new name, Bradley’s Pub & [Read More…]

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 6-year-old Iowa boy who was hospitalized after he was found unconscious in a wave pool at at a suburban Omaha waterpark has died, police said Wednesday. Police did not identify [Read More…]

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The federal government denied Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request for assistance after a six-story apartment building partially collapsed roughly one month ago, leaving three dead, many injured and dozens displaced. A federal agency “determined that the [Read More…]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Smaller meat and poultry operators in 17 states will receive $115 million in grants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday, as the agency continues efforts to shift a decadeslong [Read More…]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Shane’s Illinois farm got a nice soaking on May 8, shortly after he planted his corn crop. Since then, rain has been hard to come by. Plenty of storms have [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — More than 200 bills that passed during South Dakota’s nine-week legislative session are set to become law Saturday. More than $104 million will be returned to taxpayers this year, and the general sales [Read More…]

Three days of events in South Dakota will showcase the rapidly growing industrial hemp industry in the state and the United States. The events, which will be held August 3-5 at Horizon Hemp Seeds in [Read More…]

The South Dakota State Bar’s Disciplinary Board has recommended that the state Supreme Court suspend former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s law license for two years. The board’s recommendation was issued on May 19, 2023, and [Read More…]

A 64-year-old woman died in a two-vehicle crash near Clear Lake, South Dakota, on Friday afternoon. The crash happened at 12:38 p.m. on U.S. Highway 212 near mile marker 400. A 2015 Chevrolet Silverado pickup [Read More…]