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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) says that phase two construction of the 41st Street Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) project will begin on Monday, March 27, 2023. Crews will focus [Read More…]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just six months after passing what was billed as the largest tax cut in Missouri history, the Republican-led state House voted Tuesday for an even bigger income tax cut that [Read More…]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota is moving to fortify its status as a refuge for patients from restrictive states who travel to the state to seek abortions — and to protect providers who serve them. The [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Republican Gov. Kristi Noem signed legislation Monday that puts more than $390 million into the state’s prison system, with most of that money going toward investments in new prison facilities. One [Read More…]

The failure of two banks, one in California, the other in New York has rattled the banking industry and regulators. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, says actions taken [Read More…]

Despite a number of concerns, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 210 into on Monday, March 20th. The $7.4 billion Fiscal Year 2024 budget will fund South Dakota needs including K-12 education, healthcare [Read More…]

Mitchell Fire Chief Marius Laursen will be moving on from the Mitchell Fire Department at the end of the week. He’s going to work at Avera Queen of Peace in their emergency management area. Laursen [Read More…]

The Mitchell City Council on Monday voted 7-0 to revoke Speedy Taxi’s ride service license after operator Dustin Feistner was arrested on drug charges earlier this month. Feistner argued against the revocation. He told the [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are taking a break in the legislative session until they return later in March to consider any bills Republican Gov. Kristi Noem vetoed. Republican legislative leaders were focused [Read More…]

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Dozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver were transferred Wednesday to several tribes from across the Great Plains, in the latest example of Native Americans reclaiming stewardship over animals their ancestors [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A new state rule will allow hunting in some parts of South Dakota state parks where it had previously been banned. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission finalized the [Read More…]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A late-winter blizzard settled over the upper Midwest on Saturday, shutting down roads and adding to one of the snowiest seasons in recent decades. Bismarck, North Dakota, received nearly 6 inches [Read More…]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. government regulators have stopped allowing a large part of the Keystone oil pipeline to operate at higher-than-normal pressures following a massive oil spill in northeastern Kansas in December. The order this week [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-dominated Legislature passed a general sales tax cut of $104 million per year, lowering the taxes on groceries but not eliminating them entirely as Gov. Kristi Noem had urged. [Read More…]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gasoline with higher blends of ethanol could be sold year-round in eight Midwestern states beginning in 2024 under a rule proposed Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposed rule is a victory [Read More…]

WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Members of the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee on Feb. 27, 1973, starting a 71-day occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tensions that had been smoldering on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota flared up 50 years ago Monday, when activists from the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded [Read More…]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — It was pharmacist Gwendolyn Herzig’s first time testifying before a legislative committee when she spoke to several Arkansas lawmakers in a packed hearing room this month about a bill restricting gender-affirming [Read More…]