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Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Shelsey Klein was 33 weeks pregnant and crying when she stormed into the Winner Regional Health CEO’s office. She found out through social media in December that the hospital planned to [Read More…]

As the South Dakota Economic Development community looks ahead to the 2026 legislative session, leaders are focusing on pro-growth initiatives and education to address skepticism surrounding economic development. Following the passing of HB 1052, which [Read More…]

Nicole Swigart, the former superintendent of the Rapid City Area School District, has filed a lawsuit against the district following her dismissal after a discrimination investigation. The lawsuit alleges pay disparities and unlawful termination, stemming [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Delayed Postal Service deliveries of small-town newspapers are frustrating readers, undermining subscriptions and hurting advertising revenue, according to publishers across South Dakota. “It’s taking nine days to get a paper from [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Two state lawmakers who work in health care want Republican South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden’s help to ban sugary drinks, candy and “other non-nutritious items” from a nutrition program for low-income [Read More…]

Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch In the spring of 2024, the Norwegian American Historical Association received some encouraging news. The Minnesota-based organization was approved for a federal grant of about $300,000 to preserve, digitize [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Norma Torres Ortiz quit her full-time job at a Huron nursing home in February 2019 to spend her days studying for the national nurse licensure exam. Her first language isn’t [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS – The term of art is “insolated, but not isolated.” That’s how Bob Mundt of the Sioux Falls Development Foundation describes his metro area’s position as it faces the [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Another round of violence erupted Sunday on the campus of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, the Department of Corrections has confirmed. The fight between inmates came a little more than [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight State officials have added two more South Dakota lakes to the fish consumption advisory list after testing found elevated mercury levels in large walleye. The state announced Monday that Dry Lake #1 [Read More…]