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Congress has earmarked millions of dollars for housing development in South Dakota, including $3 million for Black Hills Habitat for Humanity. With Rapid City facing a housing crisis, Senator Mike Rounds, who advocated for the [Read More…]

Sturgis is facing political unrest as a group of citizens pushes to recall Mayor Angela Wilkerson, who was appointed earlier this year following the resignation of former Mayor Mark Carstensen. Critics like resident Eric Davis [Read More…]

A record first-year class and record retention moved enrollment at South Dakota State University to 12,065 students for the fall 2024 semester, the highest enrollment at SDSU since 2018. Enrollment figures were released earlier today [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Opponents of Amendment G say it’s an extreme measure that would allow unrestricted and unregulated access to abortion. Supporters say it would restore broadly supported and safe abortion rights that stood for 49 [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s state universities have lower tuition prices than any surrounding state, but the final price students pay is still the highest in the region on average. That’s because other [Read More…]

Health care officials celebrated a charitable trust’s $4.4 million commitment Wednesday in Sioux Falls to expand and improve stroke care across South Dakota. In 2022, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in South [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — Two former state employees have been indicted in a fake vehicle title fraud scheme through the state Department of Revenue. Attorney General Marty Jackley announced the charges [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight A committee of state lawmakers assigned to review South Dakota’s property tax system endorsed draft “concepts” Wednesday in Pierre that are intended to improve the efficiency, accuracy and consistency of [Read More…]

Tim Johnson, a distinguished former U.S. Senator and Congressman from South Dakota, has died at the age of 77. His political journey spanned more than three decades, beginning in the South Dakota state legislature in [Read More…]

A fight between employees and a customer at a Sioux Falls business led to the arrest of Tyreik Damon Broussard on charges of Simple Assault. The altercation occurred just after 1 p.m. on Saturday at [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A federal law extending medical benefits to service members exposed to toxic burn pits has hiked the number of claims processed annually by the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Supporters of work requirements say they’re a reasonable modification to Medicaid expansion. Opponents say they’re an unnecessary bureaucratic burden on people who need health care. Voters have a choice between [Read More…]

The body of Colleen Monfore, a 68-year-old woman from South Dakota who went missing in Indonesia, is believed to have been found inside a shark’s stomach. Monfore was on a diving trip near Pulau Reong [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Department of Corrections says it will rebuild three sweat lodges dismantled during a weekslong lockdown at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls. The DOC started what it [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – State officials said Monday afternoon that they’re removing 273 noncitizens from the South Dakota voter roll, but they provided few additional details. A news release from the state Department of Public [Read More…]