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South Dakota Searchlight – A petition that would establish open primary elections in South Dakota has enough signatures from registered voters to be placed on the Nov. 5 ballot, according to the South Dakota Secretary [Read More…]

Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to announce in New Hampshire on Tuesday that 1 million claims have been granted for benefits under the toxic exposure law that Congress approved [Read More…]

A phone tip about erratic driving led to the arrest of 44-year-old Justin Paulson of Sinai, South Dakota, for charges including rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. On May 17, Brookings Police [Read More…]

Target Corp. is closing its satellite location at 3901 W. 53rd St. in Sioux Falls, as notified to the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation. This move will affect 59 employees, with 29 offered [Read More…]

For the second consecutive year, southeast South Dakota has led the state in visitor spending, accounting for 39.5% of statewide expenditures in 2023, narrowly surpassing the Black Hills region at 38.6%. Minnehaha County contributed the [Read More…]

Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Nearly two-thirds of South Dakotans said Gov. Kristi Noem damaged her credibility in her latest book rollout, and nearly half said they have an unfavorable [Read More…]

Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch The release of Gov. Kristi Noem’s second book, “No Going Back,” was supposed to serve as a launching pad for her national political rise, including a possible role as [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Sioux Falls, Fort Sisseton Historic State Park, Box Elder and the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead will benefit from $3 million in cleanup funds awarded Monday by the U.S. [Read More…]

Officials are investigating the death of a child found in Eagle Butte on Sunday. The Cheyenne River Tribal Police reported the child had injuries potentially caused by a canine attack. The exact cause of death [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Dr. Allie Alvine went to Pierre in 2020 with a concern and came home with a mission. At the state Capitol, she testified against a bill that would have repealed the immunization [Read More…]

Louisiana Republican state Rep. Kathy Edmonston believes no one ought to be required to vaccinate their children. So, she wants schools to proactively tell parents that it’s their right under Louisiana law to seek an [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Survey results indicate nearly two-thirds of South Dakota public school educators are teaching the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, but the number of respondents is lower than the last survey. The essential [Read More…]

Union County, S.D.- A 55-year-old man died Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash six miles north of Montrose, SD. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information [Read More…]

Nada Hassanein, Stateline Rural children and families are having to skip vital health treatments and even ending up in the emergency room, while already struggling rural clinics are losing more patients, as states cull their [Read More…]

WASHINGTON — Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick were the most bipartisan members of Congress last year, according to a newly released analysis from the Lugar Center and the McCourt [Read More…]

Charlie Adelson, serving a life sentence for orchestrating the 2014 murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel, has been relocated to South Dakota, over 1,800 miles from the crime scene. Records from the Florida [Read More…]