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Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota State University is working to get back about $66 million in federal funding it lost when the Trump administration canceled a grant program it said was a “climate slush fund.” The [Read More…]

1. High-Speed Pursuit Ends in Crash Near Lake Alvin A Sioux Falls woman is facing multiple charges after a Saturday night chase in Lincoln County. Deputies say she struck a patrol vehicle and injured a [Read More…]

Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight As South Dakota lawmakers consider spending $650 million to build a prison, another major building expense is looming: the first full restoration of the state Capitol in nearly 40 years. The [Read More…]

Molly Wetsch/South Dakota News Watch CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. – Situated just off I-90 on the banks of the Missouri River, with an unmistakable Army helicopter perched out front, is the South Dakota Hall of Fame. It [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — The University of South Dakota announced Thursday it plans to move the state’s only medical school from Vermillion to Sioux Falls. Starting in 2027, students will attend temporary [Read More…]

Benjamin Chase/South Dakota Searchlight EDITOR’S NOTE: This article, which was intended to publish in a recent edition of the Huron Plainsman, is being published here at the request of the Plainsman’s managing editor following the [Read More…]

Melissa Avelino/South Dakota News Watch College towns and high birth rates have increased the average number of young people in some South Dakota counties, even as 17.3% of the state’s residents are 65 or older, [Read More…]

Melissa Avelino/South Dakota News Watch South Dakota’s only two formal metro areas are now home to roughly half the state’s population, according to the latest U.S Census data. Over the past few decades, Rapid City [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — When South Dakota Republican John Thune delivered his first remarks as U.S. Senate majority leader in January, he pledged to restore “regular order” to the chamber, including “bringing appropriations bills [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight A committee of South Dakota lawmakers endorsed a proposal Tuesday to provide more video livestreaming of the legislative process and heard how water-damaged technology could affect a special legislative session [Read More…]