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Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota and Mississippi are the only states that have a full state sales tax rate on groceries, but that could change in November. Circulators of a petition to repeal the state [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch RAPID CITY, S.D. – Monument Health’s flagship hospital received the lowest federal quality rating possible over the past two years, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid [Read More…]

Paul Hammel, Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN, Nebraska — We’ll soon know whether some documents buried inside a concrete monument erected by poet/author John Neihardt 100 years ago survived three floods and decades of harsh winters on the plains [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight Gov. Kristi Noem appeared Sunday on CNN and declined to say whether she supports additional abortion-ban exceptions or whether she would have certified the results of the 2020 election. The only exception in South [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Tribal and rural areas in and around South Dakota are set to benefit from about $260 million in federal grants for solar energy projects. A five-state, 14-tribe coalition was awarded [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight BROOKINGS — A new facility sending renewable natural gas made from dairy cattle manure to local energy customers could be the first of several such plants, a utility company said Monday [Read More…]

PIERRE – Since South Dakota began participating in the National Prescription Take-Back Day in 2017, nearly 53,000 pounds of medication has been collected for destruction through participating law enforcement locations. South Dakotans again have an [Read More…]

A 28-year-old man from Pierre, Reese Clown, has been charged with 3rd Degree Rape in connection to an incident on February 18. Pierre police responded to a medical issue at the 1100 block of Clarice [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight The U.S. Forest Service published a final, permanent order Friday that prohibits prairie dog hunting in part of the Buffalo Gap National Grassland in southwestern South Dakota. The order covers about 125 square miles [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight RAPID CITY — Some frustrated taxpayers attended a public forum Saturday to tell state officials they’re taking the wrong approach to taxation. Several of the roughly 100 attendees said legislators [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight An updated discipline policy at the Department of Corrections has so frustrated staff that they sometimes avoid writing up inmates who harass officers. The South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles [Read More…]

Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch An Arkansas pipe manufacturer is seeking more than $15 million from a company that wants to build a carbon dioxide pipeline system in states including South Dakota amid delays of [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency fuel waiver Friday that will allow E15 — gasoline blended with 15% ethanol — to be sold during the upcoming summer driving season. The EPA regulates [Read More…]

Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in the Black Hills is inviting proposals for unique experiments that can only be conducted in a deep-underground lab. With its unique attributes and the deepest lab of its kind [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Cannabis advocates in South Dakota hope today’s unofficial pot holiday and its associated concerts and dispensary discounts will improve the odds of getting recreational marijuana on the general election ballot [Read More…]

AutoBlog.com Commuting is just about the least entertaining thing you can do in a car. Sitting in traffic in a sea of other miserable people might give you plenty of time to catch up on [Read More…]

A 68-year-old man from North Carolina was critically injured Wednesday night when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing Pioneer Way in Deadwood. The incident occurred when the man was in the crosswalk and [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight Early voting begins today for South Dakota’s June 4 primary election. Before attempting to vote early, make sure you’re registered to vote. If you’re unsure about your status, check the state’s Voter [Read More…]

Jackie Hendry, SDPB, South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota has more children in the foster system than families to care for them. On average, there were more than 1,000 children in [Read More…]

Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News HISLE, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux [Read More…]