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MITCHELL, S.D. — The Mitchell Police Department is encouraging parents and guardians to talk with their children about online safety as part of Internet Safety Month in June. The department is partnering with the South [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — Families will have an opportunity to explore South Dakota’s archaeological past during Archaeology Day on June 13 at the Mitchell Indigenous Archaeological Site & Museum. The event will run from 10 a.m. [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — Veterans and auxiliary members from across the state will gather in Mitchell this week for the 96th Annual Convention of the South Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary. The four-day event [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Republican candidate for governor Toby Doeden has some criticism for whichever South Dakota legislator got a law passed requiring runoff elections. “We should just cancel the 35% rule and just award [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — The South Dakota Department of Corrections will pay the state’s most populous county a premium to house people accused of violating parole, under the terms of a short-term [Read More…]

Avera Queen of Peace is partnering with South Dakota State University’s Respiratory Care Program to provide hands-on clinical training for students pursuing careers in respiratory therapy. The partnership began in May, when students started working [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Serarchlight SIOUX FALLS — The race for mayor of South Dakota’s most populous city is officially nonpartisan, but some Democrats and Republicans are treating the June 23 runoff as a contest with [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch HOT SPRINGS, S.D. – In a first-of-its-kind project in South Dakota, the small hospital in this southern Black Hills town is investing in a subdivision project to provide housing for [Read More…]

Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight When officials with South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Department sought to repeal a lake’s waterfowl refuge status, they said it was what the surrounding landowners wanted. They didn’t say one [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — Former President Joe Biden told South Dakota Democrats on Friday that the country has endured dark moments before, and they must do the same ahead of this fall’s [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar and Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Political newcomer Toby Doeden topped the primary field for South Dakota’s Republican gubernatorial nomination Tuesday, but political insiders say he’s alienated some of his opponents’ supporters by targeting [Read More…]