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FLIN FLON, Manitoba (AP) — More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of Canada and the U.S., according to officials. Most [Read More…]

Megan Luther/ South Dakota News Watch MITCHELL, S.D. – The snow’s blowing sideways, the heavy stuff. It’s one of the few winter storms this year and it happens to fall on the first days of [Read More…]

Anya Kamenetz/The Hechinger Report HAYTI — “Are we actually in space?” The kindergartners of South Dakota’s Hamlin County are, in fact, in space. To be specific, they are on planet Earth, near the geographic center [Read More…]

Carson Walker / South Dakota News Watch The Brookings eighth grader who represented South Dakota at this week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee made it to the third round of the contest that was won by a 13-year-old [Read More…]

Recent widespread rains have significantly eased drought conditions across South Dakota, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. The portion of the state classified under moderate drought has dropped from 100% earlier this year [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Social Services has launched a 30-day public comment period on its proposed Medicaid work requirement waiver. Under the waiver, Medicaid expansion recipients must work, attend school or job training, or [Read More…]

South Dakota state budget officials are preparing for significant financial challenges as sweeping federal budget cuts from the new presidential administration impact state funding. Brandy Miesner, chief budget analyst, told the interim appropriations committee that [Read More…]

In the early hours of Saturday, May 31, a single-vehicle crash near Humboldt, South Dakota, resulted in the death of the male driver and serious injuries to a female passenger. The vehicle, traveling southbound on [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s largest hunger-relief organization says it faces a $2.5 million budget shortfall next year because of President Donald Trump’s federal funding cuts. Feeding South Dakota CEO Lori Dykstra addressed lawmakers on a [Read More…]

Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News On Christmas Day at the WaTiki indoor water park, Hans Wirt was getting winded from following his son up the stairs to the waterslides. Wirt’s breathing became more labored once they [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s proposal to implement work requirements for Medicaid expansion could be “an exercise in futility” now that the federal government is also considering it, said state Department of Social Services [Read More…]

Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The Public Broadcasting Service and Lakeland PBS in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Friday, arguing an executive order seeking to cut off their federal funding violates the Constitution and would [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight ABERDEEN — Toby Doeden, an Aberdeen businessman, officially launched his campaign for governor of South Dakota on Wednesday evening, promising a sweeping overhaul of state government including the elimination of property [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A flurry of fighting broke out again Tuesday in the maximum security building on the campus of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, according to the Department of Corrections. The violence comes [Read More…]

Jackie Hendry, South Dakota News Watch WALL, S.D. – Despite consistent visitation in recent years and record-breaking visitor spending, critical South Dakota tourist attractions remain subject to broader concerns as the peak tourist season begins. [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Members of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors raised alarms during a virtual roundtable Tuesday about volatile Trump administration tariff policies, saying they’re driving up costs, stalling housing developments, and threatening key sectors [Read More…]