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John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law saw its largest incoming class in over a decade this fall, according to a report prepared for lawmakers by Dean Neil Fulton. [Read More…]

The Brookings City Council received an update on a proposed five-megawatt solar project in South Dakota. Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) plans to build the solar plant on a 75-acre plot, using 40 acres, near [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. — The Department of Social Services (DSS) recently launched the South Dakota Opioid Settlement Fund Community Grant Program, offering South Dakota based organizations the opportunity to apply for funding assistance to provide direct [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – The 2023 South Dakota Indian Education Summit will be held November 16-18 at the Huron Event Center. The theme of the 20th annual Summit is Building a Stronger Future: Oceti Sakowin Woiyukcan. The [Read More…]

On October 26, a tragic single-vehicle rollover crash occurred in Crook County, Wyoming, resulting in the death of 42-year-old Donald Wilbur of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. The incident took place around 2:45 p.m. near Sundance, [Read More…]

In North Dakota, 47-year-old Ina Thea Kenoyer has been arrested and charged with a class AA felony murder for allegedly poisoning her boyfriend, Steven Edward Riley, Jr., who died last month. Authorities suspect financial motives [Read More…]

Jared Strong Farmers in Iowa are routinely harvesting more than 200 bushels of corn per acre this year despite widespread drought as crop harvest reaches its conclusion, according to field agronomists for Iowa State University [Read More…]

(Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch) WALL, S.D. – The small, somewhat worn meat processing plant in rural Wall seems an unlikely place for the birth of a new trend in South Dakota agriculture. But it [Read More…]

Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight Members of the other political party aren’t evil, journalists aren’t the enemy, and watching a lot of cable TV news isn’t a good idea. That’s a sampling of comments Monday from [Read More…]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A retired Republican state senator from North Dakota has been charged with traveling to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor and with receiving images depicting child [Read More…]

A 16-year-old boy was arrested following an accidental shooting of a 17-year-old girl at an apartment in Watertown where a group had been drinking. The incident, initially reported from a Burger King, took place on [Read More…]

Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight There was a time years ago when Travis Bies didn’t worry as much about cattle escaping his Black Hills pastures. “Every Monday, you had to be there and check your gates [Read More…]

South Dakota’s population is growing rapidly, with the state poised to reach 1 million residents by 2030. Despite nearly 29,000 people leaving the state, an estimated 34,859 newcomers arrived last year. Minnesota was the primary [Read More…]

The South Dakota Transportation Commission has approved modifications to the state’s winter highway plan in preparation for the upcoming winter season. After facing challenges in the previous harsh winter, the Department of Transportation has introduced [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre man was convicted Thursday by a Hughes County jury for assaulting and threatening correctional officers at the Hughes County Jail. Isaiah V. Rouse, [Read More…]

Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. and not just because Ohio voters are circumventing their Republican-controlled legislature to decide for themselves if they have constitutional abortion rights. [Read More…]

WELCOME, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been charged with manslaughter and child endangerment after a 4-year-old boy picked up the man’s handgun and accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old brother. Colton Mammenga, 33, [Read More…]

Ree Drummond, widely recognized as Food Network’s Pioneer Woman, is set to autograph copies of her latest book, “The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinner’s Ready!” at the Sioux Falls Barnes and Noble on Friday, October 27 [Read More…]

An 18-year-old and a juvenile have been arrested for making a threat to the Yankton School District on Wednesday. The threat was reported at Yankton High School, prompting a ‘soft lockdown.’ Following a tip received [Read More…]

            Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight The Great Plains lost 1.6 million acres of grasslands in 2021. That’s according to a World Wildlife Fund report released on Thursday, detailing the loss [Read More…]