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Clark Kauffman A Cedar Rapids woman is contesting the state’s decision to revoke her license, arguing she’s the innocent victim of the Florida diploma mill that awarded her a fraudulent degree in nursing. According to [Read More…]

(Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Those who opposed the state Board of Education Standards’ 2022 decision to reduce travel reimbursements for providers in South Dakota’s Birth to 3 program said the change would make providers less [Read More…]

(Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) BALTIC — Mayor Deborah McIsaac said she was shocked when she took office in 2022 and discovered a housing development in town had been given the green light without basic paperwork [Read More…]

Hadley Stiefvater, a senior from South Dakota State, a Salem native and a former FFA chapter president, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious American Star Award in Agriscience. The award, presented by [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is praising a South Dakota Supreme Court decision that denied a state prison inmate’s appeal of a second habeas corpus request related to his 1998 conviction [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight A company that sought to build a $3 billion carbon sequestration pipeline in South Dakota and several other states announced Friday that it’s giving up on the plan. “Given the unpredictable [Read More…]

A 2.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in eastern South Dakota early Thursday morning just before 4 am, marking the 52nd such instance in the state since 1872. The earthquake, centered near Humboldt, was relatively shallow and [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Expanded Medicaid eligibility is attracting fewer enrollments so far than the state anticipated, but some industry insiders say that’s to be expected. Projections indicated about 52,000 people would be eligible for coverage under [Read More…]

A 19-year-old Sioux Falls man is in the hospital after a dramatic incident with local police. He had rammed two police cars while attempting to evade arrest in connection with two stolen cars. During the [Read More…]

19-year-old Gavin Jensen turned himself in at the Clay County Jail after a warrant for his arrest was issued. He was indicted for Second-Degree Rape and Fourth-Degree Rape in connection with a sexual assault incident [Read More…]

Law enforcement officials suspect that the driver involved in a fatal Amish buggy crash in Minnesota may have pretended to be her twin sister. Originally, Sheriff John DeGeorge identified the driver in the deadly crash [Read More…]

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s “South Dakota Focus,” will write for South Dakota News Watch. Each [Read More…]

An unprecedented surge in the nationwide construction of new housing — mostly apartments — may finally be making a dent in fast-rising rents that have been making life harder for tenants. More than 1.65 million [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The number of criminal case filings dropped in South Dakota in fiscal year 2023, continuing a five-year slide in criminal caseloads. The drop in caseloads appears in the state Unified Judicial [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Lawmakers on an interim committee studying long-term care in South Dakota plan to bring 12 proposals to the 2024 legislative session. The proposals are meant to support the long-term care industry [Read More…]

On Tuesday, two commercial turkey farms in South Dakota’s Faulk and McPherson counties confirmed a “highly pathogenic” strain of bird flu, impacting over 114,000 birds. The H5N1 virus is extremely infectious and often fatal to [Read More…]

South Dakota’s Medicaid Expansion program has made health insurance more accessible in the state, with nearly 7,500 residents enrolling since July 1. This expansion extends coverage to around 52,000 eligible South Dakotans, including adults aged [Read More…]

A tragic incident unfolded in southeast South Dakota as an explosion at a residence near Humboldt resulted in one fatality and left two others injured. The explosion, which subsequently led to a fire, occurred on [Read More…]

The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) is pleased to announce Dan Ahlers has returned as the party’s Executive Director. Dan brings extensive administrative and political experience to the role as a former administrator of the [Read More…]