Tag: South Dakota

South Dakota doesn’t have a plan to cover federal food assistance for 75,000 if shutdown continues

From left, Rotarian Barry Sackett moderates a panel on food insecurity with Feeding South Dakota Executive Director Lori…

Task force advances 18 proposals to reduce South Dakota property taxes

A January 2025 view of the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)A legislative task…

$174 million South Dakota battery project signals intent to begin permitting process

An example of the battery cabinets Crowned Ridge Energy Storage I, LLC, plans to install is superimposed atop…

2 dead in fatal crash in South Dakota

Two people died in a two-vehicle crash early Sunday morning 8 miles outside of Canton, South Dakota.According to…

South Dakota board approves funding for satellite voting centers in tribal areas

Absentee voting is available on the third floor of the Minnehaha County building in downtown Sioux Falls, South…

‘A foundation upon which to build friendship and trust’

A bird stands on the head of the statue "Dignity: Of Earth and Sky" on Sept. 20, 2024,…

Triumphant return of ‘living dinosaur’ to Big Stone Lake in Minnesota

For the first time in nearly 80 years, lake sturgeon — ancient fish that can grow up to…

South Dakota governor, officials pledge $30.94 nightly to cover Rushmore lighting during shutdown

A June 2025 view of Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota's Black Hills. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)South…

Summit weighs new destinations for carbon pipeline: Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas

With Summit Carbon Solutions’ planned route effectively blocked by South Dakota’s ban on the company's use of eminent…

Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce

A September 2025 view of Drumgoon Dairy, which Dorothy and Rodney Elliott opened in 2006 near Lake Norden,…

South Dakota program offers aspiring farmers a rare path into agriculture

Cody Kafka sits at his work desk in Mitchell with his new land purchase displayed on his computer…

South Dakota to replace one of the country’s oldest prisons

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have agreed to replace one of the nation’s oldest prisons,…