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Two dead following Friday night car crash in southeastern Sioux Falls
A driver and passenger, ages 77 and 78 and both from Iowa, died May 9 following a car crash in southeastern Sioux Falls.
Rapid City man, 65, dies while serving life sentence at S.D. State Penitentiary
A Rapid City man has died at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, according to a press release from the South Dakota ...
SD National Guard member allegedly drunk during law enforcement training, records state
A South Dakota Army National Guard member was charged with a DUI after he was caught with alcohol in his system on a law ...
Sioux Falls Municipal Band announces summer concert schedule
The Sioux Falls Municipal Band returns May 17, celebrating Armed Forces Day as they've done since 1919 to commence the summer ...
Sioux Falls Police arrest man, 58, after nearly 2-hour standoff
Ronald Allen Detress Jr., 58, was booked May 8 into the Minnehaha County Jail after a nearly two-hour standoff with Sioux ...
Lawmakers grill South Dakota officials about Kristi Noem’s credit card use
Revelations about Republican former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s credit card use prompted a legislative oversight ...
Small-town newspapers say mail delays are crippling their business
Delayed Postal Service deliveries of small-town newspapers are frustrating readers, undermining subscriptions and hurting ...
South Dakota is one of the best states in the country, according to US News and World Report
South Dakota is one of the country's best states in new rankings by U.S. News and World Report, with high marks for environment and infrastructure.
How educators are preparing to teach South Dakota's new social studies standards this fall
In less than four months, a new school year will begin and teachers will start teaching the hotly contested new South Dakota social studies standards.