Author Archives: Jim Kallas

World renowned South Dakota sculptor Dale Lamphere has gifted the copyrights for stature Dignity of Earth and Sky in Chamberlain to the South Dakota Hall of Fame. Lamphere and his wife Jane Murphy wan...

The state House Education committee advanced with no recommendation - a bill to change the school funding formula in South Dakota. House Bill 1205 would give schools a minimum annual funding increase ...

While The number of manufacturing jobs in the region is up slightly in the past month... regional hiring trends in manufacturing have been negative. According to Creighton University Economist Dr. Ern...

Sturgis police responded to a crash around 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the Sturgis High School parking lot. Multiple juveniles were involved. Several had minor injuries, and one person was trapped under a veh...

Gov. Larry Rhoden Monday vetoed House Bill 1077, which would have banned cellcultured protein in South Dakota, and instead urged lawmakers to adopt an amended version of Senate Bill 124. Rhoden said a...

Gov. Larry Rhoden on Monday signed two bills designed to bolster South Dakota's emergency medical services, saying the measures will give frontline responders added protection and flexibility as they ...

Former state lawmaker Dan Ahlers is entering the 2026 race for South Dakota governor. Ahlers, currently the executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party, will launch his campaign today in S...

A proposal to create a South Dakota Tribal Consultation Commission was rejected Monday, with an 8-4 committee vote ending the bill for the session. House Bill 1190 would have established a formal stru...

Sanford Health is contributing $2 million toward Children's Home Society's new Rapid City Campus, an investment aimed at expanding access to traumainformed care for children across South Dakota. The d...

Two people died after a vehicle overturned in a freezing creek early Saturday in Kyle, South Dakota. According to the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety, officers responded to a crash at 3...