Author Archives: Jim Kallas

Two B1B Lancer bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base took center stage Sunday during a historic jointservice flyover at Super Bowl LX. The Ellsworth-based aircraft joined a coordinated formation of U....

The South Dakota State Senate confirmed Governor Larry Rhoden's appointment of Dean Kirkeby to the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Commission. Kirkeby is a lifelong South Dakotan and a 1978 gradua...

Governor Larry Rhoden signed the following six bills into law Friday. SB 5 requires the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature; SB 56 requires that ag...

A legislative panel is backing a move to make South Dakota's temporary 4.2% salestax rate permanent. On Friday, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 63 to advance Senate Bill 195, sending it to t...

Darrell Shoemaker, Public Information Officer for the City of Rapid City, was inducted into the Rapid City Stevens High School Raider Sports Hall of Fame. He was honored in the Distinguished Service c...

A House committee on Friday unanimously rejected a bill that would have changed how South Dakota lawmakers are paid. Rep. Al Novstrup, RAberdeen, brought House Bill 1177, which proposed adjusting legi...

A bill requiring high school coaches to report suspected abuse and neglect won unanimous support Friday from the South Dakota House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 1187, sponsored by Rep. Mary Fitzger...

Senate Joint Resolution 504 cleared the Senate Taxation Committee Friday. Introduced by Sen. Casey Crabtree, the measure would place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot asking voters to ...

The South Dakota House of Representatives defeated a bill that would have required school districts to hold elections if they exceed property tax limits. The State Senate had approved it in January. S...

The South Dakota Senate advanced a bill that would increase penalties for people who disrupt worship services with violence or threats. The legislation would change the existing crime from a misdemean...