Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

According to the latest National Children's Health Survey nearly half of South Dakota children under age 5 are not ready for school, with only 58.4% of parents reporting their 3 to 5yearolds are prepa...

Testimony in the Surfwood murder trial wrapped up Monday closing the state's case against three defendants accused in a gangrelated double homicide in a Rapid City apartment. Joseph Standing Bear, 29,...

A proposal to bar certain top state employees from donating to the campaigns of the candidates who oversee them failed in the House on Monday, as lawmakers rejected HB 1278 by a 47-20 vote. Rep. Will ...

South Dakota House members narrowly rejected a bill Monday that would have allowed businesses to opt out of paying into the state's Future Fund, voting 36-31 against the proposal. HB 1230, sponsored b...

A bill to reimburse South Dakota K12 schools for reducedprice meals advanced Monday after the House Appropriations Committee approved HB 1082 on a 7-2 vote. The measure, estimated to cost $630,000 ann...

South Dakota voters will not see a proposal this fall to cap annual assessedvalue increases on owneroccupied homes at 2%, after the Senate State Affairs Committee voted it down Monday. The panel rejec...

Former TV news anchor Shad Olson was arrested Thursday in Ft. Pierre on an outstanding warrant after allegedly violating the conditions of his sentence in a domestic abuse-simple assault case. The war...

The City of Summerset is considering a new regulation that would ban mining operations within city limits and nearby areas. The move comes as neighboring Piedmont faces strong pushback from landowners...

Today is Crossover Day in the South Dakota Legislature, the deadline by which most bills must pass their chamber of origin or die for the year. Lawmakers have faced a heavy workload ahead of the cutof...

The South Dakota House of Representatives has passed a bill that would eliminate the oversight committee for the state's medical marijuana program. Representative Dylan Jordan says the Committee is st...