3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (850+ words) Lance Russell will be South Dakota’s next attorney general whether you vote for him or not. At the Republican state convention in June, Russell earned the party’s nomination to seek the job of the state’s top law enforcement official, and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (129+ words) Northern State University will begin its fall 2026 Noon Forum series on Sept. 16, with a presentation by Jon Schaff, professor of political science. The second forum of the semester will take place Sept. 23. Titled "Return of the Wolves," this session will…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (151+ words) South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden can run for another four-year term in 2030 if he wins election during the 2026 midterms. Both a governor and lieutenant governor cannot be elected to more than two consecutive elected terms, starting with the 1974 election, according…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (225+ words) Candidates for the South Dakota Legislative District 3 House will participate in a public forum Sept. 22. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library, 215 Fourth Ave. SE. The forum is organized by the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (467+ words) A Fort Thompson resident and member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe who has more than two decades of experience working with crime victims will serve as South Dakota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People specialist. Marlys Big Eagle will fill…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (278+ words) After not endorsing any candidate in the South Dakota Republican Party’s four-candidate primary race or top-two runoff, Republican President Donald Trump has endorsed the winner of the state party’s nomination for governor. Trump gave his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (626+ words) A nonprofit organization and a Sioux Falls voter filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court over the implementation of South Dakota’s new proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration. Senate Bill 175, passed by lawmakers and signed into law by Republican Gov. Larry…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (707+ words) The morning after Aberdeen's Deputy Mayor Alan Johnson honored Mayor Travis Schaunaman's son Emerson with both words of praise and a moment of silence at the Aug. 24 Aberdeen City Council meeting, an obituary appeared for the boy, who died Aug....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (753+ words) A South Dakota Republican state lawmaker pleaded no contest Friday to a misdemeanor for damaging a road in Butte County in a case that began with a felony charge. Rep. Travis Ismay, 49, of Newell, was charged in early June for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds, R-SD, and Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, have introduced the bipartisan Rebuilding America’s National Cow Herd (RANCH) Act. The RANCH Act will help to incentivize farmers and ranchers to turn marginal cropland into grazing land and encourage cattle herd…...