PIERRE — Republican legislative leaders are still planning to push forward with school choice legislation after two bills failed in a committee earlier this week.

A former Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy faces up to five years in prison for stealing from his police union. 39-year old Mathew Wilson admitted to embezzling five-thousand dollars from the Lincoln ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced on Thursday that a Watertown man has been sentenced to life in prison ...

Another session and another attempt to change the controlled substance ingestion charge reduced from a felony to a ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) as his nominee for secretary of homeland security on November 12, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate ...

The investigation revealed Barrientos used the voucher at a Brookings business last October. “This is another example of an ...

There are no known ICE raids or mass deportations reported in the Dakota News Now area, but when someone declares that ICE is in town, it can be misleading.

First-term Republican Sen. John Carley of Piedmont brought Senate Bill 51, which is similar to legislation that’s popped up ...

A group of Republican attorneys general are demanding Costco end all of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies as ...

A former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to using a DSS ...

A former state employee was sentenced to pay a fine, court costs and repay the state Monday after she pleaded guilty to using a grocery voucher that was intended for a foster family. Amalia Escalante ...

A former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee from Brookings has been sentenced for using a DSS grocery ...