The coldest January in Oglala Lakota County history-and the warmest
Canva Warmest and coldest January in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota history 2024 has started off with intense cold and severe...
‘Chicken from Hell’ – an ‘unusual’ ancient species – once roamed the Midwest, study...
Millions of years ago, a bird-like dinosaur, known as the "chicken from Hell," roamed the North American continent. Weighing around 170 pounds, it sported...
Senate votes to return clemency bill for lifers to earlier, more stringent form
The South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, as seen on Jan. 9, 2023. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) A bill that would...
Two men convicted of kidnapping, carjacking an FBI employee in South Dakota
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A federal jury in South Dakota has convicted two men on several charges related to the 2022 kidnapping of...
South Dakota Senate OKs measure for work requirement to voter-passed Medicaid expansion
Many low-income people in South Dakota would need to have a job in order to get Medicaid health care coverage, under a requirement that...
House Republicans to invite abortion rights petitioner to testify in Capitol
House Republicans say they're going to invite the backer of a constitutional abortion rights ballot question to testify in a legislative hearing. The hearing...
Kristi Noem Offers to Drive Greg Abbott More Razor Wire
The South Dakota governor spoke out in support of Abbott's border control policies while on Fox News Thursday.Story continues
Teamsters and police oppose South Dakota bill allowing autonomous vehicles
The Teamsters Union and South Dakota law enforcement officers are both opposing a bill in that state that would potentially allow autonomous vehicles (AVs)...
Legislative leaders don’t want elections to fill vacancies
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) - Republican and Democratic leaders of the South Dakota Legislature aren't sounding enthusiastic about the possibility of someday using special elections...
South Dakota lawmakers kill effort to criminalize passive exposure of drugs to law enforcement
PIERRE — By one vote, a Senate committee killed a bill Thursday that would have made it a felony to unintentionally expose law enforcement...
