The South Dakota Department of Education awarded 28 school districts the Elevating Literacy Across South Dakota (ELA-SD) Grant. A total of $39.7 million ($39,700,000) will be distributed between the districts over four years. In the central part of the state, the Chamberlain, Colome, Eagle Butte, Leola and Todd County ...

Dec. 15, 2025: A 35 year old man from Herrick, SD, died in a single vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 10, 2025, at 12:22pm) seven miles north of Herrick in Gregory County. Preliminary crash information indicates Cody Dean Vogt, the driver of a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, was traveling southbound on 350th Avenue near ...

The Fort Pierre City Council meets this evening (Dec. 15, 2025) at 6pm CT in the South Dakota Municipal League building (208 Island Drive) in Fort Pierre. Items on their agenda include: 2nd (final) Reading Ord 1082-Utility Rates 2nd (final) Reading Ord 1083-Conduct of Municipal Elections Res 2025-21 -2026 Election Date...

On Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at the State Oral Interp Competition in Watertown, Eddie Duffy - a junior at Stanley County Schools - earned a Superior Award in the serious category for his performance. Eddie presented Revolution by Steve DuBois, in which Benedict Arnold reflects on a life marked by heroism, betrayal, and reg...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the 2025 Organic Survey. In Early December, NASS will mail survey codes to respondents with an invitation to reply online. NASS will follow up by mailing the full questionnaire in early January. Last conducted in 20...

In celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer, Farm Credit Council has announced an initiative to provide leadership development training to women leaders across the Farm Credit System. Participants will take part in a groundbreaking leadership experience at Gettysburg in the summer of 2026. Each of the ...

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture along with 15 members of an International Year of the Woman Farmer working group launched an information hub dedicated to celebrating and advancing women in agriculture. The site debuted Oct. 15, 2025, the International Day of Rural Women, to highlight and co...

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing this week (Dec. 10, 2025) on the Abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). Todd Wilkinson, South Dakota cattle producer and National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) past president, testified on the rampant EAJA abuse by e...

A U.S. District Judge has sentenced a man from Rosebud, South Dakota, convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The sentencing took place on December 2, 2025. Lavern David Luxon, Jr., age 34, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to ...

A man from Wall died in a single vehicle crash Friday (Dec. 12, 2025, at 6:45pm) 11 miles south of Wall in Pennington County. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates the 20 year old male driver of a 2018 Nissan Murano was trav...

Dec. 15, 2025: Three people were injured, one fatally, in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning (Dec. 11, 2025, 6:51am) 13 miles west of Rapid City. Preliminary crash information indicates 52 year old Willard D. Howard, Jr. of Rapid City, the driver of a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado, was traveling westbound on Sheridan Lake...

A U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The sentencing took place on December 1, 2025. Willard Menard, 61, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison to be served consecutively to a state prison sentence of two years, followed by five...

UNDATED-AP- Before Jimmy Kimmel, there was KCBS. Just six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM reported that immigration agents were in the area - driving "unmarked vehicles including a black Dodge Durango, a gray Nissan Maxima and white Nissan tru...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police renewed their search Monday (Dec. 15, 2025) for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, a day after they released a person of interest after determining the evidence pointed "in a different direction." Authorities announced the man's release ...

UNDATED-AP- Two former attorneys and an aide who all worked on President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign are scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing in Wisconsin on felony forgery charges related to a fake elector scheme. The Wisconsin case is moving forward even as others in the battleground states of Michigan and ...

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services reports that nearly 950,000 new consumers have signed up for Marketplace coverage for 2026 since Open Enrollment began on November 1, 2025. In addition, over 4.8 million returning consumers have actively renewed their coverage, bringing total plan selections to 5.76 millio...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The last time Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys were on their home field, they had finished a two-game sweep of last season's Super Bowl teams to spark talk of a rally to a playoff spot. This time, they watched those postseason hopes all but vanish. J.J. McCarthy threw for two touchdowns and r...

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