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Ethics board dismisses Noem plane case, says law is unclear
DECEMBER 20, 2022: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's ethics board has dismissed a complaint against Gov. Kristi Noem for using state government aircraft to attend events hosted by political orga...
Jody Heemstra Dec 21, 2022
U.S. Cities Most Impacted By Sea Level Rise
Increasing global temperatures will bring changes to our environment, economy, and society, but one of the most pronounced effects will be the impact on sea level rise. A 2019 report from the UN's Int...
Dec 10, 2020
Cities whose residents are most likely to live with roommates
Household size in the U.S. is inching up for the first-time in over a century due to lower housing inventory and skyrocketing rents. Accompanying this trend is the increase in "doubled-up househo...
Nov 18, 2020
Pierre Swim Team - 2022 Capital City Qualifier Results
PIERRE - Five Pierre Swim Team seniors were saluted during the regular season's final event, the Capital City Qualifier, February 4-6 at the Oahe Family YMCA/Pierre Aquatic Center. Next for the team w...
Feb 09, 2022
US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023: WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's education chief says he's open to using "whatever levers" are available - including federal money - to discourage colleges from gi...
Jody Heemstra Sep 22, 2023 The White House
Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
AUGUST 14, 2023: HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana judge on Monday (Aug. 14, 2023) sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean an...
Jody Heemstra Aug 14, 2023
High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
UNDATED (AP)- Recent assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners have renewed concerns about whether the federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people in its custody safe. Derek...
Jody Heemstra Dec 08, 2023 Ken Mayer / CC
Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been arrested after 2 weeks on the run in Pennsylvania
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023, UPDATE: POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante has been captured after eluding hundreds of searchers for two weeks in rural southeastern Pennsylvania. Law e...
Jody Heemstra Sep 13, 2023
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter mark 77th wedding anniversary at home in Plains, Georgia
JULY 7, 2023: ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday (July 7, 2023) at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-...
Jody Heemstra Jul 07, 2023 Georgia Institute of Technology
Natalee Holloway's confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder
NOVEMBER 1, 2023: LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba was returned to Peru on Tuesday (Oct. 31, 2023) to serve...
Jody Heemstra Nov 01, 2023