PIERRE — Eminent domain could soon be off the table for carbon capture projects in South Dakota. The state Senate Tuesday voted 23-12 to pass House Bill 1052, a bill that would prohibit ...

The South Dakota Attorney General Office's Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into the deaths of two inmates in Sioux Falls, who died three days apart. Tony Mangan, communications ...

Last year, tourists spent over $5 billion in South Dakota — a record for the state. However, this year concerns are growing that tourism will drop off due to economic uncertainty, inflation and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — With measles spreading across the country, the South Dakota Department of Health (SDDOH) looked at what they are seeing and what to expect. According to the CDC ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A recent report finds drug overdose deaths across all 50 states could reach its lowest level since 2019, but South Dakota is an outlier. On May 14, a provisional ...

MITCHELL, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - Matthew Pearson found a successful career in the wind energy industry purely by chance. After graduating from high school in Vermillion, Pearson knew he ...

South Dakota CIO and Bureau of Information and Technology (BIT) Commissioner Madhu Gottumukkala is stepping down Friday to join the federal government, but not without having left his mark on the ...

Originally founded in 1885 as a mining school, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is the state’s modern leader in STEM education. More than three-quarters of students are engineers.

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While following this lead investigators learned that Barber was now in South Dakota. Law enforcement agencies from that area performed a wellness check on Barber who stated that he is "doing well." ...

With that, damage was done to part of Dakota Valley Elementary School’s parking lot. Many South Dakotans have followed the CO2 pipeline applications over the last four years in South Dakota.

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