Wednesday at the Capitol in Pierre to defeat a bill that would allow residents to exercise a “conscience exemption” from ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced that the state has reached an agreement with the federal government to host a ...

Resistance to artificial intelligence persists among some of the nation's English teachers. Some have caught students using ...

Representative Brandei Schaefbauer of Aberdeen estimates COVID-19 caused $100 billion in damage in the U.S., so she’s introduced House Concurrent Resolution 6009. The measure calls for South Dakota ...

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Saturday. The 53-year-old Noem, a ...

The uptick in surrendered animals could also be due to a "COVID-19 kickback," with people who adopted pets during the pandemic now unable to care for their companions, according to the Central Dakota ...

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. declined from 2022 to 2023, the first decrease since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the CDC. The age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths fell 4.0% from ...

Here are four more respiratory illness updates: Nearly 1.7% of all deaths nationwide were attributed to flu, compared to approximately 1.5% from COVID-19. Influenza test positivity rose to 31.6%, ...