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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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%, ...

Mount Rushmore will host an Independence Day-themed fireworks display next year, bringing worldwide attention to the national memorial and South Dakota ... of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for ...