South Dakota -- right now -- is seeing its highest number of COVID positive cases and patients coming into hospitals. Health officials say we are now in our fourth and largest surge of this pandemic.
With dirt and diesel fumes filling the air of the Expo Building at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds, the stage is almost set for the 69th annual Sioux Empire Livestock Show.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is pressuring House lawmakers weighing impeachment charges against the state’s attorney general to release the investigative file on his 2020 fatal car crash.
Staff at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls are looking for people to join the zoo family. Staff began searching for volunteers that can help with the Docent Program.
Governor Kristi Noem announced Monday that the state has sold two state-owned planes, bought a 2015 King Air 350, and saved the state some money in the process.
The Better Business Bureau of South Dakota warns that this year more than ever that people should files taxes early, with staffing shortages within the IRS.
This Saturday wraps up the 6th annual Sno Jam Comedy Festival in Sioux Falls, and Co-Founder Dan Bublitz, Jr. said this year has been a resurgence for them following the pandemic.
A Republican-dominated South Dakota House committee has rejected Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposal to require public schools to have a moment of silence to start the day.
Officials with Avera Health say they had under 100 patients system-wide at the start of the year. In just over two weeks, that number has more than doubled to more than 200.
“Anyone thinking of crossing the border illegally in these treacherous conditions should not do it,” Grand Forks Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony S. Good said.
Planned Parenthood and ACLU of South Dakota are asking the court system to block a new state rule on medication abortions. They claim the new rule not only violates doctor and patient privacy, but will also make it logistically impossible for some to get an abortion in the state.
Last September, Northern State University’s football squad stepped onto their new turf at Dacotah Bank Stadium for the very first time with nearly 6,000 fans in attendance. Those fans continued to show up for the Wolves, leading them to become the #1 team in the NSIC for home-game attendance in 2021.
Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has filed suit against two Illinois-based companies over the results of COVID-19 tests he says were often slow to arrive and not accurate.
Two more law enforcement officers expressed doubt with the account South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has given of what happened in a September 2020 incident where he struck and killed Joe Boever outside of Highmore, South Dakota.
The public health director of Sioux Falls, an epidemiologist, has some serious responses to the notion that getting covid and having natural immunity, as opposed to vaccination, is an effective way to help end the spread of the virus.
The Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Tourism, Jim Hagen, spoke to the 2022 Governor’s Conference on Tourism Wednesday in Pierre and released data that shows South Dakota flourished when it came to tourism revenue in 2021.
“With the more contagious Omicron variant circulating and the rising positivity rate, Sanford Health is looking at ways to help slow the spread of COVID-19,” Kelly Hefti, vice president of nursing and clinical services at Sanford Health Sioux Falls said.
The South Dakota Senate has passed a bill proposed by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports leagues that match their gender identity.
The rise in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant is placing a strain on monoclonal antibody infusion treatments for eligible patients, and health systems are having to prioritize those who need it the most.
