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Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 2:34 PM CDT
|By KEVIN FREKING and ZEKE MILLER
President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 4:33 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
South Dakota is preparing for federal unemployment benefits to expire.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 6:45 PM CDT
|By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent
Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald Trump turned to a new priority, adding money to build a new FBI headquarters.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
South Dakota High School Athletics are forging ahead despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
Representative Dusty Johnson is helping lead a bipartisan effort on telehealth.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
South Dakota's Democratic Party wants to be a more viable alternative post-COVID.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The South Dakota Attorney General wants to bring closure to families of missing people.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2020 at 5:58 PM CDT
President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 11:17 AM CDT
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she is not interested in running for president in 2024 and would rather stay in South Dakota.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2020 at 3:23 PM CDT
|By Kristin Kasper
Director of Press Communication for the Trump 2020 campaign Erin Perrine responds to criticism following President Trump's Fourth of July visit to Mount Rushmore.
First Alert Regional Radar
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 4:11 AM CDT
President Donald Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend on Friday with a patriotic display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands, but even in a part of the country where many remain supportive of the president, the event has drawn controversy and protests.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 8:52 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
While preparations continue for fireworks this weekend at Mount Rushmore, some people see the price tag as an economic investment for the state, others are concerned about the money being spent, and say, it could be spent elsewhere.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 11:25 AM CDT
President Donald Trump is vowing to veto a massive defense bill to keep military bases such as Fort Bragg named after Confederate officers.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 9:51 AM CDT
President Donald Trump is dismissing as “Fake News” allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 4:32 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
When Minnehaha county voters requested nearly 42,000 absentee ballots for the June 2nd election, it created a record number of ballots, and challenges in processing the 30,235 returned.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 8:09 AM CDT
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2020 at 10:06 AM CDT
|By Beth Warden
A South Dakota judged has ruled that Independent Candidate for the Senate Seat in District 25 has met residency requirements to run for office.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2020 at 8:30 AM CDT
The White House plans to brief select members of Congress after news reports citing U.S. intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 11:47 AM CDT
A lawmaker in southeast South Dakota has narrowly won the Republican nomination for his district's state Senate race.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2020 at 8:35 AM CDT
|By By LISA MASCARO
With a policing overhaul stalled in the Senate, House Democrats are returning to Washington for a daylong debate and vote on their sweeping proposal to address the global outcry over the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2020 at 7:40 AM CDT
A New York Times and Siena College poll released Wednesday found Joe Biden is ahead of President Trump in the presidential election by 14 points.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Jenna LeMair
Voters in Sioux Falls are a step closer to finding out whether Theresa Stehly or Alex Jensen will be filling the city's at-large council seat. A three-person board began re-processing thousands of ballots Wednesday.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 8:37 AM CDT
The city of Brookings is holding its municipal elections that had previously been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
Governor Kristi Noem has appointed Casey Crabtree to District 8 of the South Dakota State Senate.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020 at 7:12 AM CDT
|By Kyle Midura
Washington Correspondent Kyle Midura explores the content and controversy behind the President's Saturday rally in Tulsa
Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 at 4:45 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
Governor Noem has proclaimed June 19th as "Juneteenth" in South Dakota.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2020 at 8:45 AM CDT
State election officials say voting numbers were up during this year's South Dakota presidential primary.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 8:21 AM CDT
Two legislative primary races in southeast South Dakota are headed for recounts.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 8:04 PM CDT
|By Ted Fioraliso
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel made the announcement Thursday night.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 7:04 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
Pierre's famous Trail of Governors will have to wait another year before the newest statues are revealed.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 4:32 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
An emotional debate at the city council led ultimately to the decision to not fly the pride flag over Watertown.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 4:17 PM CDT
|By Jenna LeMair
This November marks an important election. Among the notable topics expected to be on the ballot are two marijuana initiatives in South Dakota.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 3:41 PM CDT
|By Kristin Kasper
Christy Lopez, a Georgetown Law expert, and Minnesota members of Congress discuss the future of policing following the death of George Floyd.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 10:58 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
Governor Kristi Noem says that organizers have scraped any plans for social distancing for the event where the President will be in attendance.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Jenna LeMair
After a long two days of processing votes, 100 percent of precincts are now reporting. Stehly is calling for a recount of the race.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 2:48 PM CDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro and Allison Maass
In an exclusive interview, Gray Television Washington Bureau Chief Jacqueline Policastro speaks one-on-one with Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee. Policastro also speaks one-on-one with Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 9:37 PM CDT
|By Kelsie Passolt
Alex Jensen edged Theresa Stehly by 110 votes Wednesday night for a spot on the City Council
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 8:45 PM CDT
|By Jenna LeMair
After a long night of going through absentee ballots, Wednesday has been spent waiting for the results of several races locally.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 11:13 AM CDT
Senate Democratic candidate Dan Ahlers stopped by Dakota News Now Tuesday night to discuss the results of the state's primaries and the upcoming election.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 11:20 PM CDT
|By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press
The challengers argued that King's loss of clout, even more than the continuous string of provocative and racially-charged statements over his career, was reason enough for turning on him.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 11:12 PM CDT
|By THOMAS BEAUMONT
Longtime Rep. Steve King has been ousted in Iowa’s Republican primary after being ostracized by party leaders for comments about white nationalism.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 9:52 PM CDT
Democrat Joe Biden has won the South Dakota presidential primary, racking up another victory in Tuesday’s voting as he marches toward earning enough delegates to claim the party nomination before the summer convention.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 9:10 PM CDT
|By By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press
Republicans in northwest Iowa are deciding whether they’ve had enough of conservative lightning rod Steve King, after tolerating the congressman’s incendiary comments about immigrants and white supremacy for nearly two decades.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 8:26 PM CDT
Incumbent Dusty Johnson has won the Republican nomination for South Dakota's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 8:19 PM CDT
Incumbent Mike Rounds has won the South Dakota Republican Senate primary.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 7:56 PM CDT
South Dakota and Iowa are holding their primaries and the city of Sioux Falls is holding its municipal elections June 2.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 9:58 AM CDT
President Donald Trump has endorsed South Dakota's two Republican incumbents in Tuesday's Congressional primaries.
Updated: May. 28, 2020 at 6:43 PM CDT
|By Ryan Martin
Presidential primary voting already seeing large turnout
Updated: May. 21, 2020 at 10:06 AM CDT
Tribal leaders are speaking out against Gov. Kristi Noem's decision to seek federal assistance to remove COVID-19 checkpoints on two South Dakota reservations.
Updated: May. 20, 2020 at 6:43 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Sioux Falls city council unanimously approved a license, allowing the theatre to serve beer and wine. The owner of the West Mall 7 Theatre plans to reapply after a denial just over a year ago.