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Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part series. SISSETON — All it took in spring 2024 was two small, unrelated medical service interruptions to put women’s health at risk …

FLANDREAU — The stage is set in Moody County for the upcoming capital murder trial of Joseph Hoek, the man accused in the hit-and-run death of Moody County Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for June 20 at 11 a.m.

BROOKINGS COUNTY — A Thursday afternoon crash involving a crop-dusting plane northwest of White ended about as well as it could have: The aircraft’s pilot, Brookings resident Jeffrey …

South Dakotans by a wide margin support a constitutional amendment that would change the way the state conducts primary elections, according to a scientific poll of 500 registered voters co-sponsored …

South Dakota political leaders are condemning Nazi demonstrations that happened Saturday in Deadwood and on the Capitol grounds in Pierre. The state Department of Public Safety said in a news …

Fewer than 2 out of 10 South Dakota voters went to the polls Tuesday in a primary election dominated by fallout from a legislative debate over landowner rights, which caused Republican turnover and …

SIOUX FALLS — Nearly two-thirds of South Dakotans said Gov. Kristi Noem damaged her credibility in her book rollout, and nearly half said they have an unfavorable view of the second-term …

Editor's note: This is the eighth in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of South Dakota Public Broadcasting's "South Dakota Focus" will write for South Dakota News …

Avera Health plans to expand two of its Sioux Falls campuses at a cost about $245 million.  It’ll be the largest expansion of hospital patient care space in Sioux Falls history at …

MITCHELL — Standing next to a row of bookcases in the Mitchell High School library, South Dakota’s lieutenant governor was asked about taking the reins of state government. …

PIERRE — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers …

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November, he said on the Senate floor Wednesday, announcing the end of a run as party leader …

South Dakotans will vote on Medicaid work requirements in the Nov. 5 general election. The measure would not immediately impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients who qualify under …

PIERRE — Despite county auditors saying it could result in fewer South Dakotans voting, a legislative committee endorsed  a bill  Wednesday that would require voters to register 30 …

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