Governor Larry Rhoden has appointed Senior Chief Jeremiah Schneider as the new Secretary of Veteran Affairs. He will assume ...

South Dakota’s United States Congressman could be changing jobs in 2026. During a stop at the DRG Media Group radio stations Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 19, 2025), Dusty Johnson said he will run for ...

Supervisors who know about state employee malfeasance and don’t report it deserve a felony charge and possible prison time, Attorney General Marty Jackley says.

A bill focusing on the teaching of the Woope Sakowin "Seven Laws" was amended to focus on existing Indigenous educational ...

GRAND FORKS – North Dakota’s senators joined the Air Force’s second-highest-ranking officer for a tour of Grand Forks Air ...

South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

The Journal asked outgoing Sioux City Manager Bob Padmore five questions about his time as city manager and his future plans.

"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

South Dakota’s four-year process to address the state’s correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men’s prison on 160 acres of farmland in Lincoln County ...

Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency during the search process.

They will tell you there’s not a lot of people in prisons simply for ingestion charges all by themselves and they need that ...

Josie was recently named press secretary to new South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden. That’s a giant leap for a young woman who only a few years ago was roaming the high school halls at Murray County ...