EPA warns South Dakota residents to stay indoors as PM2.5 pollution hits “very unhealthy” levels, per AirNow AQI readings.

South Dakota’s outsized prison death count extends beyond overdoses, and more than half the deaths have been preventable.

As of January 2023, the state had 3.6 million head of cattle − 4% of the nation's inventory. With a human population of roughly 920,000, that puts the cattle-to-people ratio at 3.9. Nebraska is second ...

Current and former incarcerated people allege that ever-present drug issues are exacerbated by policies, dearth of treatment ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A memorial was held outside the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls to ...

Of the just 768 people who call Plankinton, South Dakota home, 163 identify as Hispanic, according to the 2023 American Community Survey. That’s 1 in 5 people — far higher than the state’s total ...

The South Dakota Department of Corrections’ (DOC) newly released 2025 annual report shows increased offender costs and a 50% ...

A federal jury found the owners of the Grand Gateway Hotel in South Dakota liable for discrimination against Native Americans ...

In the northwest corner of Sioux Falls, an 80-acre campus opened its first building this year dedicated entirely to expanding the state’s life science and biotechnology research industry. After nearly ...

Mike Pedersen has been hosting Christmas caroling at his old general store in Nora, South Dakota, for 36 years. The town of just two people welcomes thousands of Christmas carolers each year.