South Dakota hunters gain 30,000 acres

Nearly 30,000 acres of private land in northwestern South Dakota will be open to public hunting and recreation through Pheasants Forever's PATH program. This addition brings the total PATH acreage in South Dakota to over 62,000 acres across 31 counties …

South Dakota enacts porn site age verification law

Gov. Larry Rhoden signed House Bill 1053, which requires websites that regularly host material "harmful to minors" to verify that users are at least 18 years old using official identification or financial information. The law prohibits websites …

South Dakota economics professor weighs in on tariff jockeying

230 illegally possessed guns seized in federal cases last year in South Dakota

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - 230 illegally possessed guns were taken off the streets of South Dakota in federal cases last year. According to federal prosecutors, 230 seizures are about average for the state. About 35 to 40 percent of seizures of illegally …

South Dakota Amateur Baseball Rankings [Week 4]

Posted on July 10, 2025 by - Sports WATERTOWN, SD (Press Release) — There’s a change at the top in this week’s South Dakota amateur baseball rankings. The Winner-Colome Pheasants are the new No. 1 team in Class B and the Renner Monarchs now share the No. 1 …

South Dakota economics professor weighs in on tariff jockeying

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Right now, many countries are scrambling to strike trade deals with the United States as President Trump’s pause on tariffs has expired, and reciprocal tariffs are expected to go into effect starting in August. It’s …

Iowa, South Dakota to receive millions in national opioid settlement

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Two Midwest attorneys general announced that both South Dakota and Iowa are expected to receive millions of dollars in an opioid settlement. Recently, there was a $720 million national settlement with eight opioid drug makers, including …

2025 MVFC Preview: Are South Dakota or SDSU Predicted to Win it?

It's really anyone's guess as to who comes out on top in the Missouri Valley Football Conference this season. This offseason, there was a ton of change and turnover among many programs within the conference, and both of our in-state schools …

Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota to continue campaign against domestic violence with new Mitchell facility

MITCHELL — As work continued Thursday morning in Mitchell on sidewalks and landscaping around the new home for the Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota, a crowd filed through the doors. Made up of Mitchell and regional officials, staffers at the local …

New blog series honors the people who keep South Dakota’s townships running

FORESTBURG, S.D. — Grading gravel roads, fixing culverts, balancing budgets — township work isn’t glamorous, but it keeps rural South Dakota moving. A new blog series is putting names and faces to the people behind it. The series, titled Township …