Category Archives: News
Measles Makes Comeback Across Northern Plains As Vaccination Rates Plummet
A worldwide measles resurgence that stripped Canada of its disease-free status is hitting close to home across the Northern Plains, where falling vaccination rates have left communities vulnerable to ...
Nov 20, 2025
South Dakota Could Face Challenging Flu Season After Severe 2024-2025 Year
South Dakota health officials are urging residents to get flu vaccinations as national health experts warn of a potentially difficult flu season, coming on the heels of what health officials called th...
Nov 18, 2025
Noem's Uses Of Credit Cards And An Economic Fund Cause Lawmakers To Propose Restrictions
A committee of South Dakota lawmakers expressed support Thursday for legislative efforts to rein in powers that some committee members said Republican former Gov. Kristi Noem abused. The Legislature's...
Nov 16, 2025
Black Hills Energy Restores Power After Grid Impact
Power was cut to much of Western South Dakota and Wyoming Thursday. Black Hills Energy explains the work they did to restore power to Western South Dakota and beyond. According to a social media post ...
Nov 15, 2025
Farm Bill Extended, But Questions For Smaller SD Farms Persist
As the federal government reopens, South Dakota farmers are getting some clarity, too, with a Farm Bill extension. But support organizations say smaller farms remain in a tough spot to boost land heal...
Nov 15, 2025
Regional Electrical Outage In South Dakota And Wyoming On Thursday, November 13, 2025
Nov. 13, 8:30 p.m. MST - Power has been restored to nearly all Black Hills Energy customers impacted by today's regional transmission outage. Some customers may be experiencing partial power in areas ...
Nov 14, 2025
Deadwood Unveils $25 Million Proposed Budget For 2026
The Deadwood City Commission held its first reading of the proposed 2026 municipal budget Monday,November 10, 2025 totaling $25,088,965-down more than $2 million from the previous year. Finance Office...
Nov 11, 2025
As Smaller Farms Disappear, SD Organizers Help With Transition Plans
Rural-centric organizations remain worried about the loss of family farms and how it changes a town's identity, and they hope South Dakota farmers have more conversations about a transition plan. Betw...
Nov 08, 2025
Sturgis Area Arts Council November 2025 Events
Thursday, November 6 Armchair Travelers Book Club ~ come tell us about your favorite children's or pre-teen book Sturgis Public Library's Lushbough Room, 12:00 pm Thursday, November 13 Sturgis Area Ar...
Nov 01, 2025
South Dakota Bucks National Trend On Joint Pain, Despite Restrictive Health Policies
While chronic joint pain surged across most of America over the past decade, South Dakota emerged as a puzzling exception-one that challenges researchers' understanding of what drives arthritis-relate...
Oct 30, 2025
