'Kids look to adults:' Responding to child trauma 50 years after Gitchie Manitou murders

When four teenagers were murdered at Gitchie Manitou in 1973, Sioux Falls high school students weren't given much support to deal with the trauma.

Demand remains high for 'heritage turkeys' grown in South Dakota

A few South Dakota organic farms are raising smaller heritage turkeys, and interest is rising. “Once that breed is gone, they’re gone and gone forever.”

Petition-gathering group reaches settlement with Minnehaha County

"We're pleased that our First Amendment right to circulate these petitions, which was threatened with this policy, is no longer being threatened."

South Dakota tops nation in drunken driving-related fatalities over Thanksgiving weekend

More than half of fatal crashes over the holiday have been alcohol-related.

$8.3B in crop insurance payouts to South Dakota farmers: A cost of climate change

Nearly 65% of federal crop insurance premiums are subsidized with federal funding.

Vaccinations slump as SD Health Department reorganizes community health system

"We need to keep babies on a vaccination schedule, and this makes that really difficult."

As South Dakota veteran population declines, honor guards carry on

South Dakota's veteran population has declined 20% since 2010, and finding veterans to participate in honor guard ceremonies is getting more difficult. “I feel like we need to continue to have these remembrances.”
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