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A historic building sits on a hit in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

Hot Springs takes next steps in push for prosperity

The Southern Black Hills city is part of a pilot project to identify top problems and solutions using journalism and community engagement.

A blue watertower in the city of Watertown, South Dakota.

Watertown taps resident input to solve problems

The South Dakota city of 23,000 is among those crowdsourcing solutions to community challenges like housing, child care and labor.

South Dakota Sen. John Thuen stands and smiles in front of a row of American flags after being re-elected to the Senate

South Dakota's top 5 campaign war chests

What it means for 2026: Fundraising sheds light on what could be one of the state's most contested and consequential election cycles.

A man and a woman pose for a photo taken by another person at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Southeast SD surges ahead of Black Hills in tourism revenue

South Dakota saw $4.96 billion in tourism spending in 2023, with 14.7 million visitors. Increasingly, more of them are drawn to the 14 counties in and around Sioux Falls.

A doctor and a nurse help a homeless man in a wheelchair with his foot in an alley in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

How Midwest Street Medicine is bridging health equity gaps for the homeless

"This is where we can make a real difference in health equity and life expectancy."

A woman walks into the South Dakota Department of Social Services building in Sioux Falls..

Medicaid work requirements in South Dakota? Only if Trump wins.

South Dakota voters will decide on Amendment F, a legislative effort to allow employment criteria to be used for able-bodied adults to receive Medicaid benefits.

Motorcycles park on a main street in Sturgis, South Dakota, during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Tourism targets next generation of Sturgis rally-goers

In the past two years of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally campaigns, 97% of advanced bookings are from people 49 years old and younger.