Referred pipeline law puts company's permit quest in limbo
The permit process and ballot referral highlight the emergence of carbon pipelines and landowner rights as political flashpoints in South Dakota.
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Gravel road with higher risk awaits Sturgis rally bikers
“Boy, it’s a mess, and it’s not a good place to ride a motorcycle through right now.”
Anti-abortion group appeals judge's ruling to South Dakota Supreme Court
The group’s push for an expedited timetable is based on the Aug. 13 deadline for the Secretary of State to certify ballot questions to county auditors for ballots to be printed.
South Dakota's mosquito war
CDC says 61 out of 66 South Dakota counties have a high incidence of West Nile virus cases in humans, with Brown, Pennington and Minnehaha counties having the highest. But a single case can swing the stats.
City of Faith to scrap code enforcement crackdown
After a public outcry, the small city of Faith in remote northwestern South Dakota is taking steps to backtrack on a recent property code enforcement crackdown.
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to keep South Dakota abortion measure from ballot
The judge questioned why the South Dakota Secretary of State wasn’t named in the lawsuit, calling the complaint against Dakotans for Health "a collateral attack.”
Embattled CEO of major SD social services agency steps down
The abrupt resignation at the Rural Office of Community Services comes 18 months after he was the subject of a stinging federal workplace sexual harassment settlement of $320,000.