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.
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Property code enforcement a sore spot in some SD towns
More communities are hiring outside enforcers, which draws some ire. “I would rather arrest a 300-pound fighting drunk than tell a 90-year-old lady she had to mow her lawn.”
Harrisburg, Tea, Box Elder lead booming South Dakota cities
Eighteen South Dakota municipalities now top 5,000 residents, and all grew in 2020-23 except for Brandon, Aberdeen, Madison, Mitchell, Pierre and Sturgis: "It's rural America at as good as it can get."
Black Hills highway closure to upend summer holiday traffic
Motorists trying to cruise through the central Black Hills this summer will encounter a long detour because U.S. Highway 385 is closed.
Opera on the prairie? University of South Dakota program raises its voice
Traceyln Gesteland arrived in Vermillion in 2008 with doubts about whether opera could thrive on the prairie. Now she knows that the show will go on.
Painting a better picture: More funding, partnerships could boost juvenile diversion services
Diversion programs can help low-offending juveniles avoid getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Lawmakers recently upped the reimbursement rate to counties for these programs, but not every community has the same resources.
South Dakota road hunting laws the most lax in the Great Plains
“It’s kind of been a strong issue with me, that it may be legal but it’s not smart,” said Ron Kolbeck of Salem, who has taught state HuntSAFE programs for more than 20 years.