South Dakota State Upends Coyotes In Summit League Semifinals

SIOUX FALLS — With good defense and big games from key seniors forward Brooklyn Meyer and guard Madison Mathiowetz, the 2-seed South Dakota State women’s basketball team defeated 3-seed South Dakota 74-59 on Saturday at Denny Sanford PREMIER Center to …

Wagner's Koupal Repeats As South Dakota Gatorade Player Of Year

CHICAGO — Wagner’s Ashlyn Koupal has been chosen as the South Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year for girls’ basketball for a second straight year. She joins Wagner’s Mandy Koupal (1997-98, 1998-99), her aunt; Mitchell Christian’s Jill Young (2005-06, 2006- …

South Dakota Legislature approve budget including almost $300,000 for SDPB

PIERRE, S.D.(SDBA)- South Dakota lawmakers have passed the $7 billion-plus state budget after a final fight over spending growth and public broadcasting. The general appropriations bill now goes to Gov. Larry Rhoden. South Dakota Public Broadcasting became …

South Dakota lawmakers approve $7.5 billion state budget

March 13, 2026 PIERRE, S.D. (S.D. Searchlight) –South Dakota lawmakers approved a balanced $7.5 billion state budget on Thursday at the Capitol, up about $172.2 million, or an increase of 2.4%, from the budget they adopted last year. Some lawmakers …

‘Chocolate seems to fix everything’: Grandma’s Chocolates provides sweet treats in small South Dakota town

LEMMON, S.D. (KFYR) - Running a small business in a small town is tough. But one Lemmon, South Dakota, couple has found the recipe for success. Their secret: chocolate. Chocolate makes Ann Abel happy. “It brings me joy,” she said with a smile. She loves …

Major Winter Storm This Weekend For Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota

A Major Winter Storm with Blizzard conditions is bearing down on parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota. Risks of heavy snow and blizzard conditions this weekend are growing. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls is forecasting areas of light …

Where the Midwest Ends and Great Plains Begins in South Dakota

For generations, South Dakotans have used the Missouri River as a sort of boundary between the Midwest and the Great Plains. Every resident seems to know this, and anyone who's traveled from East River to West River can see the stark differences, once …

Special Olympics South Dakota to host Brookings Polar Plunge This Weekend

Agriculture In-depth-- South Dakota farmer reelected vice-president of National Farmers Union organization

March 9, 2026: South Dakota farmer reelected vice-president of National Farmers Union organization Delegates to National Famers Union’s 124th Anniversary Convention unanimously re-elected Aberdeen, South Dakota, area farmer Jeff Kippley as the organization …

South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation leads to 20 child pornography charges filed ...

A 58 year old man from Huron employed at the Huron Middle School has been indicted on 20 charges of Child Pornography. The criminal counts against Richard Hotchkiss arose following an investigation by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation’s …