South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said the No. 1 threat to the U.S. is immigration at the southern border with Mexico.

A La Niña winter just started, but it isn’t expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

Renville also pointed to South Dakota's unique place in the U.S. political sphere, with Noem set to lead the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Sen. John Thune taking over the Republican Senate leader spot and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson working within a divided House of Representatives.

Grace Larkins is The Associated Press women's basketball player of the week. The South Dakota guard set the school’s single-game scoring record with 45 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Omaha.

Hundreds of people gathered in South Dakota on Wednesday for a hearing regarding a second attempt by Summit Carbon Solutions to gain a permit for the project.

A month after filing a formal comment lettering opposing the request, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announce that theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (

The seventh “Hockey Day South Dakota” celebrated hockey in the state on Saturday and featured four games in the Denny Sanford. Click on the video viewer to watch highlights of one of those games featuring: -Sioux Falls West Flyers boys defeating the Mitchell Marlins 5-1.

Fans of the Mount Rushmore State will love this: a list of awesome ideas for things to do in South Dakota in 2025.

WSU’s wide receivers coach is Jake Menage, who coached the Jackrabbits’ WRs each of the previous two years. The Cougars’ safeties coach is Menage’s cousin, Pete Menage, who worked the same job at SDSU the past two seasons.

The young man’s name was Ted Davis, and his father owned an excavation company in Spokane, Betty said. Any plans for marriage had to be put on hold, however, when America entered World War II and everybody’s life was upended. Ted went into the army while Betty graduated high school and entered the working world.

Some of the balloons people see floating over Wyoming aren’t Chinese spy efforts, they’re from South Dakota. One balloon was a floating cellphone

SINCE EASTERN Washington beat Delaware in the 2010 championship game for its first national title, the Big Sky has gone 0-4 in championship games – all against the Dakota schools, all in the last seven seasons.