South Dakota’s fire marshal is encouraging families to use this year’s Fire Prevention Week as an opportunity to practice their exit plans.  Fire Prevention Week starts Sunday, Oct. 8, and runs through Saturday, Oct. 14. More...

Senator Billie Sutton, candidate for South Dakota Governor and member of the South Dakota Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee (GOAC), has proposed legislation designed to promote government oversight and accountability.  More...

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In a move to further Farmers Union’s commitment to promoting American grown, renewable energy sources, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson has joined the advisory board of New Energy America, a new organization created to promote cle More...

Average teacher salary in South Dakota is on track to meeting a statewide target average of $48,500, which legislators adopted in 2016 as a part of the Blue Ribbon education funding package.  More...

The Internal Revenue Service wants taxpayers, especially those who received tax-filing extensions, to know they can still get the tax help they need to meet the Oct. 16 extension deadline.  More...

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The Social Security Administration, its Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and the South Dakota Department of Human Services dedicated the Cooperative Disability Investigations (CDI) Unit in Sioux Falls on September 27, 2017. More...

Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced he has joined a 20 state coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission with the U.S. More...

The South Dakota Legislature is looking for 22 ambitious college or university students to serve as legislative interns for the 2018 Legislative Session. The internship positions are open to all college and university students. More...

Fall enrollment at South Dakota’s six public universities increased slightly compared to last year, up a third of one percent, the South Dakota Board of Regents reported. More...

The Burgermeister, Mayor, of Monchhof, Austria, Josef Kolby, invites decedents from an Austrian-Hungarian heritage back to Monchhof, Austria for the village’s 800th Jahre Jubilee. More...

The South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems (SDARWS) received the State Association of the Year award at the annual Tribute to Excellence awards ceremony held on Sept. More...

A survey of more than 1,000 farmers showed that a large majority did not understand how to interpret research results and, according to Sara Berg, SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist, the language used in reporting may be to blame.  “ More...

Mary Seymour, Darlene Binfet and Delores Kluckman pose for a picture at their Christmas-themed table. More...

Registration is now open for the 2017 Eastern South Dakota Water Conference to be held Nov. 8 in the Student Union’s Volstorff Ballroom on the campus of South Dakota State University. More...