Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency ...

South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

Supporters Gov. Larry Rhoden and former Gov. Kristi Noem insisted the nearly 150-year-old SD State Penitentiary in Sioux ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) –Plan to get married in South Dakota? Potential couples can get their wedding license from a county ...

The groups vocalizing support for the project include the South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association, the South Dakota Sheriffs Association, and the South Dakota Police Chiefs Association.

How did the proposed prison make it to 2025 and what are the common questions that continue to be addressed in various ...

Perspectives from neighbors, policy analysts and law enforcement show division surrounding plan to build prison in rural ...

"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

Not since record keeping began at the National Weather Service in 1870 has the Omaha area seen this little snow: A total of ...

Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska" is by a guy not even from the state — and about a murderer. A Lincoln songwriter and his band ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says no explosives were found at the site of South Dakota's new state prison in Lincoln County. A news release from Jackley's office on Wednesday ...

South Dakota debates new $825 million prison construction between Harrisburg and Canton, with funding drawn from state ...