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

South Dakota's plan to build an $825 million men's prison complex in rural Lincoln County has sparked clashes of opinion.

There won’t be a 10-year ban on cell-cultured protein in South Dakota after all. The state Senate reconsidered House Bill ...

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

"In a very challenging time, with high school graduation numbers down in South Dakota, higher education continues to thrive ...

Whether a new men’s prison will be built in Lincoln County could come down to what the South Dakota House of Representatives decides on Friday. The ...

The biggest batch of record-setting cold temperatures are likely to hit early Thursday and Friday, Orrison said. But North Dakota already felt more like the North Pole on Tuesday as Bismarck hit minus ...

More than 20 states filed a federal lawsuit against New York earlier this month challenging the constitutionality of the new ...

PIERRE — There is “a real possibility” that South Dakota lawmakers say no to Gov. Larry Rhoden’s request for the final $182 million needed to fund a new men’s prison, a Republican leader said Thursday ...

Gov. Kristi Noem presents her annual budget address to lawmakers in the South Dakota State Capitol on Dec. 3, 2024. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota Republican Gov.