BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service’s new deputy supervisor for the Dakota Prairie Grasslands says he’s glad to be back in the Dakotas. John Kinney is graduate of Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and says he has family spread throughout both Dakotas. Kinney most recently worked at the Helena and Lewis […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Canadian diplomats and South Dakota leaders will mark Canada Day at the state Capitol. Diplomats and members of the Alberta and Manitoba Legislative Assemblies will join South Dakota officials and lawmakers Wednesday in Pierre. Consul General Jamshed Merchant, who is Canada’s top diplomat in the Upper Midwest, is scheduled to address […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakotans and out-of-state residents interested in going to the state’s four technical institutes for in-demand jobs can now apply for part of $50 million in scholarship money. The Build Dakota Scholarship Board listed 54 program options within eight, high-need industry areas that will be covered in the first year. Those […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An old stone marker newly on display in Pierre is a monument to the unique connection South Dakota has to North Dakota and vice versa. It once stood as a sort of sentry, on a picket line with 719 others just like it along the straight-as-an-arrow line between the two states […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Senate has voted down a measure to increase lawmaker pay to $10,000 for each regular legislative session as part of an effort to encourage more South Dakotans to run for office. The full Senate on Tuesday voted 21-11, less than the necessary two-thirds majority required to approve the plan […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has approved a proposal that calls for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget. The South Dakota Senate voted 19-13 on Tuesday to approve the resolution, which was previously passed in the House. South Dakota joins 24 other states calling for […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The U.S. attorney for South Dakota plans to resign and open an office in Sioux Falls for a private law firm. A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Associated Press that Brendan Johnson will announce his resignation Wednesday at a news conference. He plans to open an […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An old stone marker newly on display in Pierre is a monument to the unique connection South Dakota has to North Dakota and vice versa. It once stood as a sort of sentry, on a picket line with 719 others just like it along the straight-as-an-arrow line between the two states […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Unofficially, the rest stops opened 50 years ago on Interstate 90 were known as “Whitwam’s wigwams.” On a certificate designating their admittance to the National Register of Historic Places, their title is more formal: “Ward Whitwam’s concrete instate tipis.” Those four teepees, joined by five more from 1973 to 1979, […]