4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (181+ words) RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City’s construction boom continues at a record pace. According to the City’s Building Services Division, more than $55.8 million in building permits were issued in August, making it the highest August valuation total ever recorded in Rapid City....

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (159+ words) SOUTH DAKOTA – More than 600 South Dakota students have been selected to receive Build Dakota Scholarships for the 2026-27 academic year. Governor Larry Rhoden announced that 618 students were awarded scholarships this year, bringing the program’s total to more than 5,100 recipients since its…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (112+ words) RAPID CITY, S.D. – The summer swim season has come to an end in Rapid City, with the city’s public pools closing Sunday. Families visited the pools for a final day of swimming before the seasonal shutdown. City staff say hundreds of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (117+ words) HURON, S.D. – South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden and Democratic challenger Dan Ahlers met Saturday in Huron for their first gubernatorial debate of the campaign. The debate, hosted by the South Dakota Farmers Union at the State Fair, focused largely on agriculture…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (151+ words) SOUTH DAKOTA, S.D. – The South Dakota Democratic Party is urging voters to check their voter registration status after thousands switched political parties to participate in this summer’s gubernatorial runoff election. Party officials say more than 5,000 voters changed their registration to take…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (169+ words) RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for driving his vehicle toward a tribal police officer during a high-speed pursuit on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Thirty-six-year-old Cody Dittman was sentenced Monday…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (186+ words) RAPID CITY, S.D – Rapid City residents will need to continue conserving water through the end of the year as city officials extend watering restrictions due to ongoing drought conditions and low inflows into Pactola Reservoir. The City recently elevated Pactola’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (134+ words) RAPID CITY, S.D. – Several South Dakota communities and tribal governments are receiving more than $6.6 million in federal funding for infrastructure improvements, disaster recovery and future resilience projects. Rapid City will receive nearly $1.9 million to update fire codes and modernize planning, permitting,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (170+ words) PIERRE, S.D. – Nine months after Senator Mike Rounds called for an investigation into mail delays in South Dakota, new data shows only modest improvements in postal delivery across parts of the state. According to U.S. Postal Service performance data, some inbound…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (114+ words) BLACKHAWK, S.D. – The South Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the motorcyclist who died in a crash northwest of Black Hawk last week. Authorities say 44-year-old Francis Michael Bierman of Summerset was riding west on Erickson Ranch Road near Escape Lane Wednesday…...