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'The kids are what you love:' 2 foster families share their stories

State officials say South Dakota is in need of more people to help foster children. News Watch spoke to two families about the system, the challenges and what it will take to get more people involved.

South Dakota offering millions in tech grants to nursing homes

South Dakota offering millions in tech grants to nursing homes

South Dakota judicial nominees pass committee, head to full US Senate vote

South Dakota judicial nominees pass committee, head to full US Senate vote

Travis Entenman stands next to the Big Sioux River in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls growth forces question: Can Smithfield and Big Sioux River co-exist?

Wild Springs Solar Project near New Underwood, South Dakota.

Solar surge: South Dakota sees new interest in solar power

Free April 20 seminar explains South Dakota’s open government laws

Free April 20 seminar explains South Dakota’s open government laws

Abortion medication

Supreme Court case could impact out-of-state abortions for South Dakotans

Agriculture

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Sioux Falls growth forces question: Can Smithfield and Big Sioux River co-exist?

Global issues, local impacts: New SD group to push trade

Eminent domain is the latest front in carbon pipeline fight

Processing wild game can be trickier than bagging it in South Dakota

Demand remains high for 'heritage turkeys' grown in South Dakota

Business

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Sioux Falls growth forces question: Can Smithfield and Big Sioux River co-exist?

Solar surge: South Dakota sees new interest in solar power

South Dakota’s high health care costs causing many to skip treatments

Global issues, local impacts: New SD group to push trade

Sports betting delivers a new jackpot for Deadwood casinos

Education

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South Dakota's teacher shortage a matter of pay and pipeline

South Dakota literacy improvements likely to cost more than $6 million

Hard realities on Rosebud reservation hinder educational goals: 'The cycle continues'

Why South Dakota wants to be a leader in quantum computing

Are government subsidies the solution to the child care crisis? Lawmakers weigh options.

Environment

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Sioux Falls growth forces question: Can Smithfield and Big Sioux River co-exist?

Solar surge: South Dakota sees new interest in solar power

$8.3B in crop insurance payouts to South Dakota farmers: A cost of climate change

Special report: Proposed CO2 pipelines thrust South Dakota into billion-dollar debate over carbon capture technology and climate change

Concerns arise over merger of SD agricultural and environmental agencies

Family

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'The kids are what you love:' 2 foster families share their stories

South Dakota’s high health care costs causing many to skip treatments

Are government subsidies the solution to the child care crisis? Lawmakers weigh options.

'Kids look to adults:' Responding to child trauma 50 years after Gitchie Manitou murders

South Dakota rejects federal food funding despite 25,000 children going hungry

Health

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South Dakota offering millions in tech grants to nursing homes

Supreme Court case could impact out-of-state abortions for South Dakotans

South Dakota’s high health care costs causing many to skip treatments

Dakotans for Health threatens lawsuit over signature withdrawal bill

Brain development science bolsters calls for quality preschool in South Dakota

Indigenous

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'The kids are what you love:' 2 foster families share their stories

South Dakota’s high health care costs causing many to skip treatments

Hard realities on Rosebud reservation hinder educational goals: 'The cycle continues'

Remembering Honor: A year after blizzard ravaged Rosebud, boy's death raises questions

New Native American mentoring program in South Dakota builds lifetime bonds

Justice

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South Dakota judicial nominees pass committee, head to full US Senate vote

Painting a better picture: More funding, partnerships could boost juvenile diversion services

Computer coding error snags South Dakota voter rolls

Schulte, Theeler officially nominated as federal judges

Sioux Falls lawyer favored as federal judge nominee

Lifestyle

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Opera on the prairie? University of South Dakota program raises its voice

Painting a better picture: More funding, partnerships could boost juvenile diversion services

Processing wild game can be trickier than bagging it in South Dakota

South Dakota road hunting laws the most lax in the Great Plains

Native American artists in South Dakota travel new paths to prosperity

Politics

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'The kids are what you love:' 2 foster families share their stories

South Dakota judicial nominees pass committee, head to full US Senate vote

Free April 20 seminar explains South Dakota’s open government laws

Supreme Court case could impact out-of-state abortions for South Dakotans

Painting a better picture: More funding, partnerships could boost juvenile diversion services

Rural

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South Dakota offering millions in tech grants to nursing homes

Solar surge: South Dakota sees new interest in solar power

South Dakota’s high health care costs causing many to skip treatments

Use it or lose it: SD rushing to invest $700 million on water projects

Highway 385 project will close road critical to $2 billion Black Hills tourism industry

News Watch

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Free April 20 seminar explains South Dakota’s open government laws

Bipartisan cooperation is focus of Chiesman Democracy Conference at USD

Match continues through end of the year

South Dakota News Watch launching new website and email newsletter

Journalists and students hone crime reporting skills at News Watch event