About 900 gallons of Roundup weed-killer and other chemicals flowed into the river near Estelline in late June; so far, officials predict no lingering impacts.
About 900 gallons of Roundup weed-killer and other chemicals flowed into the river near Estelline in late June; so far, officials predict no lingering impacts.
The Agropur plant in Lake Norden may face fines over effluent violations just three months after a $252 million expansion that shifted wastewater directly to the Big Sioux River.
Taxpayers could face millions in mitigation costs and restrictions on boaters could rise due to invasive mussel infestation recently discovered on second Missouri River reservoir.
Juvenile drug arrests are rising in South Dakota at a time that juvenile arrests for all non-drug crimes are falling, and state officials say the reasons for the jump in drug arrests are difficult to pin down.
National and state data show higher levels of fatalities and alcohol-related fatalities on roadways during holiday period while law enforcement agencies step up patrols to reduce risks.
Fixing old dams before or after they break is expensive and time-consuming but necessary to protect human life, property and the state’s annual $350 million fishing and boating industries.
South Dakota ranks second in the nation for the rate of deaths due to liver ailments, which doctors now say are caused not only by heavy alcohol use but also due to poor lifestyle and eating habits as well as the viral illness Hepatitis C.
Two mothers whose children suffered physical abuse at Aurora Plains Academy question Aurora County State's Attorney John R. Steele's longtime legal relationship with the facility. Steele is the registered South Dakota agent for the intensive youth treatment facility.
In response to a South Dakota News Watch investigation into abuse of youths at the Aurora Plains Academy in Plankinton, S.D., Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered state agencies to reform the processes of licensing and inspection of all private youth treatment facilities across the state.
A South Dakota News Watch investigation based on first-hand accounts, public records and independent reviews of injuries has uncovered a decade-long pattern of physical, mental and sexual abuse of residents at the privately run Aurora Plains Academy in Plankinton, S.D.
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