Zander Zephier was shot after law enforcement used pepper spray and entered the basement of his family's home on the Yankton Sioux Reservation.

Pilot project uses storytelling and civic engagement to identify and share solutions to challenges impacting communities across the state.

Family involvement, cultural emphasis among strategies to boost attendance. "It really comes down to engagement. If the kids aren't engaged at school, they probably won't want to come back."

How an Aberdeen nonprofit called Homes Are Possible Inc., or HAPI, shares what it has learned to help ease the state's housing crunch. "Everybody has a problem with housing. ... We're just taking a more aggressive approach to fixing that."

Flat revenue and rising Medicaid costs will likely mean smaller funding increases for education, health care providers and state employees in the next fiscal year.

“I don’t know if it’s just the lack of processors still out there, but we're up 30% to 40% over last year in terms of animal drop-offs. ... We’re slammed right now.”

Grow it here, process it here: South Dakota sees big financial benefits from operations like those in Aberdeen and Mitchell.