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Board of Regents considers expanding in-state tuition to 3 more states

"With the higher education landscape changing drastically and some of the demographic challenges coming up in the next decade, borders are becoming less and less important. And everybody's vying for the same students."

South Dakota cities cap video lottery as state eyes betting increase

More than $1.17 billion has been gambled so far this year. Some South Dakota communities are capping the number of terminals. "There had to be a point where we said 'enough is enough.'"

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

A shortage of butchers and meat cutters is creating a crippling workload and making hunters scramble to find a place to process their deer.

South Dakota predator bounty program to continue despite opposition

Despite data or evidence, state is 'confident that this bounty program is enhancing nest success.'

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'Freedom' not enough to fill South Dakota jobs: Local business leaders say there are hurdles with campaign

Economic development groups helped fund Gov. Noem's 'Freedom Works Here' campaign. They're also doing the heavy lifting of recruiting workers to the state.

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

When four teenagers were murdered at Gitchie Manitou in 1973, Sioux Falls high school students weren't given much support to deal with the trauma.

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

A few South Dakota organic farms are raising smaller heritage turkeys, and interest is rising. “Once that breed is gone, they’re gone and gone forever.”

Petition-gathering group reaches settlement with Minnehaha County

"We're pleased that our First Amendment right to circulate these petitions, which was threatened with this policy, is no longer being threatened."

South Dakota tops nation in drunken driving-related fatalities over Thanksgiving weekend

More than half of fatal crashes over the holiday have been alcohol-related.

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

Nearly 65% of federal crop insurance premiums are subsidized with federal funding.

Vaccinations slump as SD Health Department reorganizes community health system

"We need to keep babies on a vaccination schedule, and this makes that really difficult."

As South Dakota veteran population declines, honor guards carry on

South Dakota's veteran population has declined 20% since 2010, and finding veterans to participate in honor guard ceremonies is getting more difficult. “I feel like we need to continue to have these remembrances.”

Former small-town Minnesota mayor is behind the rise of electoral activism in South Dakota. He's just getting started.

Other South Dakota conservatives aren't convinced there's a problem: “I called these people and they assured me they were not dead.”