'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."
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