Fact brief: Can Gov. Larry Rhoden run again in 2030 if he wins election this fall?

Rhoden was promoted to governor from lieutenant governor on Jan. 27, 2025 after Noem took DHS position.

Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown

The aging Benedictine sisters had a late-in-life decision to make: sell their land and live out their final years elsewhere or stay in Watertown and remake their monastery into a campus of housing, health care and community resources.

Housing solutions from across South Dakota

A list of entities and programs that can assist in developing or obtaining housing as well as links to News Watch reporting on housing solutions.

South Dakota media update

Recent developments in the state's news and information industry.

Guide: South Dakota news and information

A map and menu of South Dakota media: newspapers, broadcasters, digital sites, podcasts, magazines and blogs.

Drought adds to pastureland challenges

"As (farmers and ranchers) approach how to make a life in ranching, they've had to look at what works from the past but what they can do differently to make it more sustainable."

Daktronics part of NBA and SEC inquiry into team and player

Brookings, S.D., company that makes scoreboards, video displays and signs confirms request for information over "impermissible endorsement arrangements."
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