Two bills proposing South Dakota start new school choice finance options were both killed in the House Education Committee on Wednesday.

A bill that would make it mandatory for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in publicly funded elementary, middle and high schools passed out of the state Senate in a razor-thin vote on Tuesday. South Dakota Senators advanced SB 51 on an 18-17 vote.

A bill that would create education savings accounts in South Dakota failed to pass out of a state House of Representatives committee on Wednesday.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Senate bills 73 and 75, introduced by Senator Amber Hulse from District 30, deal with issues surrounding non-residents voting in South Dakota elections.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Members of the South Dakota Retailers Association elected Wall Drug Vice President Sarah Hustead as the organization’s new president last week. “She was moving along in the hierarchy, but it’s a huge honor,” Rick Hustead, Sarah’s father, said. “They haven’t had a woman in that role in 38 years.”

The tourism industry in South Dakota is continuing to succeed. Visitors spent over 5 billion dollars while in the state. Which is a two-point eight percent increase compared to 2023

Governor Rhoden has been sworn in as one of the state’s few West River governors in history. Senate Majority Whip Randy Deibert expressed optimism on having a leader from the area, saying leadership from West River has decreased from the past.

Eighteen South Dakota senators voted to pass a bill Tuesday afternoon that would require the display and curricular inclusion of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. Senate President Pro Tempore Chris Karr,

The bill would require the Ten Commandments be posted in each classroom in South Dakota's public schools. But it could face legal challenges.

The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Cold Warning for Western South Dakota. Expect wind chills as low as -45° by tomorrow morning

It's ranked in the Top 30 alongside big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, and Atlanta

Down by 12 with seven-and-a-half minutes to play, Chadron State women's basketball mounted a valiant comeback to take the lead for an instant, but South Dakota Mines answered and clinched a 65-64 home