South Dakota Legislature approve budget including almost $300,000 for SDPB

PIERRE, S.D.(SDBA)- South Dakota lawmakers have passed the $7 billion-plus state budget after a final fight over spending growth and public broadcasting. The general appropriations bill now goes to Gov. Larry Rhoden. South Dakota Public Broadcasting became …

Wagner's Koupal Repeats As South Dakota Gatorade Player Of Year

CHICAGO — Wagner’s Ashlyn Koupal has been chosen as the South Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year for girls’ basketball for a second straight year. She joins Wagner’s Mandy Koupal (1997-98, 1998-99), her aunt; Mitchell Christian’s Jill Young (2005-06, 2006- …

South Dakota lawmakers approve $7.5 billion state budget

March 13, 2026 PIERRE, S.D. (S.D. Searchlight) –South Dakota lawmakers approved a balanced $7.5 billion state budget on Thursday at the Capitol, up about $172.2 million, or an increase of 2.4%, from the budget they adopted last year. Some lawmakers …

Second North Dakota judge sides with landowners; rules amalgamation law unconstitutional

Summit Carbon Solutions, the company seeking to build a carbon sequestration pipeline, took another blow this week. A North Dakota district court ruled on March 9, 2026, that a state law forcing landowners to submit to carbon deposition sites is …

North Dakota diversion project dials up the discord in Missouri River Basin states

Stakeholders in Missouri and North Dakota see this as the latest step in decades of conflict over the river’s resources. The Missouri River Basin, a cornerstone of agricultural production across its many connected states, has been the source of decades’ …

Worthington's Pavelko named All-Big South honorable mention

The All-Big South Conference boys hockey team was released this week and area players were well represented. Four players from the Luverne Cardinals made the first team in the gold division, along with two other honorable mentions while Worthington Trojan …

Agriculture In-depth-- South Dakota farmer reelected vice-president of National Farmers Union organization

March 9, 2026: South Dakota farmer reelected vice-president of National Farmers Union organization Delegates to National Famers Union’s 124th Anniversary Convention unanimously re-elected Aberdeen, South Dakota, area farmer Jeff Kippley as the organization …

South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation leads to 20 child pornography charges filed ...

A 58 year old man from Huron employed at the Huron Middle School has been indicted on 20 charges of Child Pornography. The criminal counts against Richard Hotchkiss arose following an investigation by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation’s …

Special Olympics South Dakota to host Brookings Polar Plunge This Weekend

South Dakota Freedom Caucus Blasts FY2027 Budget

urged the Legislature not to approve the increase. Freedom Caucus members say SDPB has repeatedly aired content favorable to progressive policy positions at taxpayer expense. The funding increase passed regardless. In a further break from conservative …