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Thousands Without Power After Spring Blizzard In The DakotasA spring blizzard knocked out power to thousands of people and forced the closure of roads across western North Dakota and northwest South Dakota.

South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg Impeached Over Fatal CrashThe South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 fatal crash in which he initially told authorities he thought he had struck a deer or another large animal.

South Dakota's Kristi Noem Unveils Proposal To Ban Nearly All Abortions, Mimicking Texas LawSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday unveiled a proposal to ban nearly all abortions, mimicking a Texas law that leaves enforcement up to private citizens through lawsuits instead of through prosecutors and criminal charges.

'I Got A Second Chance': Sioux Falls Father Of 5 Gets Double-Lung Transplant After COVID DamageWhen COVID-19 ravaged Nathan Foote's lungs, a double-lung transplant was his only hope.

South Dakota Supreme Court Rules Against Marijuana LegalizationThe South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's ruling that nullified a voter-passed amendment to the state constitution that would have legalized recreational marijuana use.

Report: As Daughter Sought South Dakota License, Gov. Noem Summoned Agency HeadJust days after a South Dakota agency moved to deny her daughter's application to become a certified real estate appraiser, Gov. Kristi Noem summoned to her office the state employee who ran the agency, the woman's direct supervisor and the state labor secretary. Noem's daughter attended too.

Despite Delta Variant's Rise, About 700,000 Are All Systems Go For Sturgis RallyIf last year’s rally was marked by defiance of coronavirus precautions, with T-shirts on sale that read, “Screw COVID. I went to Sturgis,” this year the pandemic appeared to hardly be an afterthought.

South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg Claims Fatal Crash May Have Been SuicideSouth Dakota's attorney general is attempting to access any psychiatric or psychological records of the man he struck and killed along a highway, alleging in court documents that the death may have been a suicide.

2 South Dakota Men Killed In Crash On Minnesota HighwayThe men were driving separate vehicles when they collided in Murray County Monday night, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

GOP State Rep. Jeremy Munson Proposes Some Minnesota Counties Secede To South DakotaA Republican Minnesota state representative is proposing legislation that would let Minnesota counties secede from the state and join border states.

South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg Pleads Not Guilty In Fatal Crash HearingSouth Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded not guilty in an initial court hearing Friday for three misdemeanor charges he is facing for striking and killing a man with his car last summer.

Minnesota Man Struck And Killed While Changing Tire On South Dakota HighwayThe South Dakota Highway Patrol says 78-year-old Gerald Bartell, of Herman, Minnesota, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Tuesday afternoon crash.

South Dakota Mother Facing Charges After Kids Ate Pot GummiesA Sioux Falls mother is facing charges after her two young children ate some gummy candy laced with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, according to police.

South Dakota's Noem Blocked From Releasing Records In AG's Fatal CrashA South Dakota judge on Thursday blocked Gov. Kristi Noem from releasing documents and video in the investigation of the state's attorney general for striking and killing a man with his car.