Twenty-three legends to join South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame in 2025

SIOUX FALLS — The South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting 23 sports legends on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center.   The 2025 class includes perhaps the greatest kicker in NFL history, world record holders, champion …

Stig, Nelson, Vinatieri, 20 Others into South Dakota Sports HoF

South Dakota has an expansive, intriguing, and impactful sports history, and the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame continues to honor it. This year, a total of 23 legends with ties to our great state will be inducted as part of the 2025 Hall of Fame Class. …

When South Dakota Tried to Secede... From Itself?

The state of South Dakota has existed for nearly 135 years and has, for the most part, always been on the same wavelength. Sure, there have been times when East River and West River have had their differences, but for the most part, the Mount Rushmore …

South Dakota PUC holds off decision on Summit Carbon's permit.

South Dakota man convicted of sex abuse on Fort Belknap Reservation.

(Fort Belknap) A federal jury Wednesday convicted a South Dakota man of multiple crimes involving the sexual abuse of two victims on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. After a two-day trial, the jury found the defendant, 40- …

South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development approves project funding

The South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) Board of Economic Development has approved projects that will contribute more than $419 million in capital expenditures and create 180 full-time jobs across the state. A Reinvestment Payment …

South Dakota court system warns public about jury duty scam in Stanley County and possibly other parts of the state

The South Dakota Unified Judicial System is warning the public about a jury duty scam targeting people in central South Dakota. UJS was informed earlier this month (April 3, 2025) that the Stanley County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Pierre received more than …

South Dakota man sentenced to federal prison for sexually assaulting child in Nebraska

SANTEE, Neb. (KOLN) - A South Dakota man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a child in northern Nebraska. Arvis Manvil Lewis Jr., 39, of Sisseton, South Dakota, was sentenced Wednesday to six years and five …

South Dakota Humanities Council faces potential loss of all federal funding

On today's show... The South Dakota Humanities Council receives federal funding appropriated by Congress and distributed by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This week, they learned all of their federal funding has been frozen by the …

Level of severe drought in South Dakota drops in latest monitor

South Dakota is seeing reduced levels of drought severity, though widespread dry conditions are persisting across the state. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows 100% of South Dakota remains abnormally dry or worse. However the range of severe drought is …