South Dakota News

A Native American Indian tribe has filed suit against some top beer makers, as well as a handful of retailers and distributors, claiming they have knowingly contributed to "crippling" alcoholism rates on a reservation in South Dakota.

TEA — A South Dakota water official says a slowdown in federal money could make a regional water supply project a “pipe to nowhere.” The Lewis & Clark regional water system is designed to supply water to about 300,000 people in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.

The South Dakota Legislature is considering whether tobacco shops that offer machines for roll-your-own cigarettes should be classified as manufacturers, reported the Aberdeen News .

North and South Dakotans are used to people getting their states mixed up, but you would think a veteran national journalist would do his homework before interviewing Republican Sen.

An American Indian tribe says it will sue some of the world's largest beer makers for knowingly contributing to alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

A South Dakota inmate pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the killing of a prison guard during a botched escape attempt and was sentenced to life in prison.

A South Dakota Senate Committee has passed an amended bill encouraging school districts without a bullying policy to adopt one and telling districts with policies in place to review them.

Wild Water West is considering expanding its entertainment business by adding a drive-in theater.

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum has had a successful week. The former Pennsylvania senator is fresh off of winning the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses, as well as the Missouri primary.

The governor's plan to meet a workforce shortage in the state has hit the road. Representatives from the Governor's Office of Economic Development are touring several communities to answer questions about the way the South Dakota WINS initiative can benefit the towns.

At 60 feet, the face of Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore National Memorial is South Dakota’s largest connection to the nation’s 16th president, who was born Feb.

The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation has training funds available to help unemployed workers upgrade their occupational skills or learn new skills.

The first legislative hearing on Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s education reform bill attracted opposition from teachers but support from other education groups.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.

Proposed changes to Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s education reform bill would limit math and science teacher bonuses to only new professionals, while allowing individual school boards to craft their own plans for teacher performance pay.

Two proposals in Pierre designed to toughen penalties for impaired drivers who hurt or kill someone in an accident failed in committee Tuesday.

Not only are we keeping Native American South Dakotans from voting early, our county and State governments are trying to keep more of them from voting at all: Currently before the South Dakota legislature is HB 1247, a bill which will substantially change the voting rights of those with criminal convictions.

By the end of the year, Eric Robert and Rodney Berget probably will be dead. The same judge has now sentenced both inmates to death by lethal injection for murdering Corrections Officer Ronald “R.J.” Johnson as he covered a co-worker’s shift on his 63rd birthday, then using his uniform to try to escape from prison.

PIERRE — A South Dakota House panel has decided to table a bill that would have created a “hope card” in an effort to expedite the process of checking to see if a protective order is on file.

RAPID CITY) — A sword-wielding man who was subdued by Rapid City police armed with beanbags is headed to prison.