A group of Lincoln County landowners has fought the state’s effort and sued to prevent the project from moving forward.

South Dakota school districts are increasingly hiring international teachers on visa programs to fill open classroom ...

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South Dakota's plan to build an $825 million men's prison complex in rural Lincoln County has sparked clashes of opinion.

Two bills in the House could require counties and municipalities to provide ambulance services, but some say it would be an ...

Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency ...

SOUTH DAKOTA (South Dakota News Watch) - In his first few weeks in office, President Donald Trump has upheld his campaign ...

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as ...

Two dogs in South Dakota got riled up for a skunk, decided to chase it and dragged their walker behind them in a viral video.

Yes. A growing number of South Dakotans continue to work past retirement age. In 2018, a quarter of South Dakotans 65 and older were in the labor force. Five years later, that number climbed to ...

Misinformation about immigration enforcement is causing fear and anxiety among immigrants in South Dakota ... District spokeswoman DeeAnn Konrad told News Watch that the school district wants ...

Supporters Gov. Larry Rhoden and former Gov. Kristi Noem insisted the nearly 150-year-old SD State Penitentiary in Sioux ...