All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 16 2022 // Patients enrolled in South Dakota’s medical marijuana program will have their first opportunity to buy cannabis from a state-licensed facility this week.It has been a year and a-half since state voters overwhelmingly...
Jul 22 2022 // A wildfire that started earlier this week west of Oglala, South Dakota has burned about 11 square miles and is 40% contained, according to officials.The fire began near Prairie Wind Casino on Tuesday evening and moved...
Jul 8 2022 // Xcel Energy says 55,000 customers lost service when a long line of severe thunderstorms rolled across South Dakota.By Wednesday morning, 90% of power lost on Tuesday has been restored by more than 600 employees and...
Jun 16 2022 // The private information of hundreds of patients at a Sioux Falls-based health care system have been compromised, according to the provider.Avera Health says a data breach allowed someone to obtain the personal information...
Jun 14 2022 // The owners of Rapid City, South Dakota hotel are facing a lawsuit over a social media post by one of them that promised to ban Native Americans from the property.The lawsuit comes from a shareholder who happens to be a...
Jun 13 2022 // South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem last week requested a presidential disaster declaration as the result of damage from a May 12 storm system that included tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding.The request is meant to...
Jun 1 2022 // Thousands of people in Minnesota and South Dakota were without electrical power Tuesday as the region recovered from storms and tornadoes that left damaged buildings, trees and roadways. The National Weather Service said...
May 27 2022 // South Dakota voters are set to vote again on whether they want recreational marijuana legalized for adults after the secretary of state on Wednesday validated the initiated measure for the November ballot.Secretary of...
May 10 2022 // Federal investigators confirmed that the buildup of ice on the wings and other parts of the plane was a key factor in a 2019 crash that killed nine of 12 members of an Idaho family on board an overloaded small plane.The...
Apr 6 2022 // Some South Dakota ranchers and farmers are dealing with a third straight year of drought conditions.This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor map shows most of the state is in a moderate to severe drought. Grass stockpiles...
Mar 30 2022 // The South Dakota Department of Health has hired a New York-based software company to help monitor the flow of marijuana in the state’s legal medical marijuana market.The Argus Leader reports the contract with Metrc...
Mar 24 2022 // State officials have euthanized 85,000 birds in hopes of containing an avian flu outbreak at two factory farms. South Dakota Public Broadcasting reported Saturday that the outbreaks occurred at farms in Charles Minx County...
Mar 22 2022 // South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem last week signed five bills to make changes to the state’s medical marijuana laws, including putting a cap on the number of cannabis plants that medical marijuana patients can grow in...
Mar 11 2022 // A bill that provides immunity for campground owners whose guests encounter the inherent risks of outdoor camping is headed for the governor’s desk. Both chambers of the South Dakota Legislature have approved the bill...
Mar 10 2022 // Federal inspectors have confirmed the presence of bird flu in a commercial mixed species flock in southeastern South Dakota.Samples from the flock in Charles Mix County, which borders Nebraska, were tested at a national...
Feb 11 2022 // An explosion and fire at a Yankton propane company has injured one person and left the business in ruins.Strong winds fueled the fire at Long’s Propane Feb. 8 and ignited a tanker truck parked next to the building....
Jan 11 2022 // South Dakota lawmakers spent the last year figuring out what to do with two voter-approved measures to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana. While a medical program has been implemented, recreational pot...
Dec 6 2021 // The South Dakota Department of Health is beginning to issue medical marijuana cards, but officials say it could be months before dispensaries will have anything to sell.Municipalities across the state are also receiving...
Nov 17 2021 // Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. – the country’s largest pork processor – has agreed to assemble a team of company and third-party experts to develop an infectious disease preparedness plan that the company will...
Nov 16 2021 // A Pennington County jury has awarded $42 million to a Rapid City woman after she was denied medical benefits from her previous employer and the employer’s insurance company.United Parcel Service and Liberty Mutual...