The Legislature of Minnesota Territory created the County of Big Sioux in 1857, covering the same boundaries afterwards defined by a Dakota legislature as Minnehaha County, and also Midway County, adjoining on the north, with Medary, the county seat, and in the year 1857 Governor Ramsey of Minnesota Territory appointed the following officers for the new County of Big Sioux: County commissioners, William Little, James McBride, A. L. Kilgore; register of deeds, James M. Allen; sheriff James Evans; judge of probate, James L. Fiske; district attorney, W. W. Brookings; justices of the peace, Dr. J. L. Phillips and James McCall.

hoden My wife, Sandy, is passionate about the “Rising Stars” that make South Dakota the best place to live. About a year ago, she launched the South Dakota Rising Award to recognize the people who are stepping up, solving problems, serving their neighbors, and making their communities better.

PIERRE, S.D. – The Department of Revenue is issuing guidance, effective today, for consumers and retailers that only agricultural producers with a valid agricultural exemption certificate should fuel with red dyed diesel for onroad use at this time.

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Board of Regents (BOR) Executive Director Nathan Lukkes announced today that students from South Dakota and surrounding states can apply to any of the state’s six public universities without an application fee now through November 30.

Pheasant season opens on Saturday, and the hunting outlook is expected to be much like last year with good production and favorable habitat conditions, according to the South Game, Fish, & Parks’ 2026 Upland Outlook.

Derrick and Caitlyn Peterson received the news at their unborn baby’s, Salym’s, 22-week anatomy scan that he has spina bifida when the doctor noticed a large opening at the bottom of his spine. There are three types of spina bifida, and Salym has the most severe kind, myeomeningocele, or MMC.