For years, South Dakota has grappled with the fact that its 144-year-old State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls needs replacement, yet consensus on where and how to build it has remained elusive. Governor Larry Rhoden created the Project Prison Reset task force earlier this year to achieve consensus to solve this problem.

Fort Pierre Chouteau, also just Fort Pierre, was a major trading post and military outpost in the mid-19th century on the west bank of the Missouri River in what is now central South Dakota. Established in 1832 by Pierre Chouteau, Jr. of St. Louis, Missouri, whose family were major fur traders, this facility operated through the 1850s.

ERSPECTIVE Dear Editor, The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics was jointly awarded to John Hopfield of Princeton University and Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto for their work on AI. Hopfield was called the godfather of AI when he resigned from Google and, in 2023, issued warnings about the potential risks of its misuse. We are all in the world of AI, when we watch TV ads where squirrels talk to pigeons, if we watch TV shows and movies, and when we make payments over our mobile devices, where we deal with AI assistants. AI is great at making multiple math calculations, in managing repetitive computer guidance decisions like in manufacturing and when I do these talk-to-text articles, AI suggests the next grammatically correct word or phrase. The danger Hopfield was referring to is in this world of AI-generated communication services on your device, where you get your news, like Facebook or True Social, or TikTok. Can you really trust the truth of that news? My answer is to check multiple sources. Trump stopped federal regulation of AI in his B.B,Bill. We are also in a world of AI-generated scams on our devices.

On July 18, 2025, Governor Larry Rhoden announced the date of the special session to consider and pass legislation for a new prison. The special session will be on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. CT. Governor Rhoden signed an Executive Proclamation formally announcing the special session.

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Gregory 7 - Mobridge 0 The Gregory Teeners 17U scored four runs in the fourth inning, which helped them defeat the Mobridge Crusaders 7-0 on Friday, July 25, 2025, in their first game of the South Dakota VFW 17B State Baseball Tournament in Gregory. Cash Hemming singled, scoring one run, Colt Keiser was struck by a pitch, driving in a run, and Landon Keiser doubled, scoring two runs.