Former Republican state lawmaker Lora Hubbel says she plans to run for South Dakota governor as an independent. It would be Hubbel’s third try at landing the job.

The work of two wildlife management agencies has resulted in the release of 28 endangered black-footed ferrets on the South Dakota side of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, which straddles the Dakotas.

It’s the 2021 holiday season and just about everywhere you look, businesses are hiring. “Help Wanted” signs dot store windows in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and all points in-between. For the past two months, the South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation has posted between 20,000 and 31,000 active jobs on their DLR website. That’s good news for our state, as unemployment numbers remain well below the national average.

Letter to Editor: Gov. Kristi Noem fails to give proper credit to the source of the massive federal funds for SD of which she boasts.

The South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday, November 24, upheld a lower court’s ruling that nullified a voter-passed amendment to the state constitution that would have legalized recreational marijuana use.

Funeral services pending for Stanley Chocholousek Funeral services for Stanley Chocholousek, age 97, of Gregory, SD, are pending. Kotrba-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.