20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (302+ words) Attorney General's Office announces hire of Fort Thompson woman with 27 years of federal experience A Crow Creek woman has been tapped by South Dakota’s top law enforcement agency to oversee missing and murdered Indigenous person cases. The South Dakota Attorney…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (156+ words) Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc. credits private philanthropy, city investment in activating former brownfield with ice ribbon, playground, community space (Courtesy of city of Sioux Falls) A public park attraction in northern downtown Sioux Falls has earned a nod from a…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (157+ words) Sharp, snappy and South Dakotan — an anonymous shot of insight with a twist of sarcasm Trump wants Lake Ontario renamed Lake America. Fine. But somebody apparently forgot to check with the nation’s geography teachers. We’ve spent generations remembering the Great…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (96+ words) The Dakota Scout Sioux Falls incorporates student-made art into new basketball installations City, Summit League, local artist collaborate with hundreds of students to design backboard art for basketball courts at 11 Sioux Falls parks Basketball courts around Sioux Falls are getting…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (193+ words) Experience Sioux Falls CEO tells councilors ongoing tensions between United States, Canada backdrop decrease in visitor spending Teri Schmidt, CEO of Experience Sioux Falls, discusses tourism trends with the Sioux Falls City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Patrick Lalley / SiouxFallsLive.com)…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (107+ words) South Dakota experiment finds unusual particle interaction that researchers say could be their best hint yet of the elusive substance A researcher in protective gear works near a tall, cylindrical scientific instrument with visible wiring. The walls surrounding it are…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (104+ words) Commissioners cut $1.7 million from building plans, drop a Western Avenue roundabout and freeze their own salaries Lincoln County Commissioner Joel Arends pushed through some of the largest cuts Tuesday to the county’s proposed 2027 budget. These include a $1.7 million reduction in…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (105+ words) More than 77,000 birds in commercial flocks affected by disease after virus found in Edmunds, Hamlin facilities A second pair of South Dakota poultry farms have been hit by bird flu less than 30 days after an initial outbreak last month. According…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (77+ words) Federal aid follows storms that brought 131 mph winds, widespread damage to Highmore, Beadle counties Image courtesy of X @McMillinWx The federal government will send more than $5 million in disaster relief aid to South Dakota following summer storms in the Mount…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (66+ words) thedakotascout.com South Dakota Revenue Department reports drop in sales taxes The 2026 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally generated more than $1.4 million in estimated tax collections, the South Dakota Department of Revenue reported Tuesday. That amount represented an 11 percent decrease from last year’s…...