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Officials have confirmed that a logo that included a Confederate flag has been removed from police department cars, buildings and patches in a small South Dakota community named for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
Shortly after fireworks above Mount Rushmore disappeared into the night sky on Friday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem accompanied President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One despite having had close contact with Trump's son's girlfriend, who had tested positive for the coronavirus.
The event is slated to include fighter jets thundering over the 79-year-old stone monument in South Dakota's Black Hills and the first fireworks display at the site since 2009.
President Donald Trump's plans to kick off Independence Day with a showy display at Mount Rushmore are drawing sharp criticism from Native Americans who view the monument as a desecration of land violently stolen from them and used to pay homage to leaders hostile to native people.
A South Dakota pork processing plant took its first steps toward reopening Monday after being shuttered for over two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that infected more than 800 employees.
The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in South Dakota has surpassed 1,100, and more than half of those cases have some connection to the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls.
Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls until further notice after hundreds of employees tested positive for the coronavirus — a step the head of the company warned could hurt the nation's meat supply.
The South Dakota Department of Health confirmed more than 80 employees inside Smithfield Foods tested positive for COVID-19. They are now shutting down operations for three days.
Walz added that he has communicated with officials in the three states that border Minnesota to the west and south.
Polaris Industries plans to close its plant in western South Dakota and move the work to Iowa.
South Dakotans will vote this year on whether to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 years and older.
South Dakota officials closed much of Interstate 90 as a winter storm pushes across the state.
Tribes in South Dakota are trying again to gain state legislative support to repeal an archaic law that bans them from Minnesota.
Authorities say nine people have been killed after a plane crashed in South Dakota.
Add South Dakota ad agencies to the chorus unhappy with a state anti-meth campaign that included the provocative tagline, "Meth: We're on it."
South Dakota sparked online guffaws Monday by rolling out an anti-drug campaign featuring people saying, "Meth, I'm on it," and the governor said the backlash proves the effort to raise awareness is working.
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline in South Dakota were making their case against a handful of water permits this week in a process so contentious that it is being extended to additional meetings next month. Now, those opponents are pointing to a major spill in North Dakota to bolster their case.
Triple digit scores are not common in football. Indeed, the combined score of both teams generally falls short of breaking 100 points.
Police say a man is dead after an early-morning shooting at a Sturgis residence. The Rapid City Journal reports that officers responded to a 911 call just after 4 a.m. Sunday. The caller reported that a homeowner shot someone who had entered the residence.
A powerful winter-like storm moving through the Great Plains is closing schools and causing travel headaches in multiple states.
Authorities say three teenagers were killed in a three-vehicle crash in east-central South Dakota. The Department of Public Safety says the crash happened Saturday night near Woonsocket.
Severe weather including a tornado hit central Sioux Falls, where authorities closed streets and delayed school for two hours Wednesday as they assessed the damage.
A Minnesota woman was rescued after she fell 80 feet from a cliff into water in South Dakota's Palisades State Park.
The Minnesota Hemp Association is protesting the arrest of a hemp driver in South Dakota.
Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a South Dakota man who was found next to a woman who officials say committed suicide in western Minnesota.
