As the South Dakota officials consider a new Level 5 prison facility near Mitchell, many residents are voicing concerns about safety — particularly the fear that it will bring a wave of former inmates ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem allegedly took $80,000 in political donations while serving as governor of South ...

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Krista Johnson has been selected as the 2025 June Employee of the Month at the South Dakota Human Services Center (HSC) in ...

Four South Dakota law enforcement agencies continue to wait for training with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that South Dakota has received $1,967,317.50 in its latest opioid ...

WASHINGTON – As South Dakota governor in February 2024, Kristi Noem threatened then-President Joe Biden when Democrats said he should federalize the National Guard in Texas to disrupt that state ...

An Indian international student in South Dakota, whose sole infraction was a failure-to-yield traffic violation, had sued the Trump administration over her visa and status revocations.

MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have ...

South Dakota faculty are afforded fewer protections than in other states due to a 2020 state law outlawing faculty unions at public colleges. Droge is troubled by the reluctance to speak out.

South Dakota Students Weigh Protest Against University Honors for Homeland Security Chief Noem MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn't experienced the student protests taking place ...

A Dakota State University spokeswoman told South Dakota Searchlight, however, that no visa cancellations have been reported by any of the Madison school’s 198 international students.