South Dakota

The state’s rate of COVID-19 infections per capita in the past two weeks is in the bottom half of the country, but it’s the sharp and sudden increase in case counts that sets it apart.

America’s infrastructure, from roads to bridges, power and broadband internet, is in bad shape in many states. But the following states rank as the worst.

Business friendliness is high in the Mount Rushmore State. But poor connectivity shows infrastructure has cracks.

Family members say a 10-year-old boy who died in the Big Sioux River in South Dakota saved one of his younger siblings who had fallen into the water

A college baseball player from South Dakota whose prosthetic arm was stolen from his vehicle has gotten it back after it was found at a recycling plant.

Firefighters have started to gain control of wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota

Wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota have closed Mount Rushmore and forced 400 homes to be evacuated, according to authorities.

South Dakota’s attorney general has been charged with three misdemeanors for striking and killing a man with his car last September

The head of one of the largest health systems in the Midwest has told employees he’s recovered from COVID-19 and is back in the office, without a mask

Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn’t see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is sharing his first comments about his Saturday night crash that claimed the life of 55-year-old Joseph Boever. Ravnsborg says he struck something with his car on his way home from an event, which he thought was a large animal.

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement late Monday that he discovered he had struck and killed a man walking along a rural stretch of highway only after returning to the scene the next day and discovering the body.

Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation

A Minnesota man who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota last month has died from COVID-19.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem opened Night 3 of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday by charging that America’s “founding principles are under attack” and declaring that “Democrat-run cities across this country are being overrun by violent mobs,” NBC News reports.

Two Native American tribes are defying South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s order to remove roadside checkpoints that tribal leaders claim are necessary to keep coronavirus from infecting reservations, NBC News reported Monday.

Nine people, including two children, were killed Saturday when a plane crashed in rough weather near Chamberlain, South Dakota, authorities said. A Pilatus PC-12, a single-engine turboprop passenger plane, had as many as 12 people on board when it crashed shortly after takeoff about a mile from Chamberlain Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Brule County...

Wintry weather temporarily loosened its grip across much of the U.S. just in time for Thanksgiving, but travelers were bracing for heavy snow and blizzard conditions in some areas as they made plans to return home. The wind, ice and snow that tied up major highways and airports Tuesday and Wednesday largely let up Thursday, with a notable exception in...

With billions in federal aid and seats in Congress at stake, some states are dragging their feet in carrying out one of the Census Bureau’s chief recommendations for making sure everyone is counted during the 2020 census. Five states — Florida, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Texas — have not set up “complete count committees” that would create public awareness...

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. The nearly $1.4 million campaign aimed at tackling the state’s methamphetamine epidemic includes $449,000 paid to the Minneapolis-based ad agency that created the tagline. A press release...