Legal aid on wheels: Dakota Plains Legal Services’ Justice Bus launched this year, rolling into rural South Dakota towns with free civil legal help — find out if it’s stopping near you.
Corn fields already towering: By the Fourth of July, Andrew Streff’s fields near Salem had already cleared the “knee high” mark, fueling optimism for a strong 2025 harvest and a second annual maze on his century-old family farm — find out.
Private lands open for recreation: Pheasants Forever’s PATH initiative has enrolled nearly 30,000 acres in northwestern South Dakota, boosting total public access to 62,581 acres across 31 counties — find out how to explore them.
Sioux Falls PFAS settlement relief: This June the city received $37.2 million from its class-action lawsuit to replenish and protect its drinking water — find out how the funds will be used.
Across fires, faith endures: South Dakota’s Holy Innocents parish is rebuilding its 2023 fire-destroyed church this summer with support from sister congregations in Hawai‘i and Atlanta, after pouring the new foundation in May — find out how.
South Dakota’s first NHL draft pick: UND commit Carter Sanderson went 169th overall to Pittsburgh, becoming the first South Dakotan ever taken in the NHL Draft after a USHL rookie season capped by a Clark Cup title — find out what this historic pick means for his future.
Stars & Stripes Passport: Travel South Dakota’s patriotic passport celebration drove over 5,600 check-ins statewide during Double Points Week and Forever 605 Day, sending explorers to Dignity of Earth & Sky, Levitt at the Falls, and D.C. Booth Historic Hatchery — find out what makes it a must-try.
Centennial display of patriotism: The one-room Red, White and Blue schoolhouse built in 1884 and operating from 1901 to 1948 now stands in Geddes Historical Village, preserving games, hikes and holiday traditions of early Plains students — find out why this school’s legacy endures.
Paroled Ukrainians risk deportation: Families who fled Mariupol and built new lives in Watertown face expiration of their two-year humanitarian parole on Aug. 17, threatening to uproot them back to war-torn Ukraine — find out what’s next.
FCC’s rural broadband agenda: Chair Brendan Carr unveiled his Build America plan in Sioux Falls to tackle infrastructure gaps, boost spectrum access and streamline permitting for rural and tribal communities — learn what that entails.
Other South Dakota headlines this week
- SD Cattlemen’s Foundation gives Feeding SD $300K
- Grant bolsters rural ambulance training and equipment
- South Dakota towns host top earners
- Undesirable land could host South Dakota prison
- WWII veterans embark on extra-special Honor Flight
- Badlands National Park reveals ancient fossils
- Mines researchers deploy AI to slash byproducts
- South Dakota acquires 10 new public artworks
