PIERRE (AP) - Last week, Gov. Kristi Noem signed into law a measure allowing people to carry concealed pistols without a permit in South Dakota.
During the same week, the South Dakota Senate rejected a separate bill to allow concealed pistols in the state Capitol.
The Republican governor tweeted that

By Careen D. Takes The Knife
Due to the plethora of issues caused by the recent government shutdown, the St. Francis community will be opening its doors twice a week to offer a meal.
During the shutdown, the Department of Social Services were forced to unload two months worth of EBT/food stamp

PIERRE – Absentee voting will begin for registered voters in South Dakota on Friday, September 21, 2018, 46 days prior to the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Registered voters can vote in person at their County Auditor’s office by bringing a photo

By Kevin Thranow
A large crowd packed the theatre at SGU’s Lakota Studies Tipi last Tuesday for the premiere of a new documentary called “Blood Memory.”
In attendance were Sandy White Hawk, the founder and director of First Nation’s Repatriation Institute, director/producer

By Kevin Thranow

The Mission City Council met in regular session last Wednesday at the city office in Mission. One of the items on the agenda was a first reading of the proposed budget for 2019.

City financial manager Heather Petersen reported that budgets allocated for city departments for the

By Kevin Thranow

The annual meeting of the Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative members took place last Saturday at the Community Events Center in White River.

The two main points of business were the election of directors for the Mellette County district and a vote on a proposed bylaw amendment that

SIOUX FALLS - The 31st Annual Northern Plains Indian Art Market (NPIAM) will take place in Sioux Falls this weekend, starting with juror’s forums on Thursday, September 27, and continuing until Sunday, September 30.

The Best of Show art preview and reception will be held on Friday, September