Preventing future flood damage

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and several local governments are partnering to study ways of better protecting the lower Big Sioux River area from high water, including the McCook Lake community that was devastated by flooding in 2024. The Big Sioux River empties into the Missouri River at Sioux City, where the borders of […]

South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson has instructed county auditors to send voters stripped of their right to vote in state and local elections more accurate letters explaining why. The letters will also offer guidance on how to get those rights back for those who feel they shouldn’t have lost them. The instructions are […]

SIOUX FALLS — A judge in Minnehaha County set a December trial date on Tuesday for a South Dakota state senator facing election-related felony charges. Dell Rapids Republican Tom Pischke, 44, is charged with two felony counts of filing a forged or false instrument for allegedly signing and submitting candidate nominating petitions for county party […]

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast approaching and the parties […]