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$1.6M in credit card fees have Sioux Falls readying to offload costs
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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July 3, 2025
The city of Sioux Falls spends millions on credit and debit card processing fees. But that’s likely to change next year as City Hall prepares to pass the payments it’s been sending to Visa and Mastercard onto its utility, development and parking...
South Dakota's expanded 'Move Over' law takes effect today
DGR News
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July 1, 2025: South Dakota’s updated ‘Move Over’ law requiring motorists to move over for ANY VEHICLE on the side of the road with flashing amber, yellow or blue warning or hazard lights goes into effect Tuesday (July 1, 2025). State Department of...
South Dakota eyes possible reforms involving sexual assault kits
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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July 1, 2025
Click play to listen to this article. When South Dakota's new budget kicks in this week, there will be money to address potential funding shortfalls for rape kits. At the same time, a key lawmaker says he's looking at other improvements. The...
Rep. Dusty Johnson announces 2026 run for governor of South Dakota
Ballotpedia
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July 3, 2025
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced on June 30, 2025, that he will run for governor of South Dakota in 2026 rather than another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) became governor after Kristi Noem (R)...
South Dakota seizes hundreds of illegal firearms under federal program
Rushmore State News - South Dakota
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June 30, 2025
Alison J. Ramsdell U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of South DakotaAlison J. Ramsdell U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell has reported the seizure of 230 firearms...
Minnesota recognizing South Dakota’s Restricted Enhanced Permit holders
Go Watertown - South Dakota
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July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025 PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT)–The South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office has announced that the State of Minnesota has officially recognized restricted enhanced permit holders who are under the age of 21. This expanded recognition allows...
'Tone Deaf' Kristi Noem Berated for Sharing Governor's Portrait Options As Texas Flood Rescue Efforts Continue
International Business Times
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July 7, 2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is being berated online after she turned to her followers to ask for their thoughts on potential governor's portraits amid rescue efforts for the deadly flash floods that struck Texas over the weekend. Noem...
Rapid City ranks among the best-run cities in America
KOTA Territory News - South Dakota
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July 1, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -Rapid City was named in WalletHub’s top 30 best-run cities, landing in 27th. Cities like Denver, Chicago, and Dallas were in the same review as Rapid City. “Rapid City has great professionals working for it, so it doesn’t...
South Dakota humorist Dorothy Rosby doesn’t have the stomach for the “wurst” way to spend the 4th of July
The South Dakota Standard
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It was the 4th of July a few years ago. I was having lunch with my husband in one of those restaurants that has giant TV screens on every wall so that all the diners can watch different games and not have to talk to each other. The screen I faced...
“Most Massive Transfer of Wealth Upward in American History”: John Nichols on Trump’s Budget Law
Democracy Now!
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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. President Donald Trump signed his sweeping tax and spend bill into law on July 4th,...
Kristi Noem Is Nearly Unrecognizable In Tasteless Governor's Portrait Post
The List
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July 7, 2025
If there's one thing Kristi Noem is obsessed with, it's herself. In an Instagram carousel, Donald Trump's controversial Homeland Security Secretary shared three separate paintings of herself riding a horse. The former governor of South Dakota...
FCC Chairman Unveils ‘Build America Agenda’ In South Dakota
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - South Dakota
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SIOUX FALLS — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr picked South Dakota as the place to unveil what he called a “Build America Agenda,” aimed at cutting regulations and revitalizing the telecommunications industry. Carr delivered...
Pieces purchased for South Dakota public art collection
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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South Dakota Arts Council PIERRE — The South Dakota Arts Council recently purchased 10 new pieces for the state’s public art collection through the Art for State Buildings program. The artworks were selected by a five-member advisory committee to...
South Dakota State tractor team captures runner-up honors
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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SDSU Marketing & Communications BROOKINGS — For the second consecutive year, South Dakota State University finished just short of winning the International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. The SDSU Quarter-Scale Tractor Team,...
South Dakota's 100th Legislative Session Yields 213 New Laws
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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June 30, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D.— The 100th session of the South Dakota Legislature is in the books, and starting Tuesday all signed bills officially become law. This year, lawmakers drafted and debated more than 500 bills. 213 made it through final approval and...
10 years after a 22-year-old was killed in a murder-for-hire plot, the last of 5 defendants is sentenced
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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July 11, 2025
RAPID CITY — The quest for justice in the heinous murder of a South Dakota woman a decade ago has come to a close. Richard Hirth, 44, was sentenced to life Monday, July 7, for his involvement in a 2015 murder-for-hire plot, which resulted in the...
Lalley: How does Sioux Falls 'International' Airport sound?
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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July 2, 2025
Our airport is called Sioux Falls Regional, which has always seemed appropriate since the flights to and from the Best Little City in America don’t leave the confines of the Lower 48. Our air travel hub serves people primarily from the region...
South Dakota's expanded 'Move Over' law takes effect tomorrow
DGR News
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South Dakota’s updated ‘Move Over’ law goes into effect Tuesday (July 1, 2025). Highway Patrol Trooper Troy Archambeault says the law will require motorists to move over for ANY VEHICLE on the side of the road with flashing amber, yellow or blue...
South Dakota Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson announces he will run for governor in 2026
Corsicana Daily Sun - Texas
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson announces he will run for governor in 2026. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or...
South Dakota’s expanded ‘Move Over’ law takes effect Tuesday
KSDN - South Dakota
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June 30, 2025
Posted on June 30, 2025 by - KSDN News, Local News, Pheasant Country News, Point 106.7 News, Pure Country News, Sunny 97.7 News, The Reason 94.5 News, The Rock News PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- South Dakota’s updated ‘Move Over’ law goes into effect...