Rep. Peri Pourier, R-Rapid City, speaks on the floor of the South Dakota House during the 2025 legislative session at the Capitol in Pierre. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) A bill that would stop the practice of jailing people who can’t afford to pay sobriety program fees sailed through a South Dakota House of … Read more
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota on Tuesday called for the immediate release of tribal members who were held in a homeless encampment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota last week. Three of the four Oglala Sioux Tribe members who were arrested in Minneapolis on Friday have been transferred … Read more
South Dakota’s K-12 population declined slightly this year, but enrollment in alternative instruction grew again. Watertown schools saw a decrease year over year, from 2024 to 2025. However, the Castlewood school system has seen an increase. That’s according to headcount numbers taken on September 26, 2025, and released by the South Dakota Department of Education … Read more