Bison Lick Tesla After Surrounding Visitor’s Car In South Dakota’s Custer State Park

Is this considered a drive-thru car wash? If you’re from anywhere that regularly gets snow, you know the pain of rock salt on the roads during the winter. Obviously it helps to keep roadways from icing over and keeps traffic moving when it’s icy,...

How to get an annual pass to South Dakota's state parks for 2026

There are more than 60 state parks and recreation areas spread across South Dakota – and if you're planning to visit in 2026, annual passes are already available. The annual entrance licenses, valid from Oct. 1, 2025, to May 23, 2027, can be...

Names Released in Sioux Falls Traffic Fatality

Names have been released in a crash that killed a man in Sioux Falls last week. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says 66-year old Neal Charles Harper of Montana was killed when the pickup and bed-camper he was driving struck a car at the...

One Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash East of Rapid City

A 58-year-old Rapid City man died Monday morning following a single-vehicle crash on Bradsky Road, approximately nine miles east of Rapid City. The incident occurred at 9:02 a.m.. According to preliminary reports from the South Dakota Highway...

Eleven-game win streak on the line as PC travels to Dayton - Flyers spring the upset

Presbyterian College Athletics DAYTON, Ohio – The nation’s second-longest active winning streak will be put to the test on Saturday afternoon as the #16/19 Presbyterian College football team flies north to Dayton. Kickoff in a crucial PFL matchup...

RV Trader Recognizes Rapid City, S.D., as ‘RV City USA’ 2025

EDITOR’s NOTE: The following is an excerpt of a blog post published by RV Trader. Click here to read the full post. Any town we’re going to call RV City U.S.A. has to have some dust on its boots. It also has to be the kind of place that inspires...

South Dakota Supreme Court holds sessions at USD

VERMILLION, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The South Dakota Supreme Court held public hearings at the University of South Dakota on Wednesday and Thursday. The court travels throughout the state twice a year to hear oral arguments at two public...

Mount Rushmore Is Not My Monument

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One Killed In Crash Near Rapid City

RAPID CITY — One man died in a single-vehicle crash Monday morning nine miles east of Rapid City in Pennington County. According to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a 2008...

Driver killed in crash east of Rapid City

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says one man was killed in a single vehicle crash on Oct. 13. The crash happened Monday morning nine miles east of Rapid City. Authorities say the man was traveling northbound...

Fall Cattle Journal 2025 | Incremental Improvement: Stomprud Ranch, 2025 South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award winner

A deep love for the land runs in the Stomprud family. Stomprud 8 The Leopold Conservation award honors Leopold and “recognizes landowners who inspire others with their dedication to environmental improvement,” according to the Sand County...

Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation prepares for Winter Wonderland

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Parks and Rec Maintenance crews are currently transforming Falls Park in preparation for this year’s Winter Wonderland. There will be even more lights this year, and there will also be an ice skating rink down...

Winter products hit the Black Hills Farmers Market

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The chilly season has arrived, but it hasn’t deterred vendors at the Black Hills Farmers Market from offering their fresh produce and unique goods. More than just a source for fruits and vegetables, the market provides a...

Mammogram screening locations in the Sioux Falls area

Health officials urge women to schedule mammograms during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in South Dakota. South Dakota's "All Women Count!" program offers free or low-cost...

Hydrant parties provide free summer fun for Rapid City residents

Hydrant parties have been seen throughout South Dakota as a great way to connect with the community. When Lindsey Myers, Rapid City, S.D., Parks and Recreation specialist, was looking for new events that had never been done or had not been done in...

South Dakota Gridiron Report: Checking in with turnaround teams making their mark on the 2025 season

Sometimes, just one offseason can make a world of difference. With the South Dakota high school football players fast-approaching, programs across the state are gearing up to make their push for the DakotaDome in the coming weeks. In almost every...

Sioux Falls Film Director Nick Simon Unleashes ‘Coyotes’ This Halloween

If you’ve lived in Sioux Falls for a while, chances are you’ve heard the name Nick Simon. And if you haven’t, you’re about to, because this hometown filmmaker has a brand-new movie howling its way onto the national stage right now. Simon, a...

Augustana hockey storms back in third to finish off sweep of Northern Michigan

SIOUX FALLS — The Northern Michigan Wildcats played like a desperate team in the second period of Saturday night's game, tallying the program's second-most shots on goal in any period of hockey since 2004. The Wildcats fired 24 shots on goal in...

Tourism, GFP team up to promote pheasant hunting

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- Remember 2019? That was the year South Dakota's pheasant season saw the fewest hunters since the early 1990s. Nonresident license sales had fallen to 63,801, a 38% drop from 2010. Worse, resident license sales were down to...

‘Most traveled person in America,’ who completed journey in Lehigh Valley, shares his secret of success

Fifteen years ago, Daniel Seddiqui was the “most rejected person in America.” Fresh out of college with an economics degree — just in time for the Great Recession — he went through 120 job interviews with no offers. So, armed with a love of maps,...