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Ballot petitioner wants South Dakota to fight and fund his religious legal battle
As South Dakota voters get ready to wade through seven ballot issues in November, more are lining up for the 2026 election. Already turned in to the Secretary of State’s Office are two ballot issues. One calls for fair market value for assessed property and another seeks to require that students in kindergarten through grade […]
Abortion ballot measure challenge on course for late September trial
A lawsuit against South Dakota’s abortion-rights ballot question won’t end before voting begins, according to rulings issued Tuesday. A Minnehaha County judge declined to dismiss the litigation, with a trial set to begin Sept. 23, three days after early voting starts. ...
SD national park sites attracted 4.6 million visits in ’23 and supported 9,000 jobs, report says
A new National Park Service report shows six national park sites in South Dakota attracted a total of 4.6 million visits in 2023, resulting in $600 million of spending near those parks that supported nearly 9,000 jobs. The 2023 National Park Visitor Spending Effects report includes numbers from across the country. ...
Major South Dakota, Iowa & Minnesota Gas Station To Close Soon
A well-known South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota gas station made a major announcement about closing over 1,000 locations nationwide. This major gas station is the 6th biggest station in the state of Minnesota alone. A new article from the Intersolar reveals Shell gas stations are set to close at least...
Minnesota Attorney General Settles with Sturgis Charity Ride over Misleading Claims
A group that falsely claimed to have donated to a veterans charity at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has been shut down and ordered to pay up after stiffing a Veterans group. In a 13-page document filed last month in Ramsey County District Court, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that a settlement has been reached with Ride to The Chip (RTTC), which ran an event that allegedly raised money for the Magnus Veterans Foundation (MVF).
Southeast South Dakota surges ahead of Black Hills in tourism revenue
LAKE KAMPESKA, S.D. (AP) — As they sat in comfy lawn chairs and sipped cold sodas in a campsite along Lake Kampeska’s shoreline, Cheryl and Mark Okeson didn’t look like or feel like trend-setters within the South Dakota tourism industry. And yet, without realizing it, the couple from Ortonville, Minnesota, perfectly represented a recent shift […]
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