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The cost of land for a proposed prison site in Mitchell is now nearly double its original price tag. Landowner James River Farms increased its asking price from $18,000 to $35,000 per acre.

While discussions around a new state prison continue, one of the proposed sites is holding community forums to provide information to the public.

Syphilis rates in South Dakota have dropped sharply following a public health effort from the state Department of Health.

Flooding damaged homes and properties in the Glacial Lakes region, but it appears the worst of it was avoided in northeast South Dakota. Now, the recovery begins.

South Dakota is expected to receive more than $10 million as part of a settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family.

As the Artificial Intelligence craze grows, experts in the data center field say businesses are looking at South Dakota to build. At a Downtown Sioux Falls Rotary meeting, the topic was how South Dakota fits into the puzzle.

Following an apparent politically motivated assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband over the weekend has many lawmakers calling for reason to prevail nationwide.

The company backing a data center that’s received local pushback in McPherson County is offering a proposal to improve emergency services in the area.

The mayor of Worthing said there are still many questions over whether the community could support a new state penitentiary. The legislative task force deciding on a new prison site chose an area just south of Worthing as one of the four options.

The South Dakota Supreme Court rules against a man who appealed the decision to allow him to represent himself in court. Ultimately, this upholds his sentence for failure to comply with his court-mandated reporting.