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Officials comment on Yankton shooting
Yankton School District officials are speaking out on Thursday night’s shooting that left one injured during a wrestling meet. South…
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44-year-old man arrested for rape of minors
A 44-year-old from Renner was arrested for two counts of first-degree rape and one count of sexual contact with a…
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$100,000 reward offered in the shooting death of a Sioux Falls area realtor
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Melissa Peskey was a 40-year-old mother of two from Hartford. She was known as a…
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Noem gives budget address, proposes 1.25% boost for ‘big 3’
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says the state’s finances are now tighter. And while President-elect…
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Noem rides back to D.C., possibly eyeing a bigger prize
Some obvious questions come to mind in considering Gov. Kristi Noem’s selection to lead the Department of Homeland Security in…
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Mike Rounds thinks he can get the votes to cut US Department of Education
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds has introduced a bill to abolish the U.S. Department of Education he’s calling the “Returning Education…
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Trump gave Interior nominee one directive for a half-billion acres of US land: ‘Drill Baby Drill.’
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota…
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John Thune, sponsored a resolution adopted by the Senate honoring the late Tim Johnson
PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, sponsored a resolution adopted by the Senate honoring…
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How Noem got the Homeland Security job
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s ascension to Homeland Security secretary-in-waiting came as a surprise in some quarters. After all, the…
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Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune blasts Democrats for lack of Israel support
Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune on Tuesday criticized what he described as Democrats’ difficulties in supporting Israel and added that…
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