April 24, 2021 South Dakota high school rodeo club cancels annual ‘Slave/Branding Auction’ A high school rodeo club in the tiny South Dakota town of Faith has finally decided to end its annual “Slave/Branding Auction” after decades.
April 13, 2021 South Dakota's Noem asks Biden to reverse ban on Mount Rushmore fireworks display South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sent a letter Tuesday requesting that President Biden reverse his administration's ban on an Independence Day fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore this year, arguing doing so would be in keeping with an agreement the federal government made with her state last year.
April 11, 2021 Sen. Thune not 'afraid of a fight' if Trump backs a challenger in 2022 Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said that he is not "afraid of a fight" if former President Donald Trump campaigns against him in 2022.
April 5, 2021 National weather forecast: Temperatures may break records in Southwest, Central US The week begins with another day of potentially record-breaking warmth across the Southwest and parts of the Central U.S.
April 1, 2021 South Dakota firefighters work to contain wildfires that closed Mt. Rushmore South Dakota firefighters battling a blaze on Black Hills, which briefly forced the closure of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes, made progress overnight.
March 29, 2021 South Dakota lawmakers reject transgender sports bill changes by Gov. Noem The South Dakota State Legislature voted Monday to reject Gov. Kristi Noem’s “style and form” veto of House Bill 1217, a measure that would effectively bar transgender youth from participating in women’s sports at the college level and below.
March 29, 2021 Gov. Noem & Dannenfelser: Unborn babies with Down syndrome diagnosis deserve love and protection Children with Down syndrome deserve to be showered with love and protected in the law, whether or not they are already born.
March 24, 2021 The Federalist rips 'cowardly' Noem for blaming 'cancel culture' for uproar over transgender bill punt Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing intense backlash from the right over her recent decision not to enact a bill regarding transgender athletes that she previously vowed to sign into law.
March 22, 2021 Tucker asks Noem if she is 'caving to the NCAA' over bill banning transgender women from girls' sports South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defended her decision not to sign a bill banning transgender girls and women from participating in female sports in a heated exchange with Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his show Monday.
March 19, 2021 South Dakota Gov. Noem sends bill banning transgender women from female sports back to legislature South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem returned a bill banning transgender girls and women from participating in female sports back to the state legislature Friday.