5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (151+ words) South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden can run for another four-year term in 2030 if he wins election during the 2026 midterms. Both a governor and lieutenant governor cannot be elected to more than two consecutive elected terms, starting with the 1974 election, according…...

6+ day, 29+ min ago   (225+ words) Candidates for the South Dakota Legislative District 3 House will participate in a public forum Sept. 22. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library, 215 Fourth Ave. SE. The forum is organized by the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (278+ words) After not endorsing any candidate in the South Dakota Republican Party’s four-candidate primary race or top-two runoff, Republican President Donald Trump has endorsed the winner of the state party’s nomination for governor. Trump gave his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (626+ words) A nonprofit organization and a Sioux Falls voter filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court over the implementation of South Dakota’s new proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration. Senate Bill 175, passed by lawmakers and signed into law by Republican Gov. Larry…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (580+ words) Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman, who is now out of the hospital, spoke out in a Facebook post on Saturday, Aug. 22, about the death of his 8-year-old son, Emerson, which involved a powered parachute crash on Wednesday evening in Aberdeen. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (475+ words) South Dakotans are offering condolences to Mayor Travis Schaunaman and his family after a paraglider crash injured him and his 10-year-old daughter and killed his 8-year-old son Emerson. Former gubernatorial candidate Toby Doeden of Aberdeen said what most people are…...