Crowds gathered to witness the final moments of the historic Missouri River bridge connecting Pierre and Fort Pierre as it ...

Award-winning historian and author Dr. Patricia Limerick will be the featured speaker at the South Dakota State Historical Society’s 2025 Annual History Conference. The event will take place ...

The plot of land in South Dakota’s Black Hills, according to Rhoden, is privately owned by a family willing to donate it.

Governor Rhoden calls the 100th session of the South Dakota legislature an historic success. Historic because it is the 100th ...

PIERRE — “Georgia Jipp: Blizzard Pilot,” by Laura Beth Dean, has won the 2025 Spur Award for Best Western Children’s Book.

From being a hub for riverboat travel to its time as the first capital of the Dakota Territory, Yankton, South Dakota has an intriguing story to tell. When you think ...

ranging from historical figures such as George Washington and Harriet Tubman to modern names including Kobe Bryant and Alex Trebek. Seth Tupper is editor-in-chief of South Dakota Searchlight.

For the 40th year, athletes from across South Dakota gathered in Mitchell for the Special Olympics State Basketball Tournament, an event that brought together more than 1,000 players, coaches and ...

PIERRE — The 100th annual convention of South Dakota lawmakers was laden with political and historical subtext. A Republican supermajority, emboldened by President Donald Trump and led by a ...

Hundreds of people turned out Monday morning to witness something that for many was a once in a lifetime experience.

Read on to hear from State Rep. Mike Derby, State Rep. Nicole Uhre-Balk, State Rep. Steve Duffy, and State Senator Helene Duhamel ...