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President Donald Trump has taken executive action to dismantle the federal Department of Education. While the legality of such an action is unclear, the move has the attention of the state’s education community.
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Gov. Larry Rhoden has signed a bill regulating the use of public bathrooms in South Dakota.
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Department of Education leaders recognized Eric Pederson—a special education teacher from Aberdeen Central High School—at this year’s Special Education Conference.
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The state mining board is approving an economic study for Dakota Gold as part of putting together an application for a mining permit in the northern Black Hills. The company wants to open a large-scale gold mine approximately five miles northwest of Lead at its Richmond Hill location.
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Sioux Falls Christian gets their revenge against Hamlin in a rematch of the 2024 Class A Boys Basketball State Championships. The Chargers came out on top this time around, 61-51.
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The 2025 SDHSAA state boys basketball tournaments wrapped up from Rapid City (AA), Sioux Falls (A), and Aberdeen (B) on Saturday. Brandon Valley, Sioux Falls Christian, and Castlewood won state championships.
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For the first time since 2001, Castlewood has won a state boys basketball championship. The Warriors defeated Viborg-Hurley 52-31on Saturday night in Aberdeen to claim the title.
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There are more than 180 high schools in South Dakota. We asked the Mitchel Kernel student section at the Class AA Tournament if they could name some of those high schools and their mascots.
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Sioux Falls Christian are wearing special T-shirts this weekend at the state tournament to support 2nd grader Forrest Murphy. Forrest is battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer, Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma.

SDPB Coverage of SDHSAA State Sports and Fine Arts Championships