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US Attorney General Merrick Garland is reiterating the Justice Department’s commitment to civil rights cases for Native Americans. Garland pointed to the case announced earlier this year involving the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City. One local group wants the DOJ to do more.
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A group of election reformers are hoping to place a ballot question in 2024 that opens up the primary election to all voters. Currently, the Republican primary election is open to only registered Republicans. -
More than $3 million will be spread across 17 South Dakota school districts to provide infrastructure for teaching students trades.
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The tallest 2.5 million gallon water tower in the nation has finished construction in Beresford.
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The Big Sioux River will play an even larger role in the future of southeastern South Dakotans’ water supply, according to a local nonprofit
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Two South Dakota tribal leaders are part of a new federal program aimed at improving housing options for American Indian and Alaska Native people.
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
The remains of a WWII soldier killed in a German POW camp are being returned to South Dakota. We talk with Dr. Carrie Brown, Laboratory Manager at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base about the efforts to bring Sgt. Walter Nies home.