SDPB Staff

David Wiltse, Ph.D., is associate professor of political science at South Dakota State University and the director of the SDSU Poll. He joins us with a look at how political polarization is affecting South Dakota COVID mitigation.

Billy Mills grew up in Pine Ridge, S.D., became a Kansas Jayhawk, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and became an Olympic legend. SDPB's Nate Wek shares the story of an all-star track athlete with many record-breaking feats and a lifetime of achievements and influence.

Author, poet, educator, and neurologist Jerome Freeman, MD, joins In the Moment host Lori Walsh for a conversation about ethics, writing, and bringing literature into the exam room.

SDPB's Lee Strubinger takes us to North Rapid City, a neighborhood that's been divided up politically by the state legislature for decades. Some are hoping to change that this year.

The swimming beach at Lake Alvin Recreation Area near Harrisburg closed following routine testing that showed unhealthy levels of bacteria in the water.

Monument Health, based in Rapid City and serving a broad area of western South Dakota, announced today that it will require physicians and caregivers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The South Dakota Department of Health says unvaccinated people make up the vast majority of newly reported deaths and hospitalizations.

South Dakota Mines is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) on a new project called “Materials and Manufacturing for Cold Regions.”

Dakota Political Junkies Mike Card and Jon Hunter visit about this week's demonstration in Pierre by those wanting Oceti Sakowin history to be taught in South Dakota's schools.

Dr. Bryce Tellmann presents this month's STEAM Café Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. at Hay Camp Brewing.Tellmann's presentation is called "Defining the Great Plains: Reinventing a Region Through Ideas and Stories." Tellmann is an instructor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at South Dakota Mines.