Politics Jan 31 David Durenberger, former Republican senator who embraced progressive politics, dies at 88 Durenberger, an attorney and former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, won a U.S. Senate seat in 1978. He served three terms and championed health care reform.
Nation Dec 13 Winter storm brings tornado, blizzard threats for Midwest, southern states An area stretching from Montana into western Nebraska and Colorado was under blizzard warnings. Ice and sleet were expected in the eastern Great Plains.
Nation Dec 12 Millions in central U.S. brace for massive winter storm A massive winter storm blowing toward the center of the United States on Monday is threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding.
Nation Dec 09 Former police officer who who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5-year sentence The former Minneapolis police officer who held down George Floyd's back as one of his colleagues kneeled on the Black man's neck has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
Nation Nov 25 Colorado Springs reckons with past after Club Q shooting Though the suspect facing possible murder and hate crime charges is not from Colorado Springs, the targeting of LGBTQ people has reminded some of the 1990s, when the city was known as an epicenter of religion-infused, family-values conservatism unfriendly to…
Nation Nov 19 Public safety accounts urge caution on Twitter amid tumultuous changes Amid the slew of changes at one of the world's most influential social media platforms, the public information officers who operate government Twitter accounts are cautiously waiting out the turmoil and urging the public to verify that it really is…
Politics Sep 21 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sued over release of travel expense records South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing a lawsuit after her office refused to release expense records on five out-of-state trips this year to a liberal watchdog group.
Nation Sep 10 Oglala and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes buy land near Wounded Knee massacre site Two American Indian tribes in South Dakota have joined forces to purchase 40 acres around the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark, the site of one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history.
Politics Sep 09 Documents show Gov. Kristi Noem tried to avoid ethics hearing, seal records South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem asked a state ethics board to dismiss a complaint against her without a public hearing and to seal off certain records.
Politics Aug 22 Ethics board says South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’ A South Dakota ethics board has found enough information that Noem may have "engaged in misconduct" when she intervened in her daughter's application for a real estate appraiser license to potentially take action against the Republican governor.