South Dakota Students Shine With Impressive ACT Scores

For the fifth straight year, South Dakota high school students are excelling on their college entrance exam scores. Impressive numbers The state Department of Education says the graduating class of 2025 earned an average ACT composite score of...

South Dakota’s graduating class of 2025 surpasses national average ACT score

October 15, 2025 PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s graduating class of 2025 earned an average ACT composite score of 21.0, well above the national average of 19.4. The ACT is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. The...

Noem's Shutdown Remarks Not Playing at Rapid City, Sioux Falls Airports

Airports across several states, including South Dakota, are not airing a video featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that blames Democrats for the ongoing federal government shutdown. Although the White House promoted the video as...

South Dakota students ACT score above national average

Posted on October 15, 2025 by - KSDN News, Local News, Pheasant Country News, Point 106.7 News, Pure Country News, Sunny 97.7 News, The Rock News PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – South Dakota’s graduating class of 2025 earned an average ACT composite...

Local college football game times moved up due to weather threat

By West Kentucky Star staff Oct. 18, 2025 | 04:54 AM | MURRAY UPDATE: Due to the threat of severe weather this evening, Murray State's football game with second-ranked South Dakota State is beiing moved from 6 pm to a 1 pm kickoff at Roy Stewart...

Sioux Falls Hunting Wives Set Their Sights on a Weekend of Fun Downtown

Pheasant hunting season kicks off this weekend in South Dakota, and you know what that means, ladies: you’ll suddenly be seeing a lot more of your significant other’s hunting gear than his actual face over the next several weekends. As he slips...

South Dakota Farmers Use Farm Tunnels for Longer Growing Season

When snow covers the frozen ground, and most South Dakota farmers have sold or stored their products for the season, the operators of Cedar Creek Gardens are still able to grow vegetables and harvest a lucrative crop. Located in a remote area...

South Dakota Community Rallies Behind Team Looking for 1st Title

One South Dakota high school football team is on the verge of completing one of the most dramatic turnarounds in state history. When the McLaughlin Mustangs take the field at home against Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Tiospaye Topa Thursday (October 16)...

Sioux Falls Rolls Out Talking Cones For Safer Sidewalks

If you’ve been strolling through downtown Sioux Falls lately and have started hearing mysterious little voices, don’t panic, you’re not losing your mind. Those chatty whispers aren’t in your head; they’re coming from the construction cones. The...

South Dakota Coyotes Jump One Spot in Latest Top 25 Rankings

The USD Coyotes are above .500 for the first time this season, and have won 4 out of their last 5 contests. Both NDSU and SDSU still occupy the top 2 spots respectively. Here's a look at this week's poll: 1 North Dakota State 6-0 1,399 1 2 South...

South Dakota Attorney General Applauds Meta's Move to Shield Teens on Instagram

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is praising Meta’s recent decision to tighten content restrictions for teenagers on Instagram, calling it a meaningful step toward online safety. On Tuesday, Meta announced that teen accounts will now...

South Dakota’s Bizarre Guinness World Records You Didn’t Know

The Guinness Book of World Records was probably the most important book to me when I was 10. I mean, they are WORLD RECORDS! That means something...I thought. I got a copy from a book fair in elementary school and read it until it fell apart. I...

Rapid City Pair Charged in Rock Assault, Appear in Court

Alphonso Bad Hand, 39, and Denna Andrews, 34, both of Rapid City, appeared in Pennington County Court Tuesday after allegedly assaulting a woman with rocks early Friday morning. Police responded to a call at 2:05 a.m. near a convenience store on...

South Dakota Reports Four Early Flu Cases; COVID Numbers Down

The South Dakota Department of Health has confirmed four influenza cases so far this season — two in Minnehaha County, one in Pennington, and one in Fall River. The cases involve two men and two women, aged 25–49 and over 64. No hospitalizations...

MarketBeat Open Tennis Tournament back to Sioux Falls after very successful 2024

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -The 2nd MarketBeat Open comes to Sioux Falls starting Sunday and running for 8 days with the highest level tennis we’ve ever seen in South Dakota. Last year’s initial event was so successful that the ATP bumped...

NFIB South Dakota director highlights local supply chain pressures amid national optimism decline

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported that its Small Business Optimism Index fell by 2.0 points in September to 98.8, marking the first decline in three months. Despite this drop, the index remains above its 52-year...

Week 9 Football: Final week of regular season for South Dakota's 11B, nine-man squads

Week 9 of South Dakota high school football has arrived, and it's the end of the regular season for the remainder of state's Class 11B and nine-man teams. Some 11B and nine-man teams closed out their regular seasons last week with the rest...

Road Closure Scheduled for U.S. Highway 385 from Pactola Dam to Taylor Ranch Road Near Hill City

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -Beginning on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, U.S. Highway 385 from the south end of Pactola Dam to Taylor Ranch Road will be closed to through traffic. The roadway will reopen in March 2026. This road closure is part of the Highway...

Fact brief: Is South Dakota home to the tallest grain elevator mural in the country?

Faulkton’s 110-foot tall grain elevator mural is the tallest in South Dakota, but a 135-foot tall mural in Toledo, Ohio, is the largest in the country. The South Dakota town of about 800 people in the north-central part of the state commissioned...

South Dakota National Parks Generate Half Billion in Economic Impact

October 15, 2025 Northern Plains News UNDATED–South Dakota’s national parks generated more than $524 million in visitor spending and supported more than 5,200 jobs in 2024, according to new data from the National Park Service. The state’s three...