December retirement of Justice Janine Kern opens up seat on South Dakota Supreme Court

PIERRE — The longest-serving current justice of South Dakota’s Supreme Court will step down in December, creating a vacancy to be filled by Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden. Justice Janine Kern represents the high court’s first district, which includes Custer, …

South Dakota’s Thune Goes To Mat For Medicaid Reforms In ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is making the case for reforming Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” — arguing that eliminating alleged waste, fraud and abuse in the entitlement program is the “right thing to do.” Thune told the …

Attorney General Jackley Announce DCI Investigating 4th Inmate Death at the South Dakota State Penitentiary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Contact: Tony Mangan, Communications Director, 605-773-6878  PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is …

These Stadiums Are Big Enough to Hold Entire South Dakota Cities

The size of sports stadiums always blows my mind. I almost can't wrap my mind around a structure that can hold so many people. Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the University of Michigan plays football, has a capacity of 107,601! I may be …

Is South Dakota among the most vulnerable to hail damage?

Worth in South Dakota Highway Patrol 71st Recruit Academy Graduating Class

A Gettysburg woman was among the dozen South Dakota Highway Patrol Troopers who officially graduated June 6 during a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda in Pierre. Paige Worth completed her 13 weeks of the Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy, 10 weeks of …

Three Cornbelt teams on top of the first South Dakota Amateur Baseball Poll

The first South Dakota Amateur Baseball Poll of the season has the defending champions of Dell Rapids PBR on top in Class B. PBR is 5-1 in the Cornbelt this season.   The Canova Gang and the Dell Rapids Mudcats, who are both 4-2 in league play, finished …

South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Janine Kern retiring

Long-serving South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Janine Kern is retiring. Kern will retire from the bench in December, according to a Unified Judicial System statement released Wednesday. “It is with a heart brimming with gratitude for the trust and …

Member of the South Dakota Supreme Court announces retirement date

June 11, 2025 PIERRE, S.D.—South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Janine M. Kern has announced that she will retire from the bench on Dec. 8, 2025. Justice Kern was appointed to the South Dakota Supreme Court in 2014 by Gov. Dennis Daugaard to represent the …

These are the Most Treasured Views in South Dakota

The Black Hills in South Dakota is a tapestry of wildlife trampling along topography that is rolling until its spired, pine-laden until it is prairie and pillars of granite until it is fresh mountain water that wears it. It is an edge of South Dakota you …