Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens rural schools and hospitals

By SARAH RAZA SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions. Within nine months, he had filled those vacancies...

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby

Ashley Tulenchik and Bill Rolow, Pequot Lakes, a girl, Ivy Jean Rolow, 7 pounds, 5 ounces, July 14, 2025. Grandparents are Tim Tulenchik, Pequot Lakes, Annette Tulenchik, Pequot Lakes, and Jean and Mike Rolow, Crosslake. Great-grandparent is DiAnn...

Rapid City's Main Street Square hosts annual Bierborse Festival

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Main Street Square was busy Saturday with several events, including the annual Rapid City Bierbörse festival. Now in its 15th year, the festival featured a wide variety of brews, authentic German food, and live music from local...

Fourth annual Indigenous Peoples' Day Parade rolls through downtown Rapid City

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Many started their day Saturday in downtown Rapid City before heading to the Black Hills Powwow for a chance to glimpse the 4th annual Indigenous Peoples' Day Parade. The event was organized by the Great Plains Tribal Leaders'...

Black Hills Powwow roars through The Monument in Rapid City

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Dancers and drum groups from across the United States and Canada are filling The Monument for the 37th annual He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate, also known as the Black Hills Powwow. The event runs from October 10-12, is offering its...

Nebraska's medical cannabis program would be among country's most restrictive | Analysis

Frustrated by the changes a governor-appointed board is making to a voter-approved medical marijuana measure, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Director Crista Eggers described the commission’s slate of rules as “the most restrictive, conservative,...

Hospital at Home starts shutting down

BY: TIM HENDERSON - OCTOBER 10, 2025 8:37 AM The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1. The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs were both...

Annual NAMI-South Dakota conference set for October 16-17

By Crystal Pugsley of the Plainsman HURON –– There will be a familiar face in the crowd at the NAMI-South Dakota 2025 Conference titled, Hope & Healing: Stronger Together planned Thursday and Friday, Oct. 16 and 17, at the Huron Event Center. For...

South Dakota governor, officials pledge $30.94 nightly to cover Rushmore lighting during shutdown

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has pledged to pay $217 of his own money to keep Mount Rushmore lit for the next week. Rhoden’s Saturday morning announcement came in tandem with pledges from West River lawmakers to personally pay the national...

Sioux Falls specialty hospital to close before end of year

Select Specialty Hospital – South Dakota, located inside Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, is set to close before the end of the year, resulting in the layoff of approximately 90 employees. The 24-bed hospital, which specializes in...

South Dakota based mental health and healing organizations are consolidating

Three South Dakota-based mental health and healing organizations are consolidating operations to create a single integrated care center. According to a press release, the merger of the Compass Center, Family Services Inc., and Move to Heal South...

Rapid City's friendliest therapy dog is taking care of the Rapid City Police Department

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Every Friday morning at the Rapid City Police Department, one of the most popular members of the team makes his rounds: wagging tail, soft fur, and all. Benny, a nearly four-year-old golden retriever, serves as the department’s...

Rapid City Police arrest two suspects for Aggravated Assault

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Rapid City Police say two people were arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman on Oct. 10. Police say this happened Friday, just after 2 a.m. in the area of 1627 Mount Rushmore Road. That’s where a woman reported being...

Man from Montana killed in Thursday evening accident in Sioux Falls

One man died and his passenger was injured in a crash in Sioux Falls early Thursday evening (Oct. 9, 2025, at 5:32pm). The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information...

Three Sioux Falls nonprofits form region’s first integrated healing center

Three Sioux Falls nonprofits have merged to form a new organization called Solace. The new entity combines The Compass Center, Family Services Inc. and Move to Heal. Solace aims to provide integrated crisis care, therapy, healing arts and...

South Dakota's prison population sees increase for second year

The U.S. prison population increased for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing a decade-long decline. The female prison population is growing at a faster rate than the male population, rising nearly 4% in 2023. Prisons are also facing a...

HRMC medical staff welcomes internal medicine physician

Kundana Neelam, MD, Internal Medicine Physician Courtesy Photo By Plainsman Staff HURON – Huron Regional Medical Center (HRMC) is pleased to welcome Kundana Neelam, MD, internal medicine physician, to the hospital’s medical staff and HRMC...

Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce

LAKE NORDEN — The names on the list included some of Dorothy Elliott’s best employees: hardworking, reliable, honest. Most had been working at Drumgoon Dairy for years. Some worked there for nearly two decades, playing a role in the operation’s...

Montana man killed after truck, camper rolls over in Sioux Falls

SIOUX FALLS — A Montana man was dead and a woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash that involved a camper rollover on the north side of Sioux Falls. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, first responders in Sioux Falls were called to an area...

. The 437 Project Surpasses $1 Million in Donations for South Dakota’s Helpline Center

The 437 Project has raised more than $322,000 this year for the Helpline Center, bringing its total donations to over $1 million in just four years. By Freddi Hammer October 10, 2025 6:20 am PIERRE, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) The 437 Project has raised...