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New median household income number sets amount of South Dakota lawmakers’ raises
Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota lawmakers can anticipate a raise and a salary of nearly $16,500 next year; meanwhile, the average payout per legislator was $26,813 during the last fiscal year after accounting for [Read More…]
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Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight An audit report released Thursday recommends ways to improve mail service in South Dakota, and a member of the state’s congressional delegation said the report serves as “a reaffirmation that the [Read More...] -
Authorities have released the names of two people involved in a single vehicle fatal crash last Friday evening 10 miles southwest of Alexandria. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported shortly after 8pm, 31 [Read More...] -
Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight Lars Herseth, a Democratic former South Dakota legislator and 1986 nominee for governor, died Saturday of cancer at age 80. Herseth grew up in a politically active Democratic family in rural [Read More...] -
Carson Walker/South Dakota News Watch South Dakota News Watch and Dakota Wesleyan University are again sponsoring the state spelling bee, which gives local students and schools the opportunity to participate in America’s longest-running educational competition. [Read More...] -
When South Dakota wildlife officials tried to give anglers the freedom to keep their prize catches of a unique fish, something surprising happened. Many anglers said no thanks and convinced a state commission to reject [Read More...]
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