Molly Wetsch
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Drought and tourists reshape Custer area landscape (opens the original)
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CUSTER STATE PARK, S.D. – While the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup has grown to draw tens of thousands of visitors and become an emblem of western South Dakota's cowboy heritage, it also serves a much more practical purpose – particularly important this year, thanks to adverse environmental conditions that have affected the entire region. The park's 1,500 bison are corralled every September to receive health checks, vaccinations and to be considered for sale. Winter conditions in the park can
USPS audit confirms longstanding mail issues in SD (opens the original)
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An official report from the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service has brought further clarity to ongoing questions of the organization's performance in South Dakota, nearly a year after one of the state's congressional members called it into question. The 30-page report published Wednesday comes from an audit initiated by U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds in December. The South Dakota Republican has been frequently critical of the postal service in the past and introduced legislation l
Smithfield move: How to preserve rural areas as metro grows (opens the original)
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CROOKS, S.D. – When Patti Guthrie and her husband purchased the 20 acres north of Sioux Falls that would soon become their house in 1996, it was little more than an open field. Now, it's home to more than 2,000 native trees and shrubs, dozens of local wildlife creatures and a large pond, stocked with fish and complete with a pontoon-turned fishing dock. Since they purchased that land, the population of Sioux Falls has nearly doubled. And major neighbors are moving into nearby Foundation Park, di
Six of 10 South Dakotans now vote early (opens the original)
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The number of South Dakota voters who cast absentee ballots instead of voting on Election Day jumped from 27% in 2016 to 32% in 2024, according to data from the South Dakota Secretary of State's office. That mirrors a national trend and also highlights the context behind a recently-settled federal fight over mail-in ballots: On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said President Donald Trump's new executive order regarding mail-in ballots could not be implemented before the November general election.
More South Dakotans now vote early (opens the original)
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(SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH) - The number of South Dakota voters who cast absentee ballots instead of voting on Election Day jumped from 27% in 2016 to 32% in 2024, according to data from the South Dakota Secretary of State’s office. That mirrors a national trend and also highlights the context behind a recently-settled federal fight over mail-in ballots: On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said President Donald Trump’s new executive order regarding mail-in ballots could not be implemented before the
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