It’s been a long battle that began in late 2023 when the DOC announced its intent to build a new state penitentiary in rural Lincoln County, catching landowners by surprise.

More than 62,000 acres of privately owned land has opened to public access across South Dakota through a Public Access to Habitat program.

Grading gravel roads, fixing culverts, balancing budgets — township work isn't glamorous, but it keeps rural South Dakota moving. A new blog series is putting names and faces to the people behind it.

The South Dakota Supreme Court says a group that was trying to stop the state government’s plan to build a men’s prison in Lincoln County lacked legal ...