Category: South Dakota

South Dakota Gov. Says No Mask Mandates Following CDC Reversal

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said that her state will not be imposing a mask mandate following a guidance reversal by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that is now urging some fully vaccinated people to wear facial coverings indoors. “The CDC shifts their position AGAIN,” Noem wrote in a post on Twitter….


Chislic: Meat on a Stick, South Dakota-Style

Chislic is the most delicious traditional dish you’ve never heard of … unless you’re from South Dakota, in which case, it’s the center of your social life. In 2018, the state legislature passed a bill, subsequently signed by the governor, to make chislic the state’s “official nosh.” Within the southeastern corner of South Dakota lies…


South Dakota Official: Fatal Crash May Have Been Suicide

PIERRE, S.D.—South Dakota’s attorney general is attempting to access any psychiatric or psychological records of the man he struck and killed along a highway, alleging in court documents that the death may have been a suicide. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg faces three misdemeanor charges related to his driving when he struck and killed Joe Boever…


‘Devastating Situation’: South Dakota Governor Sends More Troops to Border

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced additional state National Guard members will be sent to the U.S.–Mexico border to assist immigration enforcement efforts. The deployment, she said, would add 75 members to the 50-strong troops that are deployed there. Noem, a Republican, is one of several governors who have sent law enforcement or National Guard…


Private Donor Funds South Dakota’s National Guard Deployment to Border: Governor’s Office

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Tuesday she will use a donation to help fund the deployment of National Guard troops who are being deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border following a request from the governors of Texas and Arizona for immigration assistance. Noem this week joined several Republican governors, including Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, and…


South Dakota, Iowa To Send Law Enforcement Officers to Southern Border

The Republican governors of South Dakota and Iowa said in recent announcements they will be sending law enforcement personnel to the U.S.–Mexico border. It comes after the governors of Texas and Arizona asked all other states to help with the ongoing border crisis by providing additional manpower. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said late Monday…


Fatal Drug Overdoses Surged in 2020

Fatal drug overdoses spiked to record highs last year in states across the United States, with pandemic-driven isolation and loss of routine the likely factor behind the surge in deaths. State-level fatal drug overdose data covering the 12-month period ending in September 2020, the closest proxy available for last year as a whole, shows drug…


South Dakota Gov. Noem Says State Won’t Take Illegal Immigrants

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signaled on Wednesday that her state will not accept illegal immigrants that the Biden administration are looking to relocate into the interior. “South Dakota won’t be taking any illegal immigrants that the Biden Administration wants to relocate. My message to illegal immigrants… call me when you’re an American,” Noem wrote…


South Dakota Won’t Be Taking Illegal Immigrants, Gov. Noem Says

South Dakota won’t be accepting any illegal immigrants that the Biden administration is looking to relocate from America’s southern border, Gov. Kristi Noem vowed on April 14. “South Dakota won’t be taking any illegal immigrants that the Biden Administration wants to relocate. My message to illegal immigrants … call me when you’re an American,” Noem wrote in…


Firefighters Make Progress Containing Black Hills Fires, Mount Rushmore Remains Closed

NEMO, S.D.—Firefighters continued to make progress Wednesday on containing wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota that earlier forced the evacuation of more than 400 homes. Fire crews have increased containment of the largest fire near Schroeder Road in the Nemo area to 47 percent, the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook…