Travel South Dakota’s Passport Program is seeing success

PIERRE, S.D. – Travel South Dakota’s popular Passport Program continues to inspire exploration across the state, driving record engagement during its Double Points Week, coinciding with Forever 605 Day, and unveiling new patriotic-themed stops with the …

Minnesota state trooper who went viral for saving baby deer drowns in South Dakota lake

By Stephen Swanson, COle Premo, Nick Lentz Click here for updates on this story     MINNESOTA (WCCO) — The Minnesota State Patrol is mourning the loss of a trooper who drowned in a northeastern South Dakota lake over the weekend. According to the Day …

UND commit Carter Sanderson is South Dakota's first NHL pick

GRAND FORKS — Carter Sanderson talked to a Pittsburgh Penguins scout in March. Then, he didn't hear anything for two months. "About a month ago, I got another call," the UND forward commit said. "It kept going on. I got two or three more …

Fact brief: Is the number of annual tornadoes in South Dakota decreasing?

South Dakota’s average annual number of reported tornadoes has decreased in the past 35 years.  The state ranks 20th in the country for tornadoes annually, according to data from 2002-2022. It’s hit by an average of 28 per year, much lower than all the …

Minnesota State Patrol mourning loss of trooper Mollie McClure who drowned in South Dakota

Minnesota State Trooper Dies in South Dakota Lake Accident

ST. PAUL (WJON News) -- The Minnesota State Patrol is mourning the death of one of its troopers. Trooper Mollie McClure died in an off-duty drowning accident on Waubay Lake in South Dakota on Sunday. McClure joined the St. Cloud district of the State …

Meet South Dakota's secret shopper

On today's show... We get to know South Dakotans in unique jobs and chart their career path. Zachary Lau is a senior microbiologist at the South Dakota State University Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Lab. He helps keep the state's food …

50 storylines, 50 days until South Dakota high school football season starts

The flip of the calendar to July signifies that a new athletic year is upon us, and with it, the sounds of the gridiron are not far off either. Thursday, July 3 signifies the 50-day mark in the countdown to the 2025 high school football season in South …

South Dakota Job Corps program under threat of closure

NEMO, S.D. – As a teenager 25 years ago, David Goodwin's future appeared bleak. Goodwin was smart, but for some reason he couldn't find his footing in the Rapid City public school system and had been held back two straight years as a high school …

Cancer screenings in South Dakota nearly reduced to a funding cut

A CDC-funded breast cancer screening program, known in South Dakota as All Women Count, faced sudden and unexpected financial questions recently. However, cancer advocates say they’re not giving up on the program’s future. For three decades, the National …