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PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota has largely sustained pandemic-era gains in park visitation and license sales for hunting and ...

Fans of the Mount Rushmore State will love this: a list of awesome ideas for things to do in South Dakota in 2025.

Nearly five months after a deadly shooting at a city park, a Sioux Falls murder suspect is behind bars in South Dakota.

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After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war ...