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Sioux Falls Snow Leopards ask for Support for their Teammate suffering from a Brain Tumor
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Sioux Falls Snow Leopards are the first professional women’s tackle football team in South Dakota. Recently, one of their players was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and the team is rallying around her and...

WATCH LIVE: Senate expected to vote for 10th time on government funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care benefits. Watch the Senate...

Remembering Ranchers & Farmers on World Mental Health Day
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - On World Mental Health Day, The South Dakota Beef Industry Council is making sure ranchers and farmers know they are not alone in struggling with their mental health. The council says that while ranching and farming takes...

Thune urges bipartisan action during radio interview on government shutdown
Senator John Thune, US Senator for South Dakota | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator John Thune, US Senator for South Dakota | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) appeared on The Brian Kilmeade Show on...

Dakota Days Domination Moves South Dakota to 3-3 on Season
The South Dakota Coyotes returned home following a tough loss a week ago for a Dakota Days showdown against Murray State on Saturday. Per GoYotes.com: VERMILLION, S.D. — Another offensive clinic for the South Dakota football team on Saturday...

Health care compromise remains elusive
With his personal Bible on the lectern, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference to mark the seventh day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) —...

New Health and Medicine Study Results from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Described (Insurance coverage and employment after Medicaid expansion with work requirements: quasi-experimental difference-in-differences study): Health and Medicine
2025 OCT 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Health and Medicine are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx journalists, research...

Health care is at the center of the shutdown
AP Photo With his personal Bible on the lectern, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference to mark the seventh day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats...

Cruiser Car Show Fills Downtown Rapid City with Classic Cars
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Engines were revving through downtown Rapid City on Saturday during the annual Cruiser Car Show, a free event for car enthusiasts, families, and vendors alike. About 160 classic and custom cars lined Sixth Street from Main...

Hundreds turn out for free hazardous waste disposal event in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Hundreds of cars lined up at the Central States Fairgrounds on Saturday for a free and safe way to dispose of unwanted chemicals during the biannual Household Hazardous Waste event. The event is hosted every other year by the...

Four injured, 1 dead in car crash near Baltic
One person is dead and four others were injured in a single-vehicle car crash Oct. 15. According to the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Department, officers responded to a rollover crash that morning just east of Baltic. An SUV “left the roadway and...

Disease hits turkeys hard
Bernt Nelson American Farm Bureau Federation As Thanksgiving draws near, turkeys will start making their way onto grocery lists across the country. After a quiet summer, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is again being detected in turkey flocks in...

23 recent hospital, health system CEO moves
Becker’s has recently reported on the following hospital and health system CEO moves, including appointments and exits. Note: This page was created March 19 and updated Oct. 10. Sept. 25-Oct. 10 1. Kelley Kaiser was appointed president and CEO of...
Three mental health, healing organizations combine for bigger impact
Three mental health and healing organizations in the state are consolidating to create a single integrated healing agency. The Compass Center, Family Services Inc. and Move to Heal South Dakota are combining to create a more comprehensive...

South Dakota Stroke Conference coming to Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The American Heart Association is bringing its Mission: Lifeline Stroke initiative to the Sanford Center in Sioux Falls. The initiative’s goal is to combat cardiovascular disease, including heart and stroke...

Commonwealth Fund: Medicare member experience varies by state
An individual's experience with their Medicare plan might depend on the state they live in, with a new Commonwealth Fund report outlining state-based disparities in access to care, clinical quality, costs and population health. The "State...

Health systems pause Medicare telehealth visits during government shutdown
Some health systems have started pausing telehealth visits for Medicare beneficiaries as the government shutdown continues. Pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities expired Oct. 1 with the federal government stoppage, cutting off CMS reimbursement...

Sioux Falls Man Charged With Murder After Deadly Stabbing on North Dakota Avenue
Sioux Falls Police say 70-year-old James Lipscomb died after being stabbed Monday on North Dakota Avenue. By Freddi Hammer October 1, 2025 11:39 am SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) One man is dead and another jailed after a Monday stabbing in Sioux...

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off telehealth, hospital-at-home programs
CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically...

Sioux Falls Bishop Dudley House Needs Help Filling Their Pantry
Sioux Falls is a community full of generous people with big hearts. Unfortunately, there are members throughout the City of Sioux Falls who have not been so lucky in life. That's why it's so important to help those in need to warm their spirits....