Fourth annual Indigenous Peoples' Day Parade rolls through downtown Rapid City

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Many started their day Saturday in downtown Rapid City before heading to the Black Hills Powwow for a chance to glimpse the 4th annual Indigenous Peoples' Day Parade. The event was organized by the Great Plains Tribal Leaders'...

Black Hills Powwow roars through The Monument in Rapid City

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Dancers and drum groups from across the United States and Canada are filling The Monument for the 37th annual He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate, also known as the Black Hills Powwow. The event runs from October 10-12, is offering its...

Sioux Falls specialty hospital to close before end of year

Select Specialty Hospital – South Dakota, located inside Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, is set to close before the end of the year, resulting in the layoff of approximately 90 employees. The 24-bed hospital, which specializes in...

Annual NAMI-South Dakota conference set for October 16-17

By Crystal Pugsley of the Plainsman HURON –– There will be a familiar face in the crowd at the NAMI-South Dakota 2025 Conference titled, Hope & Healing: Stronger Together planned Thursday and Friday, Oct. 16 and 17, at the Huron Event Center. For...

South Dakota based mental health and healing organizations are consolidating

Three South Dakota-based mental health and healing organizations are consolidating operations to create a single integrated care center. According to a press release, the merger of the Compass Center, Family Services Inc., and Move to Heal South...

Rapid City's friendliest therapy dog is taking care of the Rapid City Police Department

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Every Friday morning at the Rapid City Police Department, one of the most popular members of the team makes his rounds: wagging tail, soft fur, and all. Benny, a nearly four-year-old golden retriever, serves as the department’s...

Rapid City Police arrest two suspects for Aggravated Assault

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Rapid City Police say two people were arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman on Oct. 10. Police say this happened Friday, just after 2 a.m. in the area of 1627 Mount Rushmore Road. That’s where a woman reported being...

Being mindful of your mental and physical health

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Beyond taking bubble baths and doing deep breath exercises, focusing on your mind and body is important not only for your physical health but for your mental health as well. This connection between your body and mind...

Gallantly Forward Gala to raise awareness for Veterans’ mental health

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The 12th annual Gallantly Forward Gala is raising awareness for veterans’ mental health. Jerry Derr with the Sergeant Derr Foundation joined us live with the latest. See a spelling or grammatical error in our story?...

As Trump punts on medical debt, battle over patient protections moves to states

With the Trump administration scaling back federal efforts to protect Americans from medical bills they can’t pay, advocates for patients and consumers have shifted their work to contain the nation’s medical debt problem to state Capitols. Despite...

South Dakota's prison population sees increase for second year

The U.S. prison population increased for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing a decade-long decline. The female prison population is growing at a faster rate than the male population, rising nearly 4% in 2023. Prisons are also facing a...

Growing number of local residents depend on ACA subsidies

A growing number of Bartholomew County residents have been receiving the federal health insurance subsidies that are at the center of the government shutdown that has dragged on for more than two weeks. This year, 3,516 Bartholomew County...

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular programs

The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1. The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs were both temporary — but increasingly popular — options for...

South Dakota specialty hospital to close

Select Specialty Hospital – South Dakota, which is part of Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Specialty Hospital but located inside Sioux Falls-based Sanford USD Medical Center and Hospital, is closing, a spokesperson for Sioux Falls-based Sanford...

Hospital at Home starts shutting down

BY: TIM HENDERSON - OCTOBER 10, 2025 8:37 AM The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1. The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs were both...

Man from Montana killed in Thursday evening accident in Sioux Falls

One man died and his passenger was injured in a crash in Sioux Falls early Thursday evening (Oct. 9, 2025, at 5:32pm). The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information...

Jamestown area students awarded scholarships through NDCF

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Community Foundation (NDCF) will award more than $817,000 in over 400 scholarships to North Dakota students in 2025. The organization currently manages over 200 scholarship funds supported by North Dakotans, former...

Three Sioux Falls nonprofits form region’s first integrated healing center

Three Sioux Falls nonprofits have merged to form a new organization called Solace. The new entity combines The Compass Center, Family Services Inc. and Move to Heal. Solace aims to provide integrated crisis care, therapy, healing arts and...

Montana man killed after truck, camper rolls over in Sioux Falls

SIOUX FALLS — A Montana man was dead and a woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash that involved a camper rollover on the north side of Sioux Falls. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, first responders in Sioux Falls were called to an area...

Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce

LAKE NORDEN — The names on the list included some of Dorothy Elliott’s best employees: hardworking, reliable, honest. Most had been working at Drumgoon Dairy for years. Some worked there for nearly two decades, playing a role in the operation’s...