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4 days ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - For the first time in 5 years, there have been over 1,000 cases of identified measles, and this coincides with a continually dropping rate of MMR vaccinations, leading medical experts to remind those at home to pull out those vaccination records. South Dakota’s Department of Health announced on Monday the first case of measles in the state in 2025. The patient is a Meade County man who traveled internationally.
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1 week ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The political action group Indivisible 605 has carried out continual protests throughout President Trump’s second term and once again gathered on Friday to protest Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. The protest took place next to a downtown Sioux Falls hotel where Senator Mike Rounds was supposed to be a speaker at a Political Action Committee event, but due to scheduling conflicts, he was not able to make it. That didn’t stop protestors from raising their voices.
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1 week ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The issue of potential Medicaid cuts has been at the forefront of many protests and discussions across the country and in Sioux Falls. Now, a newly formed coalition is looking to carry on that fight.
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1 week ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Looking ahead to the 2026 Sioux Falls mayoral race, current Mayor Paul TenHaken is term-limited, and that means residents will see a new face as mayor soon. Jamie Smith, a former candidate for governor and currently a democratic senator in the South Dakota legislature sent out a press release that he will be kicking off his campaign this Saturday at the Washington Pavilion at 11 a.m. CT.
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1 week ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Attorney General’s office is looking to take over some of the responsibilities previously handled by ICE. The office is waiting on ICE’s acting director Todd Lyons to sign off on a Memorandum of Agreement which will allow DCI agents to take part in the 287(g) program and make the enforcement of federal immigration law significantly faster.
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3 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - As Congress continues to look for ways to cut governmental inefficiency, many members have set their eyes on Medicaid. A bill that will cut $715 billion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act is creating some concern, while Republicans say it’s an effort to provide tax cuts, a couple of public health experts said it’s going to strip South Dakotans of some essential services.
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3 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The 2026 election is a ways away, but one South Dakota political organization is getting the momentum started early. Former Sioux Falls mayor Rick Knobe joked on Thursday that someone from his PAC, Change Agents, said they have a catchphrase for Amendment L. “One of the more vocal members of our group when we were talking about, and he described it perfectly ‘L No,’” Knobe said.
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3 weeks ago | 
kotatv.com | Grant Green
MADISON, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Mayor of Madison is responding after federal agents arrested several undocumented immigrants in the city. On Tuesday, ICE confirmed the raid and in a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said, “Employers who knowingly hire individuals without legal work authorization not only undermine our nation’s immigration laws but also exploit vulnerable populations.”There were two locations where individuals were arrested.
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3 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
MADISON, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Mayor of Madison is responding after federal agents arrested several undocumented immigrants in the city. On Tuesday, ICE confirmed the raid and in a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said, “Employers who knowingly hire individuals without legal work authorization not only undermine our nation’s immigration laws but also exploit vulnerable populations.”There were two locations where individuals were arrested.
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3 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - This year’s election will be the last time the Sioux Falls School District holds a standalone election. Moving forward, all districts around the state will have to decide to either hold their next election during the primary or general election. This move was a highly contested issue in Pierre as many lawmakers and South Dakotans feared complicating the ballots and taking away attention from the school board candidates.
