Jan 6, 2025 · South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens.

Jan 6, 2025 · South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens.

Jan 16, 2025 · Measure seeks to stop so-called agro-terrorists from entering or photographing South Dakota farms. Hogs mill about in a pen at a concentrated animal feeding operation in Hand County in 2019. (Photo: Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch) Proposed legislation aimed at protecting South Dakota ...

Nov 5, 2024 · SD Public Utilities Commission. Republic Kristie Fiegen was on her way to earning another six-year term on the Public Utilities Commission, which regulates electric, natural gas and telephone utilities, issues permits for energy projects, …

Jan 6, 2025 · Jeh Johnson, who served as Homeland Security secretary under President Barack Obama from 2013-17, told News Watch in November that he wishes Noem success “in promoting the department’s missions and its people.” But Johnson, former general counsel of the Department of Defense, added a note of caution as Noem prepares to join an administration that has vowed to carry out mass deportations ...

Nov 11, 2024 · The statewide survey of 500 registered voters was also sponsored by the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota. It was conducted by Mason Dixon Polling & Strategy on Oct. 12-16, a few weeks before Republican Donald Trump defeated Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris to return to the White House.

Nov 27, 2024 · The former U.S. Army depot in South Dakota that once housed military munitions now hosts people looking to live off the grid. But a News Watch investigation has revealed problems at the bunker complex.

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Oct 21, 2024 · In the News Watch poll, just 26% of Republican respondents said they plan to vote for Amendment G, with 72% opposed and 2% undecided. That's a sizable drop in support from the May survey, which saw 46% of Republicans in favor, 41% opposed and 14% undecided.

Oct 7, 2024 · The latest news about South Dakota News Watch from the CEO. South Dakota News Watch investigative reporter Stu Whitney takes part in the National Press Foundation’s 2024 Elections Journalism Fellowship in Detroit.