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State regulars approve a rate increase for one of the region's largest energy utilities; Court cases are piling up in Pennington County in the aftermath of a cybersecurity incident that impacted many county services.

Today from SDPB - SD Dems slightly cut into one of the darkest red supermajorities in the country, a change in the Rapid City Common Council and more.

Rapid City voters approved a new school bond after decades of rejecting previous efforts, while voters in several communities rejected new sales tax proposals.

Republicans swept all of South Dakota's statewide elections in Tuesday's election, but Democrats did make a few gains in the state Legislature.

Midterm races include all 105 legislative seats; South Dakota receives USDA money for housing, grasslands

A famous bald eagle named Hope who roosted in Rapid City’s Canyon Lake neighborhood for nearly a decade has died. An autopsy found lead poisoning to be the cause of death. Meantime, a state economic council says South Dakota's economy is in part being boosted by federal farm assistance.

A new complaint alleges a state lawmaker violated campaign finance law; a new report makes recommendations for the state's recidivism task force.

Some counties will vote on half-cent sales tax measures to offset property tax; the Secretary of State race closer than other races in South Dakota.

Authorities say a crash in east central South Dakota left four people dead, including several students. Meantime, as the election approaches, a leader in a nationwide effort to get more independent candidates elected to Congress wades into South Dakota's Senate race.

Today from SDPB - ambulance funding through Rural Health Transformation, Republicans target campaign homestretch, and a check in with White, South Dakota.