Fans of the Mount Rushmore State will love this: a list of awesome ideas for things to do in South Dakota in 2025.

A La Niña winter just started, but it isn’t expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

Hundreds of people gathered in South Dakota on Wednesday for a hearing regarding a second attempt by Summit Carbon Solutions to gain a permit for the project.

Eric Eidsness and Dan Jackson took jobs at Northern Illinois. Jason Eck was named head coach of Idaho. Brian Bergstrom became head coach of Winona State, Rob Erickson at Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Northwestern scooped up young offensive coordinator Zach Lujan and defensive line coach Christian Smith.

WSU’s wide receivers coach is Jake Menage, who coached the Jackrabbits’ WRs each of the previous two years. The Cougars’ safeties coach is Menage’s cousin, Pete Menage, who worked the same job at SDSU the past two seasons.

Flags should fly at full staff in South Carolina, by order of Gov. Henry McMaster, for Monday’s presidential inauguration then return to half-staff honoring former President Jimmy Carter. President-elect Donald Trump prefers all flags to go up for the day.

The work management website Asana has ranked Idaho one of the best states for hybrid-remote workers.

A former local fire chief who fought wildfires in both states says fire departments in California have more resources than ones in South Dakota. He also says the Southern Californ

Jacksonville St. at Sam Houston St., 3 p.m. Wichita St. at North Texas, 3 p.m. Alcorn St. at Texas Southern, 4 p.m. BYU at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. Grand Canyon at Tarleton St., 8 p.m. Fresno St. at Air Force, 3 p.m. New Mexico at Colorado St., 3 p.m.

South Dakota State looks to prolong its four-game win streak with a victory over North Dakota. Saturday's meeting is the first of the season between the two squads. South Dakota

Led by Joe Sayler's 25 points, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits defeated the North Dakota Fightin' Hawks 109-73 on Thursday night. The Jackrabbits improved to 11-8 with the victory and

Renville also pointed to South Dakota's unique place in the U.S. political sphere, with Noem set to lead the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Sen. John Thune taking over the Republican Senate leader spot and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson working within a divided House of Representatives.