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Three years ago, barely half of Norris Elementary's students were coming to class regularly. Now attendance is above 90%...
12/26/2025

Three years ago, barely half of Norris Elementary's students were coming to class regularly. Now attendance is above 90%. The principal and teachers at the predominately Native American school say the improvement has been achieved by engaging one-on-one with students and families, and implementing Lakota language and cultural programming. https://buff.ly/f3VJtAB

Attendance at a school in southwestern South Dakota has nearly doubled in three years. School leaders say engagement and cultural programming are the keys.

As childhood vaccination rates fall, several diseases once considered eradicated are back and spreading, most notably me...
12/25/2025

As childhood vaccination rates fall, several diseases once considered eradicated are back and spreading, most notably measles and whooping cough. In an episode of the "Stories from the States" podcast from States Newsroom, a doctor shares how her state is reacting to confusing and polarizing information from the CDC.

As childhood vaccination rates fall, several diseases once considered eradicated are back and spreading, most notably measles and whooping cough.

How nostalgia led to the invention of the first Christmas card ⬇️
12/25/2025

How nostalgia led to the invention of the first Christmas card ⬇️

My research shows that these printed seasonal greetings borrowed from the customs of the past to move Christmas into a new age.

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House, killing one, was charged in federal court, ...
12/24/2025

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House, killing one, was charged in federal court, moving the case out of the local court system. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro wrote that the transfer "ensures that we can undertake the serious, deliberate, and weighty analysis required to determine if the death penalty is appropriate here.”

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House last month, killing one, was charged in federal court.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol didn’t visit Brookings for a saturation patrol that had been announced in advance by the...
12/24/2025

The South Dakota Highway Patrol didn’t visit Brookings for a saturation patrol that had been announced in advance by the city’s leadership. Troopers went to Winner and Sturgis for the ninth set of patrols undertaken as part of Gov. Larry Rhoden’s “Operation Prairie Thunder” initiative.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol didn’t visit Brookings for a saturation patrol that had been announced in advance by the city’s leadership.

The Iowa Utilities Commission will have to decide whether Summit Carbon Solutions can change the ending destination for ...
12/24/2025

The Iowa Utilities Commission will have to decide whether Summit Carbon Solutions can change the ending destination for its carbon sequestration pipeline before a case against the company’s permit can proceed, an Iowa court ruled.

Via Iowa Capital Dispatch
https://buff.ly/7JKA0yp

The IUC will have to decide on a permit amendment for Summit Carbon Solutions before a case against the permit can proceed.

President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme C...
12/24/2025

President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a major setback for the president.

The court’s majority rejected the Trump administration’s request to stay, or halt, a lower court’s order barring federalization of National Guard troops.

President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning e...
12/23/2025

President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said.

President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year.

The U.S. Department of Justice released thousands more files related to the late s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein, with seve...
12/23/2025

The U.S. Department of Justice released thousands more files related to the late s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Donald Trump.

The U.S. Department of Justice released thousands more files related to the late s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Trump.

South Dakota’s Republican attorney general asked a judge for a court order to stop an abortion-rights ad campaign by a N...
12/23/2025

South Dakota’s Republican attorney general asked a judge for a court order to stop an abortion-rights ad campaign by a New York-based nonprofit, Mayday Health. The ads direct people to information about abortion pills.

The organization behind the advertisements did not comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the state's attorney general.

A South Dakota law that prevents drug companies from restricting federal drug discounts for hospitals and other provider...
12/23/2025

A South Dakota law that prevents drug companies from restricting federal drug discounts for hospitals and other providers will remain in effect while a lawsuit against it proceeds, a judge has decided.

Chicago-based AbbVie Inc. sued the state earlier this year in the U.S. District Court of South Dakota over a law passed in March.

Inmates in Montana are suing a food service company based in South Dakota, alleging that blood dripped into a pasta dish...
12/23/2025

Inmates in Montana are suing a food service company based in South Dakota, alleging that blood dripped into a pasta dish and infected some inmates with hepatitis C.

Via Daily Montanan

A food service vendor working at the Cascade County Detention Center allegedly ordered contaminated food sent to inmates, even after learning about it.

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