Class AA Watertown and Aberdeen Central are among 15 northeastern South Dakota high school softball teams this spring ...

Three-time honorees Bryon Laue of Castlewood and Easton Neuendorf of Hamlin top a list of 12 area All-State boys basketball ...

SIOUX FALLS — Doubling down on his South Dakota Gatorade player of the year award from March, Sioux Falls Christian’s Griffen ...

Like Castlewood, Hamlin completed an impressive three-year run, going 66-10 with third, second and first-place finishes in the state Class A tournament. Last year's state title was Hamlin's first ...

A look at the South Dakota boys state basketball scores for Saturday, March 22, 2025, plus the tournament award winners in each class. Wessington Springs' Karter Mebius gets his shot attempt ...

Environmental group Greenpeace was ordered Wednesday to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to a Texas-based pipeline company for its role in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Area schools Hamlin, Clark-Willow Lake and Groton (Class A) and Castlewood and Aberdeen Christian (Class B) are among the 24 squads set to compete for South Dakota state high school boys ...

Hamlin, Groton Area and Clark-Willow Lake (Class A) and Castlewood and Aberdeen Christian (Class B) set to begin play in ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year; the South Dakota boys state basketball tournament is here. Action in all three of the state's classes is set to begin on Thursday, March 20. State ...

A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace liable for defamation and other charges related to protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline, awarding a Texas-based energy company hundreds of ...

A North Dakota jury awarded damages to the oil company that operates the pipeline in a case that environmentalists warn could chill free speech.