Castlewood News

State leaders don't always get to hear everyone's voice, especially those of children.

Several area fire crews responded to a fire at a dairy farm located just southwest of the Castlewood/Clear Lake exit on I-29 just after 2:00pm Thursday afternoon.

Warm weather is melting the hefty northeastern South Dakota snowpack, and some local roads already are flooded.

During this last week of the 84th session of the South Dakota Legislature, talk in the halls of power ran the gamut from admiration for how the smoking ban extension got passed to which legislators scored ...

A bill aimed at ending a controversy over how blends of ethanol fuel are taxed in South Dakota is on its way to the governor.

Senate Democratic Leader Scott Heidepriem said Monday that his law firm's role in a tribal gaming lawsuit had nothing to do with his legislative challenge to a planned resort casino in Larchwood, Iowa.

Written by CHET BROKAW PIERRE, S.D. A proposed constitutional amendment billed as a way to prevent construction of huge casinos across the border in other states was rejected Wednesday by a South Dakota House ...

State Rep. Kristi Noem this week has raised a question about the ethics of a member of the South Dakota Senate.

A South Dakota Republican lawmaker has suggested a Democratic legislator has a conflict of interest in a measure he sponsored.

A legislative committee says smoking should be banned in South Dakota bars, video lottery casinos and restaurants that serve liquor.

Superintendent Ellie Helgeson says it's a cost-cutting move. She says it costs Summit $32,000 a year in total membership and transportation expenses for the 65-mile round trip from Summit to the ...

Lawmakers Respond To State Of The State Address - 01/13/2009 9:59 PM 01/13/2009 Lawmakers knew this year's session would come down to money and how the state should spend it.

Associated Press - December 14, 2008 4:05 PM ET A blizzard is tracking east across South Dakota, still creating travel problems even though Interstate 90 was reopened for travel.

Benchmark Foam makes expanded polystyrene and other specialty plastics used for packaging, construction, and roofing.

Fire crews are at the scene of a fire at a business in Watertown. Crews were called to Benchmark Foam just after 2:15 this morning.