RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 18 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: The Black Hills contain a wealth of industrial minerals that have long been used to create ceramics for various industries and applications ranging from bricks for building foundations to thermal insulators for spacecraft. A new South Dakota Mines Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site, funded by a nearly $500,000 National Science Foundation grant, will take studen  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 17 -- The South Dakota Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Average ACT score of 21.1 puts South Dakota well ahead of national average. * * * South Dakota's graduating class of 2024 earned an average ACT composite score of 21.1, well above the national average of 19.4, and the highest among neighboring states. The ACT is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States which includes four academic ski  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Governor Kristi Noem and nine fellow governors submitted an amici curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court for the United States v. Skrmetti case. This case regards the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that, similar to South Dakota's "Help Not Harm" law, bans harmful, irreversible medical procedures on vulnerable minors. "South Dakota's kids are our future, and I w  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Governor Kristi Noem led four fellow Republican governors in urging President Joe Biden to immediately address the shortage of IV fluid as a result of Hurricane Helene damaging the Baxter International Plant in Marion, NC, which produces approximately 60% of IV solutions used across the country. You can find the governors' letter to President Biden here (https://governor.sd.go  more