Archive - The Dakota Scout

Jackley to take aim at prison smugglers, AI generated porn in drafted legislation

Attorney general drops first batch of bills; vows more are coming

17 mins ago • The Dakota Scout

Elline Chaon, 82

February 19, 1943 — December 26, 2025

2 hrs ago

Canton restores police staffing after school resource officer removal sparks outcry

Municipality reverses course after public safety position cut in November

7 hrs ago • Hunter Dunteman

The Dakota Scout E-edition

Vol. 2 No. 70 | Dec. 26, 2025-Jan. 1, 2026

9 hrs ago • The Dakota Scout

SCOUTING REPORT | S.D.'s historic brands, Vermillion donor, yielding to terrorists, RIP Sergeant-at-arms

A weekly digest of interesting local, state, national and even international developments

21 hrs ago • Jonathan Ellis

VIEWPOINT | The quiet engine behind Gen Z and Millennial malaise

Column by Veronique de Rugy

24 hrs ago

Credit cards, crime, corrections & conflation: 2025 brings new stature, scrutiny to South Dakota politics

Year's news cycle paced by Kristi Noem promotion, government spending, prison politics, public corruption

Dec 28 • The Dakota Scout

VIEWPOINT | Restored leadership in Washington tackling cost-of-living crunch for South Dakotans

Guest column by U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds

Dec 27

Farmers allege international chemical company damaged crops with defective herbicide

Sharda USA hit with lawsuit in South Dakota federal court

Dec 27 • Jonathan Ellis

Christmas ambush | Data center deluge | No subsidy for you | What's indoor recreation anyway? | Prison seminary | Leaving the barn door open…

Sponsored by Beal Distributing & Juna Sleep Systems | An awestruck Sioux Falls City Council Chairman Rich Merkouris returns to The Scouting Lounge for…

Dec 27 • Jonathan Ellis, Joe Sneve, and The Dakota Scout

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Straight Outta Pierre | Yard signs are easy. Education? Not so much.

Sharp, snappy and South Dakotan — an anonymous shot of insight with a twist of sarcasm

Dec 26 • Bo Hutchins

Legals & Public Notices: December 26, 2025

City of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls School District, Harrisburg School District, Minnehaha County, Lincoln County, Name Changes, Notices to Creditors…

Dec 26

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