Heavy rains cause high water levels at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minn., on Monday, June 24, 2024. Officials say the dam is threatened with “imminent failure.” Mark Vancleave/AP hide caption
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ProLife Across America, a national nonprofit, has placed multiple anti-abortion billboards in Rapid City, South Dakota. Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News hide caption
Parts of the Midwest, including southern Minnesota, experienced blizzard conditions in 2016. Jim Mone/AP hide caption
Tariq and his family traveled from New York to South Dakota's corn palace for a ceremony honoring his new position as the state's official corn-bassador. Travel South Dakota hide caption
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg speaks to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 9, 2019. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Area teachers in Sioux Falls, S.D., scramble to grab $1 bills on the ice rink at a Sioux Falls Stampede hockey game on Saturday, in this screenshot from a video posted by Argus Leader reporter Annie Todd that went viral this weekend. Annie Todd/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling that nullified a voter-passed amendment to the state constitution that would have legalized recreational marijuana use. Here, a cannabis plant at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond, Va., in June. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges, avoiding jail time despite complaints from the victim's family that he was being too lightly punished for actions they called "inexcusable." Dirk Lammers/AP hide caption
Molina Richards promised her friend that she wouldn't let anyone forget her daughter, Waniyetu Rose Loves War, who died in 2019. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Human Trafficking Crisis In Indian Country 'Like A Pandemic'
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg says he initially believed he'd hit a deer the night of the crash. It wasn't until the next day, when he drove back to the scene of the incident, that he discovered the body of 55-year-old Joe Boever, whom he'd fatally struck. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Gov. Kristi Noem greet President Trump and first lady Melania Trump upon arrival in Rapid City, S.D, in July. Trump was en route to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Two Rural States With GOP Governors And Very Different COVID-19 Results
A medical staff member performs a COVID-19 test outside the Family Healthcare building in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, on Oct. 15. North Dakota is experiencing an influx in COVID-19 cases and on Nov. 6, the state reported a record high of 1,765 daily new cases. Dan Koeck/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem at the Sioux Falls city hall building in June 2020. The state's coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising, but Noem has said they are in good shape. Stephen Groves/AP hide caption
As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Some Governors Resist Lockdowns, Mask Mandates
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg speaks in Sioux Falls, S.D., in February 2014. Ravnsborg struck and killed a pedestrian Saturday night. Dirk Lammers/AP hide caption
A woman crosses the street as motorcyclists ride through Deadwood, S.D., during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Despite the pandemic, this year's rally drew nearly half a million attendees. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images hide caption
States Report Coronavirus Cases Linked To Sturgis, S.D., Motorcycle Rally
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem meets with President Trump and Vice President Pence at the White House in December. This month, she was one of the first governors to reject the president's offer of additional unemployment assistance. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Expired Jobless Benefits Cost Economy Billions, But Some States Reject Trump's Aid
Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and South Dakota have agreed to share their state driver's license and state ID records with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of efforts to carry out an executive order for citizenship data that President Trump announced in July 2019 with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (left) and U.S. Attorney General William Barr in the White House Rose Garden. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Tourists visit Mount Rushmore National Monument on Wednesday. President Trump is expected to visit the federal monument in South Dakota and give a speech before a fireworks display on Friday. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an abortion pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Va. Under federal law, even in states where telemedicine abortion is legal, there are strict rules surrounding how the pill is dispensed. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
More Patients Seek Abortion Pills Online During Pandemic, But Face Restrictions
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who has not issued a statewide stay-at-home order, is demanding that tribal leaders remove roadblocks they say have been put in place to protect reservation residents from the coronavirus pandemic. James Nord/AP hide caption
Employees and family members protest outside a Smithfield Foods processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., on April 9. Smithfield is being sued over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Stephen Groves/AP hide caption