If confirmed, Noem would lead the department poised to be at the center of Trump's immigration policy priorities, including any deportation efforts, visa changes and border security.

Heavy snow is expected to blanket large portions of the Eastern U.S. while much of the country will endure dangerously cold temperatures in the coming days

Senators Rounds and Thune re-introduce legislation to return part of the Wounded Knee Massacre site to restricted fee status.

North Dakota State plays the South Dakota Coyotes after Jacksen Moni scored 24 points in the Bison's 71-64 win over the UMKC Kangaroos.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the smallest in the state, also congratulated the GOP governor on her nomination to be Trump's homeland security secretary.

A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe announced Friday they were lifting restrictions on South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem that barred her from stepping foot on their reservation land. The news comes as

The overall average breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. was 131.8 per 100,000 and the overall average breast cancer mortality rate was 19.3 per 100,000. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer accounts for 32% of all cancer cases and 14% of all cancer deaths, the report found.

Kristi Noem will face senators Friday at a confirmation hearing that will be her first chance to lay out her vision for the sprawling Department of Homeland Security.

Sioux Falls had a population of just 40 people in the mid 1800s. In 1857, the Western Land Company sent a group to Dakota Territory to found a town near the falls

Gov. Kristi Noem is no longer banished from all nine tribes in South Dakota, just days before she's set to take office as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

WalletHub released a report listing the safest states in the US. Vermont scored the highest, followed by New Hampshire and Maine.