Fans of the Mount Rushmore State will love this: a list of awesome ideas for things to do in South Dakota in 2025.

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

Hundreds of people gathered in South Dakota on Wednesday for a hearing regarding a second attempt by Summit Carbon Solutions to gain a permit for the project.

WSU’s wide receivers coach is Jake Menage, who coached the Jackrabbits’ WRs each of the previous two years. The Cougars’ safeties coach is Menage’s cousin, Pete Menage, who worked the same job at SDSU the past two seasons.

Eric Eidsness and Dan Jackson took jobs at Northern Illinois. Jason Eck was named head coach of Idaho. Brian Bergstrom became head coach of Winona State, Rob Erickson at Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Northwestern scooped up young offensive coordinator Zach Lujan and defensive line coach Christian Smith.

Renville also pointed to South Dakota's unique place in the U.S. political sphere, with Noem set to lead the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Sen. John Thune taking over the Republican Senate leader spot and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson working within a divided House of Representatives.

Led by Joe Sayler's 25 points, the South Dakota State Jackrabbits defeated the North Dakota Fightin' Hawks 109-73 on Thursday night. The Jackrabbits improved to 11-8 with the victory and

Flags should fly at full staff in South Carolina, by order of Gov. Henry McMaster, for Monday’s presidential inauguration then return to half-staff honoring former President Jimmy Carter. President-elect Donald Trump prefers all flags to go up for the day.

Jacksonville St. at Sam Houston St., 3 p.m. Wichita St. at North Texas, 3 p.m. Alcorn St. at Texas Southern, 4 p.m. BYU at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. Grand Canyon at Tarleton St., 8 p.m. Fresno St. at Air Force, 3 p.m. New Mexico at Colorado St., 3 p.m.

Several members of Washington State head coach Jimmy Rogers’ staff have been reported, but the Cougars made things official on Friday, announcing nine of 10 full-time position coaches.

A month after filing a formal comment lettering opposing the request, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announce that theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley supports a Louisiana law that requires all kindergarten through 12th grade schools and state-funded universities to