We look at how candidates are campaigning in the early election season. Plus, historian Marc Johnson explores the rise and disappearance of liberal South Dakota.

The Promising Futures Fund and the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire are installing big projects on two Sioux Falls campuses. We learn how the community got involved.

In 2015, Kim Davis made the news when she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Ten years later, she's appealed her case to the Supreme Court.

We explore how artificial intelligence works, why it "hallucinates" and how South Dakota students are envisioning how it serves people in the future. A DSU assistant professor walks us through the technicalities.

We speak with the Children's Home Society and the South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault. They explain the complexities behind family violence.

Kevin Woster steps up to the mic to discuss the newspaper closures in Brookings, Huron, Redfield and Flandreau. We explore changes in the local journalism industry.

R1 certification for a university's research program is like Division 1 status for its athletic department. South Dakota State University is pursuing the designation.

A new book explores the story of Sioux Falls through the leaves of its trees. Paul DeJong and Mike Cooper take listeners into the pages and pictures of "If Our Trees Could Talk."

We check in on the northeast corner of the state and the rainy summer they've seen. Plus, a look back at the record-breaking flash flooding at McCook Lake in June 2024.

Director Kate Beecroft found Tabatha Zimiga's story by chance. And she got a feature film deal by chance. She shares the story behind the story she told in "East of Wall."