Jan 30, 2025 · South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens.

6 days ago · Of the 122 measures that made the South Dakota ballot since 1985, 52 were successful, for a winning percentage of 43%. Three of the most liberal measures on the 2024 ballot – abortion rights, grocery tax repeal and recreational marijuana legalization – all failed with less than 45% of the vote.

Jan 23, 2025 · South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens.

Mission statement South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens. South Dakota News Watch produces investigative and public service journalism that sheds light on the issues, concerns and welfare of South Dakotans. History Retired journalists Jack Marsh

The former U.S. Army depot in South Dakota that once housed military munitions now hosts people looking to live off the grid. But a News Watch investigation has revealed problems at the bunker complex.

Oct 31, 2024 · Despite recent controversies with voter rolls, News Watch poll shows South Dakotans have confidence in accuracy of local elections. Signs outside the Instructional Planning Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., direct voters to the correct precinct for South Dakota's primary elections on June 4, 2024.

Oct 16, 2024 · South Dakota News Watch is one of 205 local newsrooms across the country that will split an initial $20 million award from Press Forward. The national coalition of funders is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage, advance public policy that expands access to local news, and to scale the infrastructure the sector needs to ...

Oct 7, 2024 · The latest news about South Dakota News Watch from the CEO. South Dakota News Watch investigative reporter Stu Whitney takes part in the National Press Foundation’s 2024 Elections Journalism Fellowship in Detroit.

May 8, 2024 · Bart Pfankuch and Stu Whitney honored by multiple organizations. South Dakota News Watch content director Bart Pfankuch, CEO Carson Walker and investigative reporter Stu Whitney, Friday, April 26, 2024, at the South Dakota NewsMedia Association convention in Huron.

Oct 7, 2024 · The Public Utilities Commission race is also lopsided in favor of the GOP candidate, according to a statewide survey co-sponsored by News Watch.