An open border over the past four years has threatened Border Patrol agents and American communities alike as criminals took advantage of lax security.

Despite public education pushback, Rapid City Catholic School System members are hopeful Noem's ESA proposal passes.

In a virtual meeting hosted by the South Dakota Public Education Coalition Wednesday morning — where members expressed concern about Gov. Kristi Noem’s education savings accounts proposal — lobbyist and general counsel for the South Dakota Municipal League, Sam Nelson, reflected on a recent trip to Phoenix, Arizona.

Trump supporters love her. But the South Dakota governor will likely be asked about family separation at the border - and the dog she says she shot.

The Coyotes have allowed a conference-worst 81.7 points per game. However, that number isn’t just one of the highest in the conference, in fact, USD’s points-allowed mark is 345th in Division I. That is the 10th-worst mark in the country and according to Kenpom, USD also has the ninth-worst adjusted defensive efficiency in the nation.

Polls will close in Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin at 9 p.m. All eyes are on the key battleground states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin as polls in these states are set to close at 9 p.m. EST.

Kristi Noem, the nominee to head Homeland Security under President-elect Donald Trump, said Friday that mass deportations will focus on those with criminal convictions, not displacing agricultural workers in border communities.

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

Colgate at Lafayette, 1 p.m. Maine at UMBC, 1 p.m. Mercyhurst at Wagner, 1 p.m. Albany (NY) at Binghamton, 2 p.m. Canisius at Fairfield, 2 p.m. Cornell at Penn, 2 p.m.

Appalachian St. at Marshall, 1 p.m. Bryant at Mass.-Lowell, 1 p.m. Bucknell at Navy, 1 p.m. CCSU at Fairleigh Dickinson, 1 p.m. Davidson at St. Bonaventure, 1 p.m. Fairfield at Canisius, 1 p.m. Manhattan at Niagara, 1 p.m. Penn at Cornell, 1 p.m. UMBC at Maine, 1 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 1 p.m. Army at Boston U., 2 p.m.

All Times Eastern Basketball Women’s Unrivaled Phantom vs. Laces – truTV, 2 p.m. Lunar Owls vs. Rose — truTV, 3 p.m. Bundesliga Matchday 18 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 vs. FC St. Pauli — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m. Bayern München vs.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025,” a bill that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports.