Allies of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem are celebrating her as the "definition of South Dakota toughness" as critics slam her for wearing a cowboy hat and protective vest.

Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency ...

South Dakota's plan to build an $825 million men's prison complex in rural Lincoln County has sparked clashes of opinion.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Saturday. The 53-year-old Noem, a ...

Larry Rhoden, the right-hand man of South Dakota's first female governor, Kristi Noem, has officially succeeded to the ...

Larry Rhoden, the right-hand man of South Dakota's first female governor, Kristi Noem, has officially succeeded to the state's highest office. Rhoden, formerly the 39th lieutenant governor of ...

Larry Rhoden, who took over as governor of South Dakota for Kristi Noem, gave the Argus Leader insight into his new role and how he plans to govern.

I know she’s ready to get to work for President Trump and the American people,' Senate Majority Leader John Thune says of Gov ...

Supporters Gov. Larry Rhoden and former Gov. Kristi Noem insisted the nearly 150-year-old SD State Penitentiary in Sioux ...

Larry Rhoden, the right-hand man of South Dakota's first female governor, Kristi Noem, has officially succeeded to the state's highest office. Rhoden, formerly the 39th lieutenant governor of ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday as President Donald Trump's secretary of homeland security, reacted to the vote on X, formerly known as Twitter, by thanking ...