The Trump administration is considering sending people who are accused of crimes in the U.S. to prisons in El Salvador, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike. Legal experts say sending people to foreign prisons is like dropping them into a black box, where they don't have the protections people in U.S. custody are afforded.

On the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, a theater production brings the stories of survivors and victims to the next generation.

Champion chess player and Soviet dissident Garry Kasparov has a few thoughts about how well democracy in the U.S. is doing. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that it's not America first - it's America alone.

A longtime community volunteer has been named grand marshal of this year’s Sioux Falls St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

The 2025 Governor's Awards in the Arts identify South Dakotans who uplift local art across the state. Art educator Mary Wipf and arts advocate Paul Schiller join us.

The University of South Dakota Art Gallery is compiling information on the complete works of Oscar Howe. It's the first catalogue raisonné by a Native American artist.

A Lower Brule science teacher discusses how interconnected the south and South Dakota are after her trip to Antarctica. Plus, the author of "Ends of the Earth" joins us.

The state Historical Society is now accepting entries for the “This Place Matters” essay contest. It’s open now through March 14.

Rep. Tony Venhuizen is now lieutenant governor of the state. We explore what that means for the state budget. Plus, the property tax bills before the Legislature.

Meet father-daughter wildlife artists Adam and Madison Grimm.

A bill to establish funding for private school and homeschool students died in committee. We hear from both sides of the school choice issue as proponents and opponents consider the next moves.

We take the hour to share a January panel discussion in Sioux Falls. City, county and state leaders join together to unpack the challenges of assisting people experiencing housing instability.

First, the painter behind "Dazzling Dakota: The Artwork of Mecca Rutherford." Then, the editors of "Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation."