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Rift grows between Ramona, Rutland residents over future of school district | Apr 15

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A South Dakota school district facing declining enrollment is looking to its future. However, doing so has caused tension and pain for many in the community. Such division was apparent at the latest Oldham-Ramona-Rutland School District meeting, as the district faces a stark choice — build and pay for a new school or dissolve entirely.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is issuing a warning about the release of an inmate considered “high risk.”

Watertown Police are warning the community about an increase in powdered fentanyl use. Authorities say they recently responded to two suspected fentanyl-related drug overdoses in the city.

The South Dakota State Historical Society plans to honor multiple people and organizations during its annual state history conference

The first leg of a new hiking and biking trail along Highway 14 will materialize just east of De Smet this summer from the edge of town to the Big Slough immortalized in the "Little House on the Prairie" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

According to a new report, South Dakota’s gas prices have dropped slightly but remain sharply lower than they were a year ago.

And more.

Patrick Williams is the local host of "All Things Considered"