As of March 18, 2025, 100% of South Dakota is under drought conditions with 42% of the state under severe or extreme drought.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden issued an executive order Friday that authorizes South Dakota National Guard assets for use against wildfires.

No one was injured in a Sunday night (March 23, 2025) house fire roughly 15 miles east of Pierre. Blunt Fire Department Chief ...

The South Dakota Grassland Fire Danger is rated at ... because we’ve got all Volunteer Fire Departments in Lincoln County and they are taking time away form their work to come out a fight ...

The fire was reported at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at a home in Wessington Springs. The bodies were recovered on ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Fire crews in Brookings responded to an industrial accident at a construction site on Thursday night. The Brookings Fire Department informed Dakota News Now that ...

Permits for open burning in the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District expire March 31. South Dakota Wildland Fire ...

Highway 79 corridor could see difficulty with ambulance service if the RCFD, Custer County contract is not renewed.

This week, all fire crews with RCFD are training at the tower, the first time department-wide training has happened at the ...

The Wasta Volunteer Fire Department held its regular steak feed at chicken bingo as the grand opening of the new facility ...