President-elect Donald J. Trump picked the South Dakota governor to head the Homeland Security Department, which includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The Marlins competed in the Buffalo (Minn.) Junior Gold Tournament over the weekend, going 2-2 for the tournament. Mitchell won both its games on Friday, defeating Rosemount (Minn.) 5-3 and Buffalo 5-2 before dropping contests against White Bear Lake (Minn.) 5-1 and Farmington (Minn.) 4-3.

The NWS extreme cold warning for Duluth said: "The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes."

Cats — both large cats in captivity and pet house cats — across multiple states have been dying from H5N1 bird flu. Now, federal agencies are enforcing new rules to help keep the virus out of pet food.

VERMILLION, S.D. — Jacari White scored a career-high 32 points in North Dakota State’s Summit League victory over South Dakota on Saturday before 2,001 at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. White hit 10 of 13 field goals, including five 3-pointers, and he hit all seven of his free throw attempts.

Dangerously cold weather will put much of the United States into a deep freeze over the weekend as temperatures are expected to plunge by up to 40 degrees behind an Arctic airmass.

The NWS has issued warnings this weekend after a powerful polar vortex plunged temperatures nationwide during the week.

Hundreds of people gathered in South Dakota on Wednesday for a hearing regarding a second attempt by Summit Carbon Solutions to gain a permit for the project.

Grace Larkins is The Associated Press women’s basketball player of the week. The South Dakota guard set the school’s single-game scoring record with 45 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Omaha. Her 45 points are the second most in a game of any NCAA ...

Iowa State Senator Mike Bousselot explained that the idea of buying Minnesota counties to grow the state and harken back to previous boundaries of the Iowa Territory over a hundred years ago. It thrust the idea of purchasing portions of other states into the public discussion.

US poultry producers should ramp up testing and monitoring of turkeys for bird flu before they are slaughtered to ensure the virus stays out of the food supply, the US Department of Agriculture said on Friday.