South Dakota News

Keystone Pipeline rupture spilled 147,000 gallons of oil

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The company that manages the Keystone Pipeline has estimated that 3,500 barrels of crude oil leaked from the pipeline near Fort Ransom in southeastern North Dakota. That’s about 147,000 gallons. The North Dakota Division of Environmental Quality says the pipeline was shut down almost immediately. The oil was contained to a farm field. A small stream near the…

Update: 3,500 Barrels of Oil Spilled After Keystone Pipeline Rupture near Fort Ransom

AN UNKOWN AMOUNT OF CRUDE OIL SPILLED. THE CAUSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The nearly 2,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of millions of gallons of crude oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S. and potentially leading to higher gasoline prices. South Bow, a liquid pipeline business that manages the pipeline, said it shut down the pipeline after…

School Announcements for Thursday, April 3

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The following schools are making changes to their schedules due to the storm system: Ashby: Two Hours Late Bagley: Two Hours Late Barnesville: E-Learning Day Battle Lake: Two Hours Late Breckenridge: Two Hours Late Campbell Tintah: Two Hours Late Clearbrook Gonvick: Two Hours Late Detroit Lakes: Two Hours Late Frazee Vergas: Two Hours Late Hawley: Virtual…

Several Inches Of Snow Expected In The Overnight Hours In Parts of North Dakota and Minnesota

(KVRR) — Winter has once again brought itself into the spotlight and experts are saying to be prepared. “As we get into overnight, temperatures are going to start falling below freezing. So we’ll start to see more rapid accumulations. Especially when we start to see that one to two-inch snowfall rates tomorrow morning into the early afternoon,” said Austin Perroux,…

Portrait of Leonard Peltier heading to Library of Congress

BELCOURT, N.D. (KVRR) – Leonard Peltier is on home confinement here in North Dakota, But he’s still headed to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. That’s after a photo session with Bismarck-based wet plate photographer Shane Balkowitsch. Peltier sat for a two-hour portrait session in late March for a series of images that capture the controversial convict and Native…

AP: Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — As then-Gov. Kristi Noem crisscrossed the country — stumping for President Donald Trump and boosting her political profile beyond her home state — she refused to reveal what her extensive travel was costing taxpayers. In the weeks since Noem became Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, that mystery has been solved: South Dakota repeatedly picked up the tab for expenses…

Mega Millions $344 Million Jackpot Winner in Illinois As Game Is About To Undergo Big Changes

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Mega Millions announces another big jackpot winner as the lottery game undergoes some big changes next month. A ticket sold in Illinois had all six numbers for last night’s jackpot worth $344 million. One ticket matched five numbers in Florida for a payout of $2 million. Starting April 5, sales begin for the new version of…

Attempt to revive ‘locking up librarians’ bill fails in South Dakota

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) — The South Dakota House of Representatives has voted to accept Senate amendments to a controversial bill originally intended to hold librarians criminally accountable for knowingly providing obscene materials to minors. The amended version of the bill removes the criminal penalty and instead requires an appeals process for challenging materials in school and public libraries….

Education Department Cuts Half its Staff as Trump Vows to Wind the Agency Down

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, attends a hearing of the Health, Education, and Labor Committee on her nomination, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff — a prelude to President…

Leonard Peltier remains defiant, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism

BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) – More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant. He maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975 and sees his newfound freedom — the result of a commutation from former President Joe Biden — as the beginning of…