KRISTI NOEM

A woman in a black jacket and a man in a khaki work jacket stand in front of a former grain elevator building, on which a 30-by-60 foot U.S. flag is painted.

Community

Giant American flag painted on South Dakota elevator celebrates 'We the People' of Andover

For the fifth year, Agweek reporter Mikkel Pates reprises his Flags On Farms feature for Independence Day, featuring flags of the United States on farms and agribusinesses in the region. This year, our featured vignette is from a former grain elevator at Andover, South Dakota, with a 30-by-60 foot U.S. flag painted on it.

South Dakota

As Kristi Noem touts South Dakota values across the US, out-of-staters run her political team

As Noem's gubernatorial campaign ramps up, one small, if glaring point of contention for the relatively popular South Dakota governor will be her staff: A political and communications team made up of folks for whom the phrase "West River" might sound like a shopping expanse west of the Potomac rather than that spacious western half of South Dakota.

February 25, 2022 10:30 AM

Columns

Fugleberg: How the Noem-Lewandowski rumors became news

How could rumors become news without additional evidence, especially something as salacious as an alleged affair between South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowksi, a Trump World mover and shaker and Noem's informal adviser? Sometimes the decision about what's newsworthy is taken out of our hands. The affair claim was just such a case.

October 08, 2021 10:01 AM

Minnesota

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem calls Corey Lewandowski affair claim 'total garbage' and 'disgusting lie'

Gov. Kristi Noem took to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to decry allegations aired on a conservative website about a rumored relationship with her informal adviser and Pres. Donald Trump's one-time campaign manager.

September 29, 2021 01:40 PM

Latest Headlines

Minnesota

As daughter had trouble securing state license, Noem called agency head for a meeting

The Republican governor says the reporting is an attack against her "family." A Sioux Falls Democrat is calling for an investigation into the ouster of a state employee.

September 27, 2021 03:01 PM

Minnesota

Kristi Noem speaks at a key event for potential GOP presidential candidates

Gov. Kristi Noem was the featured speaker at the 10th annual Faith and Freedom BBQ hosted by U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan. She spoke to a crowd of about 2,200 people, and touted how she did not close down businesses and didn't mandate masks in South Dakota.

August 24, 2021 12:00 PM

By Joseph Bustos / The State

Business

Going after the ‘small-squares’ after Gov. Kristi Noem opens up South Dakota ditches

A Wentworth, S.D., family cut hay on June 29, 2021, as Gov. Kristi Noem accelerated the schedule for mowing ditches on state highway ditches in eastern South Dakota because of the drought.

July 09, 2021 10:30 AM

By Mikkel Pates

News

South Dakota lawmaker says no impropriety in Kristi Noem's donor-aided Guard deployment to Texas

The governor's staff says she would've sent personnel to the border regardless of whether a donation from a Tennessee billionaire arrived, but that the $1 million made it possible to send the National Guard, who can stay on deployment in Texas longer.

July 01, 2021 11:53 PM

News

SD Gov. Noem sending National Guard to Mexican border, says Tennessee-based donors will pay

A Tuesday statement from Gov. Kristi Noem's office said the South Dakota National Guard deployment will find up to 50 guardsmen and women at the Texas border with Mexico. A Sioux Falls senator called the deployment a political stunt.

June 29, 2021 03:05 PM

News

Gov. Kristi Noem calls on public universities to engender 'profound love of country,' casts doubt on college civics curriculum

In a letter to members of the South Dakota Board of Regents, Noem called on the regents to investigate funding of classroom teachings she finds anti-American. Two scholars rebuked her letter, calling it an attempt at political indoctrination.

May 25, 2021 03:28 PM

Letters

Reader's View: Walz did better during pandemic than Republicans would have

Republican-led South Dakota fared far worse

May 10, 2021 05:00 PM

By Terry Mikulich of Pine City, Minnesota

Letters

Reader's View: Put SD Gov. Noem in charge of Minnesota, too

Gov. Tim Walz and his fine staff could retain their titles, but in name only.

May 06, 2021 07:00 AM

By Judd Johnston, Duluth

Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, stands outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington

News

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell will launch new social media site Frank with May 10 event in Mitchell, SD

Lindell made the Frank launch party announcement on the podcast "Bannon's War Room" hosted by Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to President Donald Trump, Wednesday, April 28.

April 28, 2021 05:40 PM

By Jeremy Fugleberg