New research from national nonprofit the Ad Council finds roughly 63% of rural adults report experiencing a mental health condition, but only a third say they re getting help.
Student absenteeism is one of the biggest problems facing South Dakota public education, said state Secretary of Education Joseph Graves. Chronic absenteeism among South Dakota students jumped from 14% during the 2018-2019 school year to 21% during the 2022-2023 school year. That increase is more pronounced among Native American students, whose chronic absenteeism rates jumped […]