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South Dakota high school football media poll: Jefferson enters the top five in 11AAA
Sioux Falls Christian football players discuss season-opening win
Sioux Falls Christian football players Cole Snyder and Lincoln Prins discuss their season-opening win over West Central.
Sioux Falls Jefferson has entered the top five in 11AAA in the latest South Dakota Prep Media football poll for the week of Sept. 2.
They take the place of Washington, who fell to Brandon Valley 20-7. In 11AA Tea Area fell out of the top five with an upset loss to Spearfish. Canton and Sioux Falls Christian remain atop 11A after wins in Week One while West Central was dropped from the top five.
The South Dakota Prep Media football poll for the week of Sept. 2 is listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in parentheses.
Class 11AAA
1. Harrisburg (17) 1-0 104 1
2. Lincoln (5) 1-0 90 2
3. Brandon Valley 1-0 66 3
4. O’Gorman 0-1 33 4
5. Jefferson 1-0 28 RV
Receiving votes: Washington 6, Roosevelt 3.
More: South Dakota high school football: Harrisburg earns ‘redemption’ in 14-0 Dakota Bowl win over O’Gorman
Class 11AA
1. Pierre (21) 1-0 109 1
2. Yankton (1) 1-0 89 2
3. Spearfish 1-0 47 NR
4. Watertown 0-1 26 4
5. Aberdeen Central 0-1 22 5
Receiving votes: Tea Area 18, Brookings 10, Mitchell 9.
Class 11A
1. Canton (13) 1-0 99 1
2. SF Christian (8) 1-0 93 T2
3. Dakota Valley 1-0 51 RV
4. Lennox (1) 1-0 48 5
5. RC Christian 0-1 14 RV
Receiving votes: Dell Rapids 13, Tri-Valley 8, Madison 2, West Central 2.
More: Sioux Falls Christian football makes a statement in ‘historic’ 42-13 win over West Central
Class 11B
1. Winner (16) 2-0 103 1
2. Elk Point-Jefferson (4) 1-0 89 2
3. Sioux Valley (2) 1-0 69 3
4. Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 2-0 47 4
5. Beresford 2-0 13 RV
Receiving votes: Mount Vernon/Plankinton 5, Wagner 3, Hot Springs 1.
Class 9AA
1. Parkston (18) 2-0 106 1
2. Hamlin (4) 2-0 91 2
3. Elkton-Lake Benton 2-0 64 3
4. Hill City 2-0 30 RV
5. Viborg-Hurley 1-1 18 5
Receiving votes: Hanson 8, Kimball/White Lake 6, Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy 5, Bennett County 2.
Class 9A
1. Howard (21) 2-0 109 1
2. Wall (1) 2-0 81 2
3. Warner 2-0 69 3
4. Wolsey-Wessington 2-0 48 4
5. Harding County/Bison 1-1 13 5
Receiving votes: Alcester-Hudson 5, Gayville-Volin 3, Chester 1.
More: Vote now for the Argus Leader Athlete of the Week from Aug. 26-Sep. 1
Class 9B
1. Avon (22) 2-0 110 1
2. Faulkton Area 1-0 73 2
3. Corsica-Stickney 2-0 67 3
4. Dell Rapids St. Mary 2-0 46 4
5. Sully Buttes 2-0 14 RVReceiving votes: Kadoka Area 8, Canistota 6, Herreid/Selby Area 6.
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SD Lottery Millionaire for Life winning numbers for July 12, 2026
The South Dakota Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at July 12, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from July 12 drawing
12-21-39-46-48, Bonus: 02
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your prize
- Prizes of $100 or less: Can be claimed at any South Dakota Lottery retailer.
- Prizes of $101 or more: Must be claimed from the Lottery. By mail, send a claim form and a signed winning ticket to the Lottery at 711 E. Wells Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501.
- Any jackpot-winning ticket for Dakota Cash or Lotto America, top prize-winning ticket for Lucky for Life, or for the second prizes for Powerball and Mega Millions must be presented in person at a Lottery office. A jackpot-winning Powerball or Mega Millions ticket must be presented in person at the Lottery office in Pierre.
When are the South Dakota Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky for Life: 9:38 p.m. CT daily.
- Lotto America: 9:15 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Dakota Cash: 9 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 10:15 p.m. CT daily.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a South Dakota editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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Incarcerated women to move into new Rapid City prison to alleviate overcrowding
RAAPID CITY, S.D. — Incarcerated women will start moving into a new $87 million prison in Rapid City next month, a South Dakota Department of Corrections spokesperson confirmed this week.
The medium-security prison will be the state’s second for women. The South Dakota Women’s Prison in Pierre has operated beyond its capacity for years, with dozens of people serving their sentences at the Hughes County Jail or in halfway house facilities.
The new prison in Rapid City, which was approved by state lawmakers
in 2023
, will add 288 beds to the state’s capacity. The Department of Corrections will begin transferring women there next month, according to spokesperson Michael Winder, who said the exact date of full operations won’t be released for security reasons
The prison includes a work release area, a mother-infant building that lets new moms stay in a home-like environment with their babies, a vocational training facility to be staffed by instructors from Western Dakota Technical Institute and 96 beds for chemical dependency treatment.
The majority of the women held in South Dakota prisons are incarcerated on nonviolent drug charges, and 97% have a substance use disorder diagnosis.
“Drug addiction is a disease that must be treated,” Corrections Secretary Nick Lamb said at Friday’s ribbon cutting, adding that “Through dedicated treatment space and the therapeutic community, women will receive the counseling support and skills that they need to break the cycle of addiction and successfully return to their families and communities.”
The mother-infant program
mirrors one launched a few years ago in Pierre
.
Mothers who qualify under security guidelines stay in a group home separate from the main prison facility with other women and children for the first few years of their child’s life. The program was launched by former Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko and was championed by Lamb in his first public conversations with lawmakers on the state’s budget committee during the 2026 legislative session.
Photo courtesy Gov. Larry Rhoden’s office
At Friday’s event, Gov. Larry Rhoden said family connections and parenting skills are key factors in rehabilitation. He framed the program as an extension of a commitment to the well-being of South Dakota families.
“This program gives mothers and their children the opportunity to build that foundation from the very beginning,” Rhoden said.
Rhoden also called out the vocational training, drug treatment and work release programs as vital to rehabilitation — and to public safety by extension. The state recently broke ground on a new $650 million men’s prison in Sioux Falls, which is set to replace the state penitentiary and is also designed to expand programming and rehabilitation.
When combined with pending policy recommendations from the state’s correctional rehabilitation task force, Rhoden said, the new prisons will help improve public safety statewide by reducing the number of people who return to prison within a few years of their release.
“At the end of the day, every person in our corrections system is a human being,” Rhoden said. “They are sons and daughters. They are mothers and fathers. People who’ve made mistakes but also have the capacity to change.”
Winder, the corrections spokesman, told South Dakota Searchlight that staff will spend the next few weeks training at the new facility in preparation for the arrival of inmates in August.
The state hired Eric Aldridge
to serve as warden in March
. Aldridge, who came to South Dakota after a stint as warden of a medium-security women’s prison in Troy, Virginia, said Friday his goal is to “to facilitate an environment, an atmosphere, a culture where people learn, they grow, they heal, and where people develop through dignity and respect.”
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