John Berheim, South Dakota's Homeland Security director, said people who cross U.S. borders from Canada or Mexico - or come in by boat - could bring in deadly weapons that may go undetected.

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

South Dakota students weigh protest against university honors for homeland security chief Noem Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House ...

Gov. Kristi Noem’s handling of several key issues in South Dakota offers a lens into how she may manage her sprawling responsibilities at the Department of Homeland Security.

The South Dakota Office of Homeland Security, which has a staff of two, administers the millions of dollars in grant money from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to state government and ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be his secretary of Homeland Security, selecting a longtime ally to lead an agency central to his efforts to ...

John Berheim, Director of South Dakota's Office of Homeland Security, is retiring this month. Berheim has held the post since the establishment of the state's Office of Homeland Security in 2003 ...

MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn't experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have ...

Students and faculty at Dakota State University are facing free speech concerns for the first time now that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is ...

Nestled in rural South Dakota, ... calling for students to protest Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's commencement speech, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Madison, S.D. ...