Kristi Noem files for divorce from Bryon Noem

Kristi Noem, the former South Dakota governor and U.S. homeland security secretary, filed for divorce from her husband, Bryon Noem, according to South Dakota court records. The petition cites irreconcilable differences. The couple had been married since 1992. The filing’s precise submission date is unclear. Some reports say it was submitted in April and appeared on Hamlin County’s online court system on Monday, September 28. Another report describes the documents as filed September 28. The available accounts do not resolve whether those dates refer to submission, filing or public posting. The divorce follows months of public attention to the couple’s relationship after reports in March described Bryon Noem’s alleged online exchanges with adult performers and images said to show him wearing women’s clothing and prosthetic breasts. Those accounts are allegations reported outside the divorce filing; the court-grounded information reported here establishes the petition and its stated grounds, not the claims about his online activity.