Year: 2024
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County consolidation-related legislation advances
It’s been 41 years since two South Dakota counties combined. Longer than that, some politicians and academics have thought more counties should merge. Tuesday, the House Local Government Committee passed SB199 on a 13 to [Read More…]
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Mitchell School Board room re-model
The home of the Mitchell School Board has undergone a makeover. Superintendent Joe Childs says it started with the board table…. Plus large view screens….. And new, more comfortable chairs for those attending. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Americans missing from boat in the Caribbean: A timeline
Suellen Desmarais (NEW YORK) — It’s been over one week since an American couple went missing from their yacht in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners boarded their boat. Police said Monday that Ralph Hendry [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pregnant Amish woman killed in Pennsylvania, police say
Sheila Paras via Getty Images (SPARTA TOWNSHIP, PA.) — Police are searching for leads after a 23-year-old pregnant Amish woman was killed in Pennsylvania, authorities said. On Monday afternoon, police responded to a home in [Read More…]
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Meet the man who exposed Mike Lindell’s election lies and won $5 million
Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Bob Zeidman has visited South Dakota just once in his lifetime. He could be $5 million richer because of it. The computer forensics expert attended [Read More…]
ABC Health News
West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Monday that will eliminate school vaccine requirements for those who claim religious exemptions, but only for some schools. Last [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Wendy’s announces Uber-like surge pricing model
Signage is displayed outside a Wendys Co. restaurant in El Sobrante, Calif., May 6, 2020. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Wendy’s announced it will launch new menu prices that will fluctuate [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller and more appear in ‘Horizon’ trailer
Warber Bros. Pictures The first trailer for Kevin Costner‘s western epic, Horizon: An American Saga, has arrived. The two-part cinematic event chronicles the “Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West,” according to a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Beef’ season 2 news, and more
Netflix has picked up the sitcom Tires, created and co-written by standup comedian and recent Saturday Night Live guest host Shane Gillis. The six-episode series follows Will (Steven Gerben), “a nervous and unqualified heir to [Read More…]
Ag News
A sharp and dramatic range & change of weather & record temps across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, a cold front crossing the upper Midwest separates record-setting warmth from sharply colder conditions. On Monday, all-time February and winter records were established in Midwestern locations such as Moline, Illinois (76°F); [Read More…]
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Sudden Death Syndrome Seed Treatment Options
The Michigan Soybean Committee has been researching what seed treatments are effective in controlling sudden death syndrome. But how do they compare against each other? In this Pods for Profit, Michigan State University Extension’s Eric Anderson [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers Union, Farm Bureau seek emergency “higher of” milk formula
The National Farmers Union and American Farm Bureau are seeking a return to a milk pricing formula that was taken away in the last farm bill. ” that taken out of the formula in the [Read More…]
Ag News
All businesses must pay attention to new Corporate Transparency Act
Attorney Amy Ebeling from the Ruder Ware law firm tells Brownfield businesses of all types including farms and sole proprietorships have new federal reporting requirements as of this year. …
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu ‘surprised’ by Biden’s remarks, source says
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
ABC World News
Armed bandits rob migrants crossing border illegally, border patrol chief says
Jason Owens/U.S. Border Patrol (WASHINGTON) — A group of “armed bandits” near the U.S. southern border attempted to rob migrants crossing illegally, according to U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens. Owens posted images of a [Read More…]
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Alexei Navalny was raised in preliminary prisoner swap talks before his death: Official
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a rally in support of political prisoners in Prospekt Sakharova Street in Moscow, Sept. 29, 2019. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — After an ally of [Read More…]
ABC World News
American husband and wife missing in Caribbean are likely dead, authorities say
Courtesy Suellen Desmarais (NEW YORK) — An American husband and wife who went missing after three escaped prisoners boarded their boat in the Caribbean are likely dead, authorities said on Monday. Ralph Hendry and his [Read More…]
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State House endorses millions for border deployment, phonics instruction and other projects
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — Republican lawmakers voted to replenish the state’s Emergency and Disaster Fund on Monday, informally endorsing Governor Kristi Noem’s impending National Guard deployment to the nation’s southern border. Rep. [Read More…]
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Quincy Bear Robe Sentenced to 75 Years for 2022 Killing at Grand Gateway Hotel
Quincy Bear Robe of Rapid City was sentenced this week to 75 years in prison for the 2022 killing of 19-year-old Myron Pourier at the Grand Gateway Hotel. Bear Robe pleaded guilty to a reduced [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cross-country storm to slam Midwest with severe weather before reaching Northeast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A storm system sweeping across the United States is forecast to bring severe weather to the Midwest on Tuesday before reaching the Northeast on Wednesday. Before heading east, the cross-country [Read More…]
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