Year: 2024

Photo: 2024 Outstanding Young Farmers Jacob and Jennifer Hoewisch (center) with the 2023 winners, Melissa and Travis Marti (far left and far right) Wisconsin’s newest Outstanding Young Farmers are Jacob and Jennifer Hoewisch from Freemont. [Read More…]

Committee rejects bill to study and potentially redesign South Dakota state flag

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight – A bill that would create a commission to study and possibly propose a new state flag design to the Legislature and Governor’s Office failed in the Senate State Affairs Committee [Read More…]

Short staffing leaves prisons running on overtime

PIERRE, John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight – For every pay period, the average correctional officer in a South Dakota prison works an average of 14 overtime hours. That’s an hour more than the last fiscal [Read More…]

Fee for returned check could rise to $60

PIERRE, John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight — A returned check written to a South Dakota business could soon cost its account owner $20 more. Senate Bill 38 would update the fee businesses can charge people for a [Read More…]

Poet’s ethanol plants shift to remaining carbon dioxide pipeline proposal

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – An ethanol production company headquartered in Sioux Falls announced Monday it will partner with the remaining company looking to build a carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota. Poet will collaborate [Read More…]

Gasoline Prices Dip in South Dakota as National Average Sees Uptick

Gasoline prices in South Dakota have dropped by 2.8 cents per gallon over the past week, averaging $2.75/gallon. This marks a 13 cents per gallon decrease from a month ago and a substantial 60 cents [Read More…]

Off-duty Cop Captures Three-State Fugitive in Pierre Area

Terry Lee Schoenhut, a 39-year-old fugitive wanted on multiple charges in Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota’s Pennington and Tripp counties, was apprehended in the Pierre area by an off-duty Hughes County Deputy sheriff. Schoenhut, considered [Read More…]

South Dakota Boys High School Basketball Media Poll – January 29

The South Dakota Prep Media basketball polls for the week of Jan. 29 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in [Read More…]

South Dakota Girls High School Basketball Media Poll – January 29

The South Dakota Prep Media basketball polls for the week of Jan. 29 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in [Read More…]

Enemy drone that hit US base in Jordan possibly confused with American drone

Juanmonino/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The working theory about how an enemy drone slipped past defenses at a U.S. base in Jordan is that American personnel mistook the enemy drone for one of their own returning [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel report reveals new allegations against UNRWA workers

A Palestinian elderly woman crosses a street which has been bulldozed by the Israeli forces during a raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on January 29, 2024 amid ongoing battles between Israel and [Read More…]

King Charles III released from hospital after prostate procedure, palace confirms

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — King Charles III is heading home after undergoing a procedure to treat an enlarged prostate, according to Buckingham Palace. Charles, 75, was photographed leaving The London Clinic on Monday [Read More…]

Police announce arrests in six people found murdered in California desert

KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — Arrests have been made after six people were found shot to death last week in a desert community in San Bernardino County, California, according to authorities. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s [Read More…]

Iranian, two Canadians indicted in murder-for-hire plot targeting Iran critics: DOJ

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday indicted an Iranian man and two Canadian nationals in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme that targeted dissidents and critics of the Iranian regime. According [Read More…]

Box office update: ‘Mean Girls’ buzzes by ‘The Beekeeper’ in photo finish

Jojo Whilden/Paramount © 2023 Paramount Pictures. Although most outlets had The Beekeeper buzzing by the new Mean Girls musical film to top the box office over the weekend, Variety reports the opposite was actually true. [Read More…]

New ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ trailer sees return of Walter Peck, Slimer and more

© 2023 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved The new trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire dropped on Monday — and with it, the jaws of millions of the franchise’s fans. The trailer opens with a voice-over [Read More…]

Ag News

Down day to start week for soybeans, corn, wheat

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, in addition to the higher dollar and lower crude oil. Brazil’s soybean prices have dropped as harvest advances, now 11% complete as of last Thursday according to [Read More…]

Ag News

AFBF members discuss foreign ag land ownership

The head of a state farm bureau organization says foreign ag land ownership is a top priority for the ag industry in 2024. Mark McHargue, president of Nebraska Farm Bureau, says the issue was discussed [Read More…]

Ag News

Using muzzle prints to manage disease outbreaks in cattle

An agtech startup is analyzing images of cow muzzles to predict illness several days before the cattle become symptomatic. Shekhar Gupta, CEO and founder of MyAnIML, says the AI-driven technology uses the company’s proprietary facial [Read More…]

Ag News

Naig monitoring EV developments out of Washington