Year: 2024

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TikTok users are loud and proud, not just about their dance moves and style choices, but also when it comes to budgeting. The recent #loudbudgeting trend, which has racked up [Read More…]

Some of Gaza’s wounded treated aboard French helicopter carrier-turned-hospital ship

Shadi Foley/ABC News (EL-ARISH, Egypt) — Sixteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Iyad, now in a wheelchair, was critically injured in the leg and head when an Israeli strike hit his home in central Gaza on Christmas Eve, [Read More…]

Police in Joliet searching for man after ‘multiple deceased’ people found in two homes

Kali9/Getty Images (JOLIET, Ill.) — Authorities in Joliet, Illinois, are searching for a man police said should be considered “armed and dangerous” after multiple people were found dead from gunshot wounds in two homes. In [Read More…]

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators targeted in apparent stink bomb attack at Columbia University

Bruce Yuanyue Bi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A group of demonstrators at Columbia University say they were attacked with a stink bomb during a gathering in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The [Read More…]

UConn, Purdue remain atop jumbled AP Top 25; No. 25 New Mexico moves into rankings

The AP Top 25 had another week of upheaval, with teams bouncing around like kernels in a popcorn maker. The same two teams remained at the top amid the poll turmoil. Reigning national champion Connecticut stayed No. [Read More…]

Are government subsidies the solution to the child care crisis? Lawmakers weigh options.

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s “South Dakota Focus” will write for South Dakota News Watch. Each month, she [Read More…]

Investigation Underway in Man’s Death Amid Dangerously Cold Temperatures in Sioux Falls

Authorities in Sioux Falls are investigating the death of a man who had been missing for a day. Relatives found his body in a parking garage stairwell on Sunday, and police are awaiting the coroner’s [Read More…]

Haley is going head-to-head with Trump in New Hampshire. Some experts expect it won’t help.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican critics of Donald Trump have always said that getting the 2024 primary down to a one-on-one race would be key for any of his challengers to try to defeat [Read More…]

‘Wherever she came from’: Trump defends promoting false birther claim about Haley

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is defending his recent mangling of GOP primary challenger Nikki Haley’s birth name — saying he’s just having “fun” and he echoed, once again, a false [Read More…]

South Dakota Attorney General Jackley, Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Haggar, Minnehaha County Sheriff Milstead Partner On Domestic Violence Grant

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Daniel Haggar, and Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead have partnered on a federal grant to combat domestic violence. In October 2023 the State [Read More…]

Fuel tax refund to incentivize higher ethanol blends passes state Senate

PIERRE (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) — A bill to incentivize the sale of more ethanol passed through the state Senate on Tuesday with 33 yes votes and no opposition. The legislation outlines a new tax refund [Read More…]

South Dakota lawmakers reject expansion of free school meals

PIERRE (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) — Lawmakers narrowly rejected a bill Monday that would have given more low-income students free school meals. The state House Education Committee voted 8-7 to defeat the legislation. “These are South Dakota’s [Read More…]

Hugh Jackman shares workout video of him “becoming Wolverine again”

20th Century Studios As fans are figuratively pumped to see Hugh Jackman return as Wolverine in Deadpool 3, the Australian actor is literally getting pumped. The Logan actor took to Instagram over the weekend to once again share a video of him lifting [Read More…]

Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning star in ‘Ripley’ official teaser

Netflix © 2023 The official teaser for the new limited series Ripley is here. Actors Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning appear in the black and white teaser for the limited series, which will be released [Read More…]

New trailer for final ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ season teases “one last mission”

Lucasfilm Lucasfilm has released the trailer to the third and final season of its acclaimed animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The 15-episode season kicks off with a three-chapter premiere on Wednesday, February 21. [Read More…]

Ag News

SD Corn Growers adopt carbon pipeline policy

The South Dakota Corn Growers Association will support carbon pipeline projects in the state. Two new resolutions on carbon were approved at the SDCA’s annual meeting over the weekend. The state’s corn growers support carbon [Read More…]

Ag News

Cattle futures mixed to start the week

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mixed ahead of the week’s direct business. February live cattle closed $.60 lower at $173.77 and April live cattle closed $.47 lower at $176.90. March feeders [Read More…]

Ag News

Iowa farmer sees benefits from cover crops ahead of soybeans

A northwest Iowa farmer is seeing benefits from planting cover crops ahead of soybeans. “Including increased weed control.” Sam Bennett of Ida County says cover crops suppress weeds, allowing him to cut back on herbicide [Read More…]

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Employment expert hopes feds expand and reform H-2A

An agent for an agricultural labor agency is hoping the federal government makes reforms to the H-2A agricultural visa program. Beth VanDrie with Arlene Resource Management tells Brownfield she’s hopeful Washington makes changes to the [Read More…]

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Pilot program opens doors for small and mid-sized beef processors