Month: February 2026

The upper floors of a multi-storey building burn after debris from a Russian drone falls on February 3, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) (LONDON) — American, Ukrainian and Russian [Read More…]

National Guard shooting suspect to be arraigned Wednesday

National Guard soldiers respond to a shooting near the White House on November 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. At least two National Guardsmen have been shot blocks from the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

Sen. Mitch McConnell hospitalized after experiencing ‘flu-like symptoms’

February 4, 2026 Travis Kriens

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on “The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation” on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

Avery Broughton Earns 4th GPAC Defensive Player of the Week Honors of the Season

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played January 26-February 1, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the [Read More…]

Federal law enforcement’s bomb-sniffing dogs are helping to secure Super Bowl

ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — When the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots suit up on Sunday, they will have some of the best players in the world keeping them safe — the Bureau of [Read More…]

Ag News

Debate grows as South Dakota eyes cell-cultured meat ban

The South Dakota Senate is expected to vote soon on a bill that would ban cell-cultured protein. House Bill 1077 would make certain kinds of food, like lab-grown protein, illegal to sell in South Dakota [Read More…]

Ag News

Stine: New seed genetics key to boosting yields in tight ag economy

Despite a challenging rural economy, the president of Stine Seed Company says growers shouldn’t pull back on investing in new genetics. “The ag economy is not wonderful, but there’s hope out there,” Myron Stine said [Read More…]

Ag News

Global spending power creates new opportunities to grow U.S. beef demand

Opportunities to grow beef demand is a bright spot. The head of the US Meat Export Federation says the increase in spending power around the globe bodes well for the beef industry. Dan Halstrom tells [Read More…]

Ag News

Ag land specialist: Some farmland sales still setting records despite uneven market

An ag land specialist says farmland market conditions have been a mixed bag to start the year. Thomas Schutter with Farmers National Company says fewer acres came to the market in January. “For supply it’s [Read More…]

Ag News

Decline in dollar boosts soybean, corn futures

February 3, 2026 Travis Kriens

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Contracts found some support at these price levels and the dollar sold off a little after the recent bounce. Brazil’s record harvest is advancing and dry [Read More…]

‘Bossly bill’ aimed at preventing land survey abuses wins committee approval

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — Property rights advocates in South Dakota advanced their “Bossly bill” on Tuesday, aimed at limiting the ways developers can use eminent domain to enter private land when a landowner [Read More…]

Panel sends food stamp soda ban to full South Dakota House of Representatives

February 3, 2026 Travis Kriens

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota House of Representatives will soon vote on a bill meant to bar the purchase of sweetened beverages with food stamps. House Bill 1056 would require the state Department of [Read More…]

Highway Fatalities Reach Five-Year Low in South Dakota

February 3, 2026 J.P. Skelly

In 2025, South Dakota recorded 110 fatal crashes resulting in 123 deaths, marking a five-year low and a significant improvement in roadway safety, according to preliminary data from the South Dakota Department of Public Safety’s [Read More…]

‘Deep distress’: Renee Good’s brothers testify on Capitol Hill after deadly Minneapolis shooting

Luke Ganger and Brent Ganger speak during a public forum on violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026, [Read More…]

Savannah Guthrie’s friends speak out amid search for missing mom Nancy Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie attends the Project Healthy Minds World Mental Health Day Gala at Spring Studios on October 09, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Project Healthy Minds) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]

Jill Biden’s ex-husband charged with murdering his wife

The booking photo for William Stevenson. (New Castle County Police) (NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Del.) — Former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband has been charged with murdering his wife following an “extensive weeks-long investigation,” police in [Read More…]

As the West warms up, the East stays cold

High U.S. temperatures through the week (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — As a deep freeze continued Tuesday from the Northeast to the Southeast, Southern California and other parts of the West are expected to see [Read More…]

Texas Senate primary candidate Talarico responds to allegations he called fellow Dem ‘mediocre Black man’

Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talarico speaks during a campaign launch rally, September 9, 2025 in Round Rock, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — With just one month until the high-stakes primary election in the [Read More…]

House passes funding package to end partial government shutdown

U.S. Capitol Building (Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday voted to pass the government funding package to end the partial shutdown. The measure, which received some bipartisan support, [Read More…]

Benedict and Sophie’s bath scene teased in new ‘Bridgerton’ season 4 trailer