Year: 2026
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Rounds releases list of South Dakota priorities in US Senate defense bill
The version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027 approved by the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee this week includes South Dakota priorities such as a combined $43.7 million for National Guard [Read More…]
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Mehlhaff named South Dakota Legislative Research Council Interim Director
Legislative Research Council Deputy Director and Chief Fiscal Analyst Jeff Mehlhaff has been named as LRC’s Interim Director. The LRC’s Executive Board officially made the appointment last week. Mehlhaff succeeds John McCullough, who resigned this [Read More…]
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SD lawmaker pushes back on rideshare sex assault liability limits
Hundreds of women in government, including the minority leader of the South Dakota Senate, are protesting legislation that would shield rideshare services in sexual assault claims. Lawmakers have added the policy as an amendment to [Read More…]
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces resignation with ‘good grace’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation as UK Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, outside No.10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (LONDON) — [Read More…]
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Into the record books and beyond: ‘Toy Story 5’ is the year’s biggest debut
Tom Hanks is Woody and Tim Allen is Buzz Lightyear in ‘Toy Story 5’ (Walt Disney Pictures) The U.S. box office had a friend in the new Toy Story film. As per Variety, Toy Story [Read More…]
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Seedling diseases
BASF technical service representative Mike Probst says excessive rains in parts of the Midwest and Delta have spawned soybean diseases. He tells Brownfield seed treatments have been somewhat effective against Rhizoctonia and Pythium, but growers [Read More…]
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South Dakota Department of Transportation to host Public Information meetings in Dimock and Ethan on June 29th
The South Dakota Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the town of Dimock, will hold a public meeting open house from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, June 29, 2026, at City Hall located [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Ryan Kreidler has 3 hits, Twins rally to beat Diamondbacks 4-2
PHOENIX (AP) — Alex Jackson’s single tied the game in the seventh and the go-ahead run scored on an error, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. The [Read More…]
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Raging Utah wildfire prompts evacuation as crews struggle to contain it: Officials
The Iron Fire burning in Northern Utah is threatening structures in the town of Eureka, where a mandatory evacuation order was in effect, June 21, 2026. (Utah Fire Info) (EUREKA, Utah) — Mandatory evacuations are [Read More…]
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Production decreases, revenue increases at gold mine in South Dakota’s Black Hills
Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight Gold production was down slightly last year at South Dakota’s only active, large-scale gold mine, but revenue soared higher with the price of gold, according to a new annual report. Chicago-based Coeur [Read More…]
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KORN News Radio Weekend Review
Community members, family and friends gathered Friday night in Hitchcock Park for the annual Heart and Sole Cancer Walk. The event raises money that’s distributed to local cancer patients currently receiving treatment to help offset [Read More…]
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Saturday Sports: June 20, 2026
PALACE CITY BASEBALL Palace City Baseball Junior Legion Post 18 recorded two wins at the Daryl Bernard Tournament in Yankton on Friday. Mitchell defeated Vermillion Jr. Legion Post 1 7-2 in game one. Gavin Mendenhall [Read More…]
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Carroll has a 3-run triple in the 8th to help the Diamondbacks beat the Twins 9-5
PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Carroll had a three-run triple in the eighth inning to tie Arizona’s career triples mark and fell a homer shy of the cycle in the Diamondbacks’ 9-5 victory over the Minnesota [Read More…]
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Legendary TV director James Burrows dies at 85
In this March 25, 2025, file photo, James Burrows attends a premiere in Los Angeles. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images, FILE) Legendary director James Burrows has died, his agent confirmed to ABC News on Friday. He was [Read More…]
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A ‘Golden’ year: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ by the numbers
‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ (Courtesy Netflix) The Netflix phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters celebrates the one-year anniversary of its release on Saturday, June 20. The animated film has gone on to dominate the streaming service’s “most-watched” list, global pop [Read More…]
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Cash hogs sharply lower to finish the week
It took all week for any direct cash cattle trade to take place. There were just a few deals reported, in Nebraska at $405 dressed, fully steady with the previous week’s weighted average basis. Live [Read More…]
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Several notable Republican senators break with Trump over Iran agreement
Sen. Ted Cruz questions Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 02, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) [Read More…]
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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ will no longer be released by Amazon MGM Studios
Luca Guadagnino attends the Dior Homme Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Jan. 21, 2026, in Paris, France. (Peter White/Getty Images) Artificial, the upcoming film by director Luca Guadagnino, will [Read More…]
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Central Park horse carriage rides temporarily suspended following death of 18-year-old tourist
An 18-year-old man was transported to NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition after he fell from a horse carriage in Central Park on June 17, 2026, the NYPD said. (WABC) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]
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DOJ refuses to issue signed declaration verifying ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is dead
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche listens to a reporter’s question during a press conference at the Department of Justice June 11, 2026 in Washingon, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on [Read More…]