Year: 2026
Ag News
A dramatic shift in weather: Heat & humidity ahead for much of the Heartland; still active for some
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures along and east of a line from southwestern New Mexico to the Red River Valley of the North, while cooler-than-normal conditions [Read More…]
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Attorney General Marty Jackley and other AG’s take aim at California law regarding plastics
Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 16 other Attorneys General in a lawsuit intended to protect the interests of producers and consumers. The coalition’s lawsuit challenges California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packing Producer Responsibility Act. [Read More…]
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Prime Time Gala once again comes through for Feeding South Dakota
During the recent 13th Annual Prime Time Gala & Concert, the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation presented a six-figure donation to Feeding South Dakota. The contribution of $293,000 will help provide high-quality beef to individuals and [Read More…]
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Business bankruptcies down but closures and farm reorgs up
Elena Tittel/South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – While post-pandemic Chapter 11 business bankruptcy filings in South Dakota are down, the number of business closures and Chapter 12 filings, common with farmers, have risen. [Read More…]
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Work, housing and staffing: How South Dakota’s corrections chief aims to keep inmates from returning
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota’s repeat offense rate for people who leave prison can return to the low point it saw a dozen years ago, the state’s corrections secretary said Tuesday. [Read More…]
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Sides clash in court over legality of abortion-pill advertising in South Dakota
Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight RAPID CITY — A nonprofit organization argued Tuesday that the information it provides about abortion pills is protected as free speech even in a state that bans abortion, while the state [Read More…]
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Davison County Commissioners take another step toward a new county jail
Davison County Commissioners are taking a step forward in building a new county jail. The group voted unanimously to hire Tegra to assist in the project. Chairman Randy Reider says on the advice of Sheriff [Read More…]
ABC World News
France confirms 1st Ebola case linked to outbreak in the DRC
Ebola virus test, conceptual image. (DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said. The patient is [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Wednesday Sports for June 24, 2026
PALACE CITY BASEBALL Palace City Post 18 split a road doubleheader against Harrisburg Gold on Tuesday. Tyler Christensen gave up just four hits and two runs over six and one-third innings and Jaxson Hartman collected [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Revivals of ‘The Sound of Music,’ ‘A Few Good Men’ headed to Broadway
Jasmine Amy Rogers attends the 78th annual Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event at Sofitel New York on May 8, 2025, in New York City. (Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions) | Tom [Read More…]
Ag News
ASA touts Senate’s farm bill draft
The CEO of the American Soybean Association says he’s encouraged by the Senate’s farm bill framework. Steve Censky tells Brownfield, “This is a necessary step so we can finally get a full five-year farm bill [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Dodgers pound out a season high-tying 17 hits in 12-3 win over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages each had three of the Dodgers’ season high-tying 17 hits, Justin Wrobleski worked seven strong innings, and Los Angeles beat the Minnesota Twins 12-3 Tuesday night. Mookie [Read More…]
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South Dakota Republican state senator charged with felony over false candidate forms
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A South Dakota state senator was charged with two felonies Tuesday for allegedly trying to put candidates for county party leadership posts on the primary election ballot without those candidates’ knowledge. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
AJ Dybantsa is the No. 1 pick on a big NBA draft night for freshman stars and Michigan’s champions
NEW YORK (AP) — AJ Dybantsa is on his way to Washington and ready to start working as soon as he gets there. That’s not until Wednesday. Tuesday was a night for the NBA’s No. [Read More…]
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Jackrabbit Club Surpasses $3 Million in 2025-26
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State’s Jackrabbit Club surpassed $3 million in donations in one fiscal year for the first time in history, university officials announced Tuesday. “Both the Jackrabbit Club and Jackrabbit Athletic Scholarship Auction [Read More…]
Ag News
Asian Longhorned tick spread forces cattle producers to change herd management strategies
A cattle producer from Missouri says animal health issues are a top concern right now. Freddie Keaton raises cattle in south central Missouri, and is president of the Independent Cattle Producers of Missouri says the [Read More…]
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Rainy stretches hamper Missouri hay cutting
It’s been feast or famine when it comes to precipitation for producers in Missouri. Freddie Keaton raises cattle in the south-central part of the state. “I think we’ve cut 60 acres of hay,” he says. [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘I did not know’: Former Epstein secretary Lesley Groff denies any awareness of boss’ sex crimes
Lesley Groff (C), a former assistant to Jeffrey Epstein, arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 09, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bill Gates told House panel Epstein was plotting to blackmail him about extramarital affairs
Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates stops to speak to the media as he arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026, in Washington, DC. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Another hydrothermal explosion has occurred at Yellowstone National Park
Looking south, toward Black Diamond Pool (steaming blue area in the left middle ground) along a fissure that formed during a small hydrothermal explosion on June 13, 2026, in Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park. The [Read More…]
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