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HURON, S.D. — The South Dakota State Fair Foundation is excited to announce the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council has pledged $20,000 to the “Raise The Shed” fundraising campaign. The Shed will be the new [Read More…]

What:    Single-vehicle crash Where:  I 90, mile marker 63,  One mile east of Rapid City at the Box Elder exit When:   1:13 p.m. (MT), Friday, July 14, 2023 Driver: David Burris, 80, fatal injuries, Rapid City, [Read More…]

PIERRE S.D. – South Dakota’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the nation’s most efficient and effectively run programs, according to payment error rates recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. SNAP [Read More…]

A Sioux Falls man has been arrested for aggravated assault after threatening local painters with a firearm magazine. Anthony James Barrera was arrested on Saturday, July 15 in the 200 block area of S. Spring [Read More…]

The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire that occurred on Saturday,  July 15, 2023, in Elkton. The fire broke out around 10:09 am in the 200 Block of Warehouse Street. Flames were observed [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – Approximately 240 elementary and middle school educators began a week-long trek today, to explore the people, places, and events that figure prominently in South Dakota history. One group of teachers departed Sioux [Read More…]

HURON, S.D. – Deadlines for all South Dakota State Fair open class entries are approaching quickly. Exhibitors are encouraged to submit entries online at SDstatefair.com. Mailed static exhibit entry forms must include payment and a [Read More…]

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Caleb Weyh can remember being out in his family’s pasture when he was 5 years old helping to spray thistles. His grandfather, a county conservation officer in Nebraska, helped spark a love [Read More…]

DYSART, Iowa (AP) — When Al Schafbuch cut back on plowing his Iowa fields decades ago and later began growing cover crops, he was out to save money on fertilizer and reduce erosion. He got [Read More…]

PIPESTONE, Minn. (AP) — Under the tall prairie grass outside this southwestern Minnesota town lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried and carved into pipes [Read More…]

Authorities in Sioux Falls are investigating an incident where a man was found bound and screaming for help in an apartment after his car was stolen Friday morning. The Sioux Falls Police Department received a [Read More…]

Despite some improvement in drought conditions in the northern and western parts of the Missouri River basin, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to maintain its water conservation measures until at least the [Read More…]

Artists interested in applying to participate in the South Dakota Arts Council’s (SDAC) Artists in Schools and Communities (AISC) and Touring Arts roster programs have through Sept. 4 to complete application. The Artists in Schools [Read More…]

The Rapid City Fire Department in South Dakota conducted a rescue operation to save three ducklings trapped in a storm drain near a highway ramp. Photos of the rescue were shared on the fire department’s [Read More…]

The Sioux County Sheriff’s office is conducting an investigation into the death of a man at the business premises of Livestock Equipment & Manufacturing near Hull, Iowa. 69-year-0ld Harvard Punt was involved in an incident [Read More…]

An accident occurred resulting in the death of a teenager and leaving another with life-threatening injuries in western South Dakota. The incident involved a parked semi-truck on the shoulder of I-90 near Summerset. When the [Read More…]

The South Dakota Lottery has confirmed the sale of a winning ticket in Sioux Falls. The specific game is Dakota Cash, and the ticket was purchased at Casey’s General Store on west 57th Street. The [Read More…]

Another Powerball drawing ended with no winner Saturday night, sending the jackpot soaring to an estimated $900 million. No ticket for Saturday’s drawing matched the winning combination: white balls 2, 9, 43, 55, 57 and [Read More…]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A gunman opened fire on police and firefighters “for no known reason” as they responded to a traffic crash in North Dakota, killing one officer and wounding two others before another [Read More…]

According to the Department of Public Safety, a fatal farm implement accident occurred five miles northeast of Langford, S.D., on Friday afternoon. The incident involved a 21-year-old female operating a field sprayer and a parked [Read More…]