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HUMBOLDT, S.D. – On Monday, July 24, 2023, work will begin to widen the road east of Humboldt at the intersection of S.D. Highway 38 and 459th Avenue. The project will add east and westbound turn [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. – Avera Therapy will hold an open house, blessing and ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 26. All are invited to attend. This hospital-based therapy location will offer another option to patients, [Read More…]

Frank Ashley, a 57-year-old inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, has passed away. The Department of Corrections announced his death on Tuesday. Ashley was serving sentences for third-degree and fourth-degree rape, sexual contact with [Read More…]

The Mitchell City Council approved a $583,000 bid from Whiskeyboard Construction during its meeting Money night for a wetlands project along Firesteel Creek to reduce phosphorus and sediment runoff into Lake Mitchell. There will be [Read More…]

A new housing infrastructure program is about to produce results. The South Dakota Legislature and Governor approved a $200-million program early this year, hoping to have it up and running by spring. It took longer [Read More…]

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a little over two weeks away and the city is working on logistics for the opening ceremony to be held on Friday, August 4th. One of the planned events, however, [Read More…]

While nearly 75% of South Dakota’s crops are receiving adequate rainfall, there are still dry areas in the state. According to the USDA, topsoil moisture levels are 7% very short, 26% short, 60% adequate, and [Read More…]

Senator Brent Hoffman, a freshman Senate Republican from Sioux Falls, is advocating for stricter term limits in South Dakota and wants voters to have the opportunity to decide on the matter. He has formed an [Read More…]

Sean Kilbourn, who was shot by officers from the Sioux Falls Police Department after a foot chase, now faces a $50,000 bond. The police department has declined to comment further on Kilbourn’s case, as it [Read More…]

According to data released by the South Dakota Department of Education, neither the state of South Dakota nor its largest school district, Sioux Falls, achieved the target graduation rate set for special education students in [Read More…]

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…]