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Budget bills have been advanced to final consideration by the Unicameral, but not until one more round of debate on a proposa...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has appointed David Anderson of Canton to the vacant seat in the House of Representatives from Distr...
The NCAA has selected South Dakota track and field student-athlete Alexa Duling as the female recipient of the 2013 Walter By...
The 2013 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball All-Conference team has been announced after a voteof league coache...
The 2013 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball All-Conference team has been announced after a vote of league coach...
The current Dean of the Graduate School at the University of South Dakota is leaving that position to become President and Ch...
The NAIA has named Samantha Kleinsasser from Northwestern as the female winner of the Emil S. Liston award for 2013. Liston, ...
This week, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission permanently revoked the grain buyers and grain warehouse licenses for...
The Gregory South Dakota Farmers Elevator which recently had its grain warehouse and grain buyer’s licenses suspended b...
A big honor for a regional administrator. Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Commissioner Corey Westra has been named th...
It was over early for the Twins Tuesday. A five run first inning by Kansas City earned the Royals their second straight winov...
Republican Congressman Steve King says any Republican who chooses to run for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat will face "a sl...
South Dakota recorded 60 animal rabies cases in 2012, up from 40 the previous year. 16 of those were in cattle, 3 horses, 2 c...
R CALF leaders are unhappy with the results of the OIG audit report of the beef check off and the Cattlemen’s Beef Boar...
Congressman Steve King appears to be seriously considering a bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate next year....
How many times a day do you see someone with their head down looking at their cell phone or tablet? Dr. Chris Cornett is an o...
Success in sportscan be measured in many ways.Dordt College is proud to announce that Trevor Wolterstorff has been named the ...
– The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame released the names of the 12 finalists for the 2013 Bob Cousy Collegiat...
– Bethany Buell was named Summit League Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after setting a new USD women’s indoor pol...
South Dakotans Fighting Animal Cruelty, a grassroots organization is working to get an animal protection bill introduced and ...
The flu has claimed two lives in Nebraska, one a two-year-oldLincoln/Lancaster County Communicable Disease Coordinator Tim Ti...
The 2013 session of the South Dakota Legislature opened yesterday with the State of the State speech from Governor Dennis Dau...
R CALF officials want U.S.D.A. to ban imports of Brazilian cattle into the United States following that country’s disco...
The Royals have signed three veteran players to minor league contracts. KC has inked pitchers George Sherrill and Dan Wheeler...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard released his budget proposal to legislators this week. Sales and other taxes are up, so...
At the conclusion of the 2012-13 fall season, Oakland has taken the early lead in the race for The Summit League Commissioner...
Jack Taylor netted an NCAA-record 138 points in Grinnell's 179-104 win overFaith Baptist Bible on Tuesday. The 5-foot-10 ...
Iowa Congressman Steve King, a Republican from Kiron, says he looks for a tough fight with President Obama and Democrats over...
Sara Cushing from Doane College has been tabbed as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year, while Jenn...
Noted animal welfare expert Dr. Wes Jamison is speaking in Brookings Thursday.SDSU Extension Swine Specialist Dr. Bob Thaler ...
The Royals' Billy Butler is the winner of the 2012 Silver Slugger Award at Designated Hitter. Butler was voted for by maj...
The South Dakota Football Coaches Association has announced its annual awards for the top prep coaches in each of eight regio...
Pitcher Ervin Santana is on the move. The Royals acquired the 29-year-old right-hander and cash from the Los Angeles Angels o...
Nebraska voters will decide next Tuesday whether the state constitution should guarantee the right to hunt and fish.State Sen...
Funeral services for former South Dakota Senator George McGovern will be held this afternoon (Friday) at the Washington Pavil...
Former South Dakota Senator George McGovern died early Sunday at the age of 90. He was admitted to a Sioux Falls hospice last...
The Humane Society of the United States’ political arm is devoting much of this year’s campaign budget to ensure ...
Athletes from Hastings College swept the weekly awards for volleyball in the Great Plains Athletic Association. Hastings also...
Jim Rantz, who has been with the Twins since the organization's arrival from Washington in 1961, announced Monday he will...
It’s a sad day here at WNAX as we mourn the loss of one of our family members over the weekend.Lorin Larsen, one of our...
G-O-P legislative leaders say if Iowa voters elect Republican majorities in the Iowa House and Senate, they'll push to fo...
The Yankees topped the Twins, 8-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set. Brian Duensing took the loss for Minnesota after ...
Dustin Ackley smacked a three-run homer to back a solid outing from Hisashi Iwakuma, as the Mariners topped the Twins, 5-2. R...
A Vietnam War veteran in northwest Iowa has received 11 new medals to replace ones that were stolen from his home 20 years ag...
The Twins outrighted struggling right-hander Nick Blackburn to Triple-A Rochester, and will recall a starting pitcher on Tues...
Cattlemen’s Beef Board officials are defending the check-off in court against a lawsuit brought by OCM members and HSUS...
Philip area rancher Bill Slovek, past President of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association has been chosen as one of s...
A survey is underway among businesses in the Yankton area, gauging interest in another fundraising campaign for economic deve...
Minnesota is adding 40 new whooping cough cases every day, and the total is now over 2000. The current outbreak meets the def...
A memo from the Risk Management Agency indicates farmers in the Prairie Pothole Region will not get a prevented planting paym...
This week Mercy for Animals released video taken by one of their undercover investigators at a Minnesota hog farm claiming an...
Morningside College has named Tim Jager as its new athletic director. Jager has served for the past eight seasons as Mornings...
Mark Reynolds' two-run single in the eighth inning lifted the Baltimore Orioles to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins. Jo...
The Vikings are ranked 41st in a Forbes Magazine list of the top-50 most valuable franchises in sports. According to the maga...
The Oscar Mayer Brand recently announced it will work with its pork suppliers to transition to alternative sow housing by the...
An 82-year-old Sioux Falls woman is out 25-hundred dollars after she was the victim of a telephone scam earlier this week.Pol...
Royals outfielder Mitch Maier has been designated for assignment. He has been with the Royals' organization for 10 years....
Justin Verlander turned in a complete game to help the Tigers turn away the Twins, 5-1. Chris Parmelee hit a solo jack for Mi...
With a heat advisory in effect through Friday, a National Weather Service Meteorologist is stressing safety, especially when ...
The Houston Rockets selected Iowa State forward Royce White with the 16th overall pick in last night's NBA Draft. Ames na...
The Twins begin a three-game series with the Royals this evening at Target Field. Brian Duensing is scheduled to toe the rubb...
A company in northwest Iowa is partnering with a national fast food chain to create a new sandwich. Curly's Foods, based ...
– The University of South Dakota athletic department has won the Summit League’s Institutional Academic Achieveme...
Saturday, July 14th @ 10:00AMLocated:2222 14th St. Rock Valley, IAVande Vegt Zomer AuctionSale Bill
The Robert and Marilyn Lyngstad family received the 2012 Farm Family of the Year Award at last night’s Yankton Area Cha...
Sunday August 19th, 10:30 a.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Friday June 29th, 9:30 a.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
The Minnesota Twins have reportedly agreed to terms with first-round draft choice Byron Buxton of Appling County, Georgia. Th...
Saturday, June 16th - 10:00AMLocation: Trent, SDC Sutton AuctioneerSALE BILL
Saturday, June 30th - 1:00PMLocation: Mitchell, SDLuckett Auction ServiceSALE BILL
David DeJesus drove in three runs to back eight scoreless innings from Ryan Dempster as the Cubs cruised to an 8-2 win over t...
The Performance Excellence Network, based in Minneapolis, has awarded Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton their highest ho...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The Minnesota Twins open up a three-game Interleague series against the Chicago Cubs Friday evening at T...
Justin Morneauknocked in a pair of runs as the Twins topped the Royals, 4-2. Ben Revere scored twice for Minnesota, which has...
Kroger Company officials announced this week they will transition to accepting pork products from crate free stalls. NPPC&rsq...
The Twins continued to take part in the MLB First-Year Draft yesterday. In the second round, the Twins selected left-handed p...
The Branstad administration is looking for a few good farmers. Spokesman Tim Albrecht says the governor, Lieutenant Governor ...
The nineteenth annual South Dakota Girls and Women in Sport Awards Banquet will be held Saturday, June 2, at 6:00 p.m., in Mi...
Ryan Doumitdrove in the winning run in the eighth frame as the Twins edged the Athletics, 5-4. Justin Morneaudrove in a pair ...
Online Only AuctionBidding Opens June 1stBidding Closes, July 10th, 12-noonGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Saturday June 23rd, 10:30 a.m.Located: near Lesterville, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Paul Konerko went 3-for-4 with a solo homer and Alex Rios added a solo shot to back seven scoreless innings from Chris Sale a...
The Twins begin a three-game series with the White Sox in Chicago tonight. P.J. Walters is slated to be on the mound for the ...
Former South Dakota Senator Jim Abdnor died yesterday in Sioux Falls, he was 89. Abdnor is probably best remembered for defea...
Friday July 6thNon-Cataloged, Early Bird Auction--10:00 a.m.Cataloged, Internet Auction--1:00 p.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard ...
Saturday, June 30th -1:00 p.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Saturday June 30th, 9:30 a.m.Located: WAKONDA, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Friday, June 29th -5:00 p.m.Located:Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
The 2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball All-Conference team has been announced after a vote of league coach...
The 2011-2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) sports season is complete and with all 19conference sports in the books...
The "Kansas City Star" reports David Glass has no interest in selling the Royals. According to the report, Glass sa...
South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen announced Sunday evening as a Republican candidate for the PUC. Fie...
Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer and finished with three RBI as the Angels held off the Twins, 4-3.
Saturday, June 9th - 11:00AMLocation: Sioux Falls, SDVande Vegte Zomer Realty & AuctionSALE BILL
Saturday, May 19th - 11:00AMLocation: Inwood, IAVande Vegte Zomer Realty & AuctionSALE BILL
Friday June 29th, 2:00 p.m.Located:Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Bidding ends on June 14th, 5:00 p.m.!Located: ONLINE ONLYGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Bidding Ends Wednesday June 13th at 5:00 p.m.Location: ONLINE ONLY!Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Monday, May 21st -6:00 p.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
September 23-35Join us for a Football/Baseball combo trip. The Vikings vs 49ers and the Twins vs Yankees!
Cody Ross hit a pair of homers, including a solo shot in the ninth to send the Red Sox to a 6-5 win over the Twins. Danny Val...
September 15-16Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox!See the Twins battle theWhite Soxfrom Target Field! Included in the pack...
Prince Fielder laced a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh as the Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Royals with a 4-3...
The Royals open the regular season against the Angels in Anaheim tonight. Bruce Chen is scheduled to get the start on the mou...
The Twins open the regular season against the Orioles in Baltimore this afternoon.
- Oral Roberts' Jack Whitt and South Dakota State's Brooke Garner were named The Summit League's Outdoor Track an...
Tuesday April 17th -4:00 p.m.Located: Burbank, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Monday April 16th - 5:30 p.m.Located:Vermillion, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Thursday April 19th - 1:00 PMLocation: Beresford SDWestra Atkins Land & Auction LLCSALE BILL
The Twins suffered a 5-1 loss to the Red Sox in Grapefruit League play yesterday. Chris Parmelee smacked a solo homer for the...
Sad news for the beef industry in South Dakota this week with the passing of Pat Adrian who led the State Beef Council for 33...
The Twins have released pitcher Joel Zumaya. The oft-injured right-hander tore his ulnar collateral ligament in February. The...
Friday, April 13th - 10:30AMLocation: near Larchwood, IAVande Vegte Zomer Realty & AuctionSALE BILL
Wednesday, April 4th - 1:00PMLocation: Madison Livestock AuctionMorse AngusSALE BILL
Saturday, April 14th - 11:00AMLocation: near Maurice, IAVande Vegte Zomer Realty & AuctionSALE BILL
Friday, April 13th - 10:30AMLocation: near Larchwood, IAVande Vegte Zomer Realty & AuctionSALE BILL
Friday, April 20th - 10:30 AMLocation: Hudson SDWestra Atkins Land & Auction LLCSALE BILL
Tuesday, April 10 - 10:30AMLocation: near Hudson, SDWestra-Atkins Land & Auction, LLCSALE BILL
Monday, April 16th - 11:00AMLocation: near Estelline, SDWestra-Atkins Land & Auction, LLCSALE BILL
Thursday, April 12th - 10:30AMLocation: near Vermillion, SDWestra-Atkins Land & Auction, LLCSALE BILL
The Royals have acquired catcher Humberto Quintero and outfielder Jason Bourgeois from the Astros. In return, the Astros rece...
The match-ups for Iowa's June primary voting have been set, but a general election show-down in a congressional race heat...
Signing up for the National Bone Marrow Donation Program and donating marrow has become a lot easier on the donor. Tammy Amic...
Royals closer Joakim [[ wha-KEEM ]] Soria may need to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Soria had to leave Sunday'...
Monday, March 26th - 1:00PMLocation: Mitchell Livestock AuctionAmdahl AngusSALE BILL
June 29-30th, 9:30 a.m. both daysLocated: WAKONDA, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
May 11 & 12th, Time TBALocated: Sherburn, MNGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Saturday April 21st, 10:00 a.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Friday April 20th, 4:00 p.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Sunday April 15th, 10:30 a.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Saturday April 14th, 10:00 a.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Friday April 13th, 4:00 p.m.Located: Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Saturday, March 31, 2012 9:30 A.M.Location:Hinton, IowaStabe AuctionSale Bill
Four hundred jobs at the Tyson beef slaughtering plant in Denison, Iowa are in jeopardy.Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson says t...
The Royals have avoided arbitration with outfielder Alex Gordon. The sides agreed to a one-year deal the "Star" rep...
The South Dakota legislature begins this week at the half way point of a shortened session. The legislature lost two days to ...
Friday March 30th - 3:00PMLocated: Wakonda Legion Hall, Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. SALE BILL
Thursday March 22nd, 10:30 a.m.Auction Location: JoDeans, Yankton, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. SALE BILL
Thursday March 22nd, 10:30 a.m.Auction Location: JoDeans, Yankton, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. SALE BILL
Thursday March 22nd, 10:30 a.m.Auction Location: JoDeans, Yankton, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. SALE BILL
Thursday March 22nd, 10:30 a.m.Auction Location: JoDeans, Yankton, SD.Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.SALE BILL
Saturday March 17th, 10:00 a.m.Located: Plymouth County Fairgrounds, Lemars, IAGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. SALE BILL
Friday March 16th, 4:00 p.m.Located: Plymouth County Fairgrounds, LeMars, IAGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. SALE BILL
Sunday March 4th, 11:00 a.m.Located: Wakonda Legion Hall, Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. SALE BILL
The legislature took two days off last week for the memorial and funeral for former Governor Bill Janklow.Representative Nick...
Tuesday, Feb. 14th 12:30PMLocation: Mitchell Livestock Auction,Mitchell, SDWerning Cattle CompanySale Link
The South Dakota legislature returns to work in Pierre today, following a five day break. Legislators did not meet because of...
Russ Janklow said his father was “a fallible man.” He was speaking at the funeral for the former Governor in Siou...
The US Senate returns to work next week in time for the Presidents State of the Union speech. South Dakota Senator Tim Johnso...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has started a fierce debate with his proposal for achievement based teacher bonuses. His plan would ...
Former South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow is being remembered as a colorful fighter for his state. Janklow died of brain canc...
Saturday February 25th, Supper from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Auction at 7:00 p.m. Dance to Follow Location:Wakonda Legion Hall - Wak...
Friday Feb 3rd, 4:00 p.m. Located: Wakonda Legion Hall, Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. SALEBILL
Friday Evening, January 20th, 5:00 p.m. Located: Wakonda Legion Hall, Wakonda, SDGirard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc SALEBILL
Sunday Janurary 8th, 11:00 a.m. Located: Wakonda Legion Hall, Wakonda, SD Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc SALEBILL
Saturday January 7th, 10:00 a.m. Located: Wakonda Legion Hall, Wakonda, SD Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc SALEBILL
An elderly woman died in a mobile home fire yesterday afternoon. Yankton Assistant Fire Chief Larry Nickles says they got the...
