Summit League Honors Athletes

South Dakota State soccer player Diana Potterveld (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Omaha baseball player Clayton Taylor (Omaha,Neb.) have been selected as the 2015-16 Summit League Scholar-Athletes of the Year in a vote by the league’s faculty athletic representatives.

Girlfriend of Philando Castile Says Apologizing Isn’t Enough

Not enough, was the response when Governor Mark Dayton apologized to the girlfriend of 32-year-old Philando Castile

Mayo Clinic’s Children’s Center Among Nation’s Best

Mayo Clinic’s Children’s Center has once again been ranked as one of the top performing children’s hospitals in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa

Domesti-Pups Provides Epileptic Response Dogs

Inmate handlers and trainers from the Nebraska State Penitentiary and Lincoln Correctional Center recently provided four young people with Epileptic Response Dogs

Special Meeting Set for Yankton Road & Bridge Funding

A special meeting date has been set for July 15th to make a decision on one of the proposals regarding road and bridge funding in Yankton

Prestage Farms Selects Site for Pork Processing Facility

Prestage Farms has chosen Wright County in Iowa for its $240 million dollar pork processing facility. The plant would employ…

Senate Moves on Biotech Labeling, Survey Says Consumers Mislead

The Senate passed a cloture vote yesterday on compromise national biotech labeling legislation. Farm groups are calling on the Senate…

ND Farm Bureau Waiting for Response on Corporate Farming Law

The North Dakota Farm Bureau is awaiting a response from the state over their lawsuit filed in federal court challenging…

Saudi Arabia Reopens Export Market to U.S. Beef

Saudi Arabia has reopened its market to U.S. beef following a four year ban due to concerns over B.S.E. Iowa…

One in Five Iowan Households Lack Funds for Basic Needs

The “Cost of Living in Iowa” report, released Wednesday by the Iowa Policy Project (IPP)