Honey Bee Colonies Drop in U.S. and South Dakota

USDA’s first ever Honey Bee Colony Loss Survey showed an eight percent drop in U.S. colonies to start the year…

Senate Ag Committee Hearing on Cattle Market Volatility

The Senate Agriculture Committee has scheduled a hearing on May 26 to look at the state of the U.S. livestock…

House Ag Committee Wants Answers on EPA’s Glyphosate Study

The House Agriculture Committee wants the Environmental Protection Agency to explain why the agency accidentally published a final report on…

Another Bill and Attempt to Cap Ethanol Volume

Four Congressmen led by Virginia Representative Bob Goodlatte have introduced legislation that would cap ethanol blends to no more than…

Summer Study to Look at Drug Abuse in South Dakota

The Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature met in Pierre yesterday to finalize plans for their summer study committees.

Yankton County Road Task Force Recommends Tax Hike

The road and bridge task force put together by the Yankton County Commission held a public meeting last night to lay out their findings and recommendations.

Twins Lose Wild One

Nick Castellanos hit a tie-breaking homer in the seventh inning as the Detroit Tigers avoided a humiliating loss Monday night, beating the Minnesota Twins 10-8.

GPAC Teams Split NAIA Openers

The Morningside Mustangs used some 7th inning fireworks to pickup a first round win in the 2016 NAIA Softball Opening Round, meanwhile Doane took top-ranked Oklahoma City to the 7th before falling 2-1.

Jackrabbit Leads NCAA Regional

Junior Grant Smith is tied for first and the South Dakota State men’s golf team is sixth Monday after the opening of the 2016 NCAA Kohler Regional.

ISU Says Studies on Odor and Emissions Don’t Get Very Far

A review by experts at Iowa State University finds most of the studies on ways to handle the odor and emissions from animal livestock facilities in the state fail to get very far