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Hot Shooter Dooms Coyotes

Max Landis missed his first shot of the game, a 3-pointer, but not many more as he poured in a school-record 44 points to lead IPFW past South Dakota, 95-82 on Thursday night.

GPAC Returns To Lincoln

The 2016 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships are returning to the Bob Devaney Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska.

MidAmerican Energy Expands Wind Power in Iowa

Iowa’s largest utility company has wrapped up work on its eighth and ninth wind farm projects, and is preparing to start work on its 10th wind project his spring.

Iowa Senator Wants Apology from Stanford

A state senator says Iowa shouldn’t stand for what Stanford’s band did at halftime during the Rose Bowl last month.

Bald Eagles Thriving in Nebraska

The number of active bald eagle nests in Nebraska is at an all-time high.

Searching for Long Term Solutions for the Indian Health Service

The Indian Health Service and its shortcomings were the topic of a hearing yesterday of the US Senate’s Indian Affairs Committee. A number of problems have been documented for many years, with the latest being the closure of the emergency room at the IHS hospital on the Rosebud Reservation.

Testing Opt Out Bill Tabled in SD House Committee

While there won’t be a head on challenge to “Common Core” education standards in the South Dakota legislature this year, there will be bills dealing with some of its details.

SD House Committee Narrowly Passes Meningitis Vaccination Bill

The South Dakota House Health & Human Services Committee narrowly approved a bill that would add a meningitis vaccination to the list of mandated immunizations needed before a child could go to public schools.

Farm Group Opposes ChemChina Deal to Buy Syngenta

Syngenta has agreed to a $43 billion cash offer from ChemChina to purchase their pesticide business. That’s pending shareholder and…

Monsanto Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans Get China Nod

Wednesday Monsanto announced its commercial launch plans for Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans after receiving import approval in China. U.S.…

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MATH EDUCATORS PUSH STATE BOARD TO KEEP CURRENT STANDARDS IN PLACE

SIOUX FALLS — Calls to retain South Dakota’s current math standards continued at the state Board of Education Standards meeting…

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SENATOR ROUNDS SAYS SPENDING BILL INCLUDES $21.9 MILLION OF HIS REQUESTS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA PROJECTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. (South Dakota Searchlight) – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, said a stopgap spending bill to reopen the federal…

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SD HEMP FARMERS REACT TO TIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON THC IN HEMP-BASED PRODUCTS

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – With congressional lawmakers focusing largely on reopening the government, policies are passing through…

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POLL: MAJORITY OF SD VOTERS SUPPORT NEW PRISON

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SALEM RESIDENTS INVEST OWN MONEY IN NEW SUBDIVISION

SALEM, S.D. (Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch) – In an effort to build new housing that will help…