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SD Legislators Need to Keep an Eye on Property Taxes

While much attention in the South Dakota Legislature is focused on teacher pay and sales taxes, at least one lawmaker says they also have to look at rising property taxes.

GPAC Names Weekly Best

Basketball players from Mount Marty and Briar Cliff share the spotlight this week in the Great Plains Athletic Conference weekly awards.

Jacks, Coyotes Earn Summit Awards

South Dakota State’s Parker Brown was named Summit League Men’s Diver of the Week while South Dakota’s Greysen Hertting earned Women’s Diver of the Week for the week of Jan. 18-24.

NE Cattlemen Select Priority Bills

Nebraska Cattlemen Directors have designated 4 priority bills for the Unicameral. Cattlemen’s Legislative Director Laura Field says one calls for…

USDA Revises Bird Flu Response

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revised its highly pathogenic avian influenza response.  As part of the plan, the Animal…

EU Stops Biotech Approvals, Disappoints U.S. Producers

The European Union Parliament has adopted a resolution to stop E.U. authorization of three biotech soybean varieties.  Minnesota Soybean Growers…

SD AARP Members Go to Pierre

A contingent of AARP members will be in Pierre today, for their annual lobby day.

MDA Bond Available for Porter, MN Elevator Failure

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is accepting claims from farmers that recently sold grain to the now closed Porter, Minnesota…

Iowa Pork Producers Looking at Disease Control and Water Quality

Iowa Pork Producers will discuss disease control and monitoring, as well as water quality when they meet in Des Moines…

Yankton City Commission Agrees to Extend Retail Study

The Yankton City Commission agreed to fund the second phase of a retail market survey.

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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

PIERRE, S.D. (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – A new scientific poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch…

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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…