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Donations of Winter Clothes Needed

Yankton is participating in Make a Difference Day with its annual Coat and Winter Wear Giveaway.

New RFA Chairman Focusing On RFS And Rail Issues

The primary focuses for the new Chairman of the Renewable Fuels Association includes the yet to be released rule on…

Ag Secretary Moving Ahead With Second Beef Check Off Program

A working group looking at reforming the Beef Check Off has not come to any consensus. Now, Agriculture Secretary Tom…

Yankton To Hold School Funding Meeting

Yankton residents will have the opportunity to come together this evening to learn about and discuss education funding within the state.

NCBA Opposes Second Beef Check Off Plan

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is fighting a proposal by Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to create a second beef check…

California Dairies Relocating To Interstate 29 Corridor

South Dakota’s dairy recruitment efforts are starting to pay off, beyond just the addition of the Bel Brands cheese plant…

Ag Groups Express Concern With DOT Proposed Rail Rule

Thirty national and state agricultural groups are calling on the Department of Transportation to reconsider new rules on rail tank…

Regional Support Given For New SDSU Swine Unit

The new $6 million swine facility at SDSU came together with unprecedented regional support. Pork and soybean producers from Iowa…

Water Use Restricted In Lesterville

The residents of the village of Lesterville, in Yankton County can only use their tap water for flushing toilets this morning.

Losses Cost SDSU, UNI In Poll

Conference losses cost South Dakota State and Northern Iowa spots in the FCS Coaches Football Poll Top Ten.

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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…