Field Work and Planting Conditions are good

The USDA released their Weekly Crop Progress and Conditions Report indicating 65% of the U.S. Corn crop has been planted…

Two Dead in Aurora County Crash

Two people died Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash east of Plankinton. Names of the three persons involved have not…

Special Education Teachers in Short Supply

As the school year wraps up, many districts are scrambling to fill teaching positions for this fall. Wade Pogany, Executive…

SD Tourism Looks to Set Records

South Dakota Tourism Department Secretary Jim Hagen says they are aiming for more records this year. He says they came…

SD Businesses See Big Fee Cut

The South Dakota legislature this year passed a bill cutting the fees that businesses must pay into the unemployment trust…

Campers Starting to Show Up

Campers and RV’s are showing up at park areas around Lewis & Clark Lake. Yankton Thrive Tourism Director Jay Gravholt…

Weather system drops some much needed rain

The recent weather system dropped some much-needed moisture to parts of the Mid-west that needed it, but it also dropped…

USDA Offers some program extensions

The USDA is offering Livestock Disaster Program Flexibilities by offering some program sign up extensions to help our producers. I…

More Reaction to the Prop 12 Supreme Court Opinion

Last week the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a California law that mandates more space for breeding pigs,…

Missouri River Runoff Ramps Up

Rapid snowmelt in April has boosted the runoff into the Missouri River system. Nicole Parker with the Corps of Engineers…