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Drought Conditions Easing?

Recent rain and snow across the region may help reduce drought impacts but there are some doubts.

Marijuana Petitions Turned In

Backers of legalizing marijuana in South Dakota turned in their ballot initiative petitions to the Secretary of States office this week.

SD Seeing Wave of Water Permit Applications

Ongoing drought conditions across South Dakota are reflected in the number of water permit applications.

SDSU Receives $1 Million Dollar Grant For Rangeland Research

Thanks to the U-S-D-A, researchers from South Dakota State University will utilize a one-million-dollar grant to conduct research on rangeland. …

Pork Quality Assurance Certification

Pork producers will want to attend a seminar and become certified in pork quality assurance.  The seminar hosted by South…

SDSU Schedules Drought Seminars

The on-going drought, particularly in the western regions of South Dakota, has prompted South Dakota State officials to organize a…

Keith Kube Running for District 40 Senate Nomination

Voters in northeast Nebraska’s legislative District 40 next week will choose two of four candidates to move to the November ballot.

Cool Conditions Continue

Spring planting has started but so far, farmers have encountered continued cool conditions with soil temperatures still below the ideal…

Automation Roadshow for Manufacturing

South Dakota Manufacturing and Technology Solutions will present an automation roadshow next Thursday in Yankton.

Finding the Supreme Court Leaker

The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that indicates an overturn of the Roe v Wade ruling has generated a lot of finger pointing on Capitol Hill.

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