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Interim Appropriations Committee to Hold First Meeting

The Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota Legislature will hold their first meeting of the interim this Friday.

Farm Group Leader Concerned USTR Focusing On Trade Policy With Climate Change

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai says one of her major policies with trade negotiations is to make carbon sequestration…

Merging the Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce & YAPG

The proposed merger of the Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce and Yankton Area Progressive Growth was explained at a public meeting Monday night.

South Dakota Growers Preparing To Plant Industrial Hemp

Several South Dakota growers are preparing to plant industrial hemp this spring. South Dakota Industrial Hemp Association Executive Director Katie…

Rural Broadband Bill Advances In Nebraska Legislature

A Rural Broadband bill has advanced to final reading in the Nebraska Unicameral. The measure brought forward by Senator Bruce…

New Elementary Building Proposed in Vermillion

The Vermillion School Board is in the early stages of talking about a major building plan.

Yankton City Sales Taxes Continue Positive Trend

City sales tax returns in Yankton showed another positive result in March with an increase of almost two and a half percent over March of last year

Schools Figuring State Aid Increase in Budget Work

School districts across the state are starting to write their budgets for the next school year.

Last Stop for the Old Depot

While work continues on the Mead historical building and museum on the old Human Service Center campus in Yankton, fund raising is underway to complete another major expansion.

IBIC Holds Dietician Training

Future dieticians received nutrition communication information focused on beef at a workshop hosted by the Iowa Beef Industry Council. Director…

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