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USDA Extends Deadline For CFAP Applications

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the application deadline for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program or CFAP for another…

Glacial Lakes Energy Joins Carbon Capture Project

Glacial Lakes Energy and its four biorefineries have joined a partnership with Summit Carbon Solutions. Glacial Lakes CEO Jim Seurer…

Unfair to Release Attorney General Interviews

A South Dakota House Committee will begin hearings this week on Articles of Impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.

Budget Bill Debate Ahead

South Dakota legislators are heading into crunch time, as they hit the final two weeks of the main run of the 2021 session.

Mid America Economy Still Growing, Bumps Ahead

For a ninth straight month, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, stayed in growth territory.

Names Released in Hughes County Fatal Crash

A Blunt, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash east of Blunt.

The District 18 Legislative Forum

District 18 Legislative Forum

The Weekend File – The Yankton City Commission & Marijuana

The South Dakota legislature is working through a bill that will delay the implementation of medical marijuana until January first

Farmers Need To Decide Between PLC And ARC By March 15

Farmers have until March 15 to make their 2020-21 farm program elections. University of Illinois economist Dr. Gary Schnitkey says…

A Matter of Trust

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has called on Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to resign following him being charged in connection with the death of 55 year old Joe Boever

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