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Nebraska Pork Executive Director Pleased Taiwan Has Loosened Trade Restrictions

Taiwan’s government announced Friday it’s lowering trade barriers on U.S. beef and pork. The National Pork Producers Council released a…

EDA Grant Sets up Business Loans

The Areawide Business Council based in Yankton has received a four-million-dollar grant from the federal Economic Development Administration.

Farm Bureau And NCBA Backs Government In Defending NWPR

Environmentalists are challenging in federal court, the Trump administration’s rewrite of the Obama Era WOTUS rule which is the Navigable…

Interim Director Named For South Dakota Ag And Natural Resources Department

Starting September 8, the South Dakota Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Environment will be merged into one state…

South Dakota Dairy Producers President Says USMCA Must Be Enforced

A bipartisan group of 25 Senators wants the U.S. government to push for enforcement of the USMCA trade agreement. The…

Control School Spending for Property Tax Relief

The property tax relief bill passed this summer by the Nebraska legislature doesn’t touch the school funding formula.

No Change in Policy as COVID Cases Surge

As cases of COVID-19 surge in South Dakota, Health Department Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon says they are not changing their guidelines for tracking and tracing

One Dead in Minnehaha County Crash

One person died Saturday night in a motorcycle-pickup crash east of Hartford.

The Weekend File. Honoring a Yankton Police Officer

The Yankton City Commission Honors a Yankton Police Officer.

Fatal Accidents Reported in Moody & Union Counties

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating two fatal accidents.

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