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South Dakota Legislators to Debate Pay Raise

Legislators may get a chance this week to vote on a pay raise proposal.

South Dakota Legislators Start Final Week Budget Debate

The main focus of the final full week of the South Dakota legislature will be coming up with a budget bill.

SD House Committee Changes Penalties on Drug Distribution

Several bills changing drug possession and distribution laws passed out of the South Dakota House Judiciary Committee last week.

Northern Plains Hit by Another Winter Storm

Blizzard conditions are expected to develop over a wide area of the northern plains in the Missouri River valley from North Dakota to northern Nebraska.

Iowa House Working Out Own Version of Tax Cuts

Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer says a reduction in Iowa’s CORPORATE tax rate may be tacked onto the tax bill that cleared its first hurdle in the House

Nebraska Birdwatchers Waiting on Terns & Plovers

Conservationists who track Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers in Nebraska are playing a waiting game.

Jacks Face Bison In Semis

No. 1 seed South Dakota State continues is 2018 Summit League Championships run with a semifinal showdown against No. 5 seed North Dakota State Monday.

SDSU Women Seek Title Match

After winning its quarterfinal game Saturday, the No. 2 South Dakota State women’s basketball team (24-6) takes on No. 3 seed Western Illinois (22-8) Monday at 2:30. p.m. in the semifinals of The Summit League Championship at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls.

Coyotes Bookend Semifinals

The University of South Dakota will start and conclude the Summit League basketball semifinals Monday with action in the women’s and men’s tourneys.

Augie Hosts Regional

For the first time in program history, the Augustana women’s basketball team is the No. 1 seed in the central region of the NCAA Tournament, the national office announced Sunday night.

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