Coyotes, Jacks Top Summit

South Dakota leads the way in The Summit League Commissioner’s Cup standings following the winter sports season in the 2017-18 academic year with 49 points.

SDSU Golfer Honored

South Dakota State’s Sydney Bormann was named the league’s Golfer of the Week after securing her first-career tournament victory at the Lady Thunderbird Invitational, March 15-16, while North Dakota State’s Andrew Israelson earned the men’s honor for his third-place performance at the GCU Invitational.

Iowa Legislators Approve Budget Cuts

Administrators at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University must cut nearly 11 million dollars in spending between now and June 30th.

Minnesota Legislators Still Debating Ditch Mowing

A bill now awaiting a vote in the Minnesota House would extend through April 2019 the current moratorium that prohibits MN-DOT from enforcing ditch mowing and haying regulations along state highways

Iowa Senate Approves Gun Rights Resolution

Thirty-four state senators have joined 54 members of the Iowa House in voting for a resolution that ultimately could add a gun rights amendment to the Iowa Constitution.

Iowa Begins Rolling Out New License Plates

The new license plate design picked by voters at this year’s Iowa State Fair will start showing up in a handful of counties

Nebraska Economy Expected to Grow

Economic growth is expected to continue in Nebraska through the summer, according to leading economic indicators.

Interest Rate Hikes to Trickle Down

The Federal Reserve increased the prime interest rate a quarter point Wednesday, with most banks now setting their base rate at four point seven five percent.

SD Senator John Thune; Lots of Questions for Facebook

Congress is turning up the heat on Facebook following reports that a political data firm employed by President Trumps 2016 campaign received personal information from up to fifty million profiles on the site.

District 18 Representative Mike Stevens Not Running for Re-election

Another veteran lawmaker has decided to step away from the legislature.