GPAC Names Weekly Best

A pair of Dakota Wesleyan players are among the honorees this week in football for the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

Jacks Slip In Polls

South Dakota State’s loss to Northern Iowa Saturday has cost the Jacks a spot in the top ten in both FCS national football polls.

Iowa Losing a Billion Dollars of Topsoil Every Year

The director of the Iowa Water Center says the state’s farmers are losing more than one-BILLION dollars a year in revenue due to soil erosion.

Iowa Suicide Prevention Plan Sets Goals

State health officials in Iowa are launching a suicide prevention plan which aims to reduce the number of self-inflicted deaths statewide ten-percent by the year 2018.

Boycott Attempt on Donald Trump at Sioux City West

Latino activists in Sioux City are gathering signatures to protest Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s upcoming appearance at a local school.

Development Moving at Napa Junction

The finances are being put in place for the first phase of a possible industrial rail park at the Napa junction in western Yankton County.

Business Incentives Still Important to Development Plans

Workforce and business development were two of the big topics at the Tri State Governors Conference last week in South Sioux City.

SD Congresswoman Kristi Noem; Republicans Continue Push to End ACA

The US House included a measure to defund many parts of the Affordable Care Act in a budget reconciliation bill that was passed on Friday.

SD Governor Dennis Daugaard Pushing Medicaid Expansion Coalition

A working group, called “The Health Care Solutions Coalition” was put together by South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard to look at how expanding Medicaid coverage in the state could be in part, funded by the Indian Health Service.

New Breast Cancer Guidelines Not For Every Woman

The American Cancer Society has issued new guidelines for screening for breast cancer, which is to start later, and do it less often.