GPAC Names Volleyball Stars

The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports have announced the volleyball players-of-the-week for August 25 – 31, 2014.

USD Tennis Coach Resigns

South Dakota head tennis coach Malcolm Gilreath resigned on Wednesday, ending a 10-year run as USD’s head coach.

Farmers Co-op Optimistic Despite Lost Corn

Jeff Holtz, Operations Manager of the Eastern Division of Farmers Co-op Society, says a large harvest will help the recovery process after spontaneous corn fire this week.

Grain Storage Facility Burns

A fire inside a massive grain storage facility in northwest Iowa is believed to have been sparked through spontaneous combustion. It started around 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Farmer’s Co-op Society of Sioux Center.

Property Taxes Big Issue In Nebraska

Rising property taxes in Nebraska has become one of the main issues in the Governor’s race between democrat Chuck Hassebrook, and republican Pete Ricketts.

Public Lands Make Money For South Dakota

The State of South Dakota has seen rising financial returns from the lease of public lands over the past few years, and that trend should continue.

Thune: Reid Controls Senate Agenda

Members of Congress will return to Washington next week for a few days before heading out for the stretch run to the November elections.

Twins Fall To Sox Homers

Tyler Flowers’ first career multi-homer game lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in 10 innings on Tuesday night.

Royals Maintain Lead

Salvador Perez hit a scorching liner off the glove of third baseman Adrian Beltre for a single, allowing the go-ahead run to score in the eighth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 2-1.

Huskers Edge Up

Nebraska moved up three notches in the latest Associated Press college football rankings.