Legislators Question Education Standards

South Dakota Education Department Secretary Ben Jones appeared before the legislatures Appropriations Committee in Pierre this week.

State Senator Meets with Yankton School Board

District 18 State Senator Craig Kennedy spoke to the Yankton School Board this week.

Jacks Lose On Road

South Dakota State men’s basketball was dealt a heartbreaker Tuesday evening at Colorado State, falling 72-68 in a tightly-contest matchup at Moby Arena.

GPAC Names Weekly Best

The Great Plains Athletic Conference has named its weekly basketball Players of the Week.

Coyotes Advance In Volleyball

South Dakota outlasted UT-Arlington in a hard-fought five-set battle on Tuesday inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center in the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Volleyball Championships.

St. Cloud, Crookston End Football

Two Northern Sun Conference schools, St. Cloud State and Minnesota Crookston, have announced they are discontinuing their football programs.

Wild Lose In Shootout

Rickard Rickell and Max Comtois scored in the shootout for Anaheim, and the Ducks fended off the Minnesota Wild 3-2 for their first win in their last six road games.

Governor Kristi Noem Proposes Loans to Help Storm Hit Counties

Governor Kristi Noem in her budget address to the legislature, proposed that the state make loans to counties that had flood and storm damage this year. Then when counties are reimbursed by FEMA they could repay the state loans.

Early Snow Pack Could Lead to Long Winter

Weather for this winter may be determined by conditions over the next few weeks.

More Prisoners & Staffing Issues for the SD Women’s Prison

The Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature began hearing from state agencies this week in advance of the 2020 session that starts next month.