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American Sheep Industry Association Focuses on Fake Meat and Exports

American Sheep Industry Association members recently completed their 174th. Convention. ASI Executive Director Peter Orwick says a major focus for…

South Dakota Winter Wheat Crop May Have Dodged Winter Kill Damage

Most of the winter wheat in South Dakota appears to be in good shape and may have avoided winter kill…

Iowa’s Weather Extremes More Radical Than Usual

Iowans are used to wild weather extremes in the wintertime but going from balmy highs in the 60s to wind…

Jacks Women Get Come Back Win at Oral Roberts

A 20-3 run in the second quarter helped the South Dakota State women’s basketball team erase a 14-point deficit as the Jackrabbits defeated Oral Roberts, 74-65 in a Summit League game at the Mabee Center.

Jacks Men Get Road Win at Denver

Skyler Flatten scored a career-high 36 points, Mike Daum tallied his 15th double-double of the season and the Jackrabbit men’s basketball team took down Denver Sunday afternoon, 92-82.

Nebraska State Senator Proposes Restrictive Wind Power Rules

A Gordon, Nebraska State Senator says his wind energy bill doesn’t try to replace county zoning regulations on wind energy but gives a voice to people who object to wind towers next to their property.

Record Setting Polar Vortex

The so called “polar vortex” that swept through the northern plains and the Midwest last week was record setting

Legislators Working Through the Budget Process

When South Dakota lawmakers return to Pierre Tuesday they will be in day seventeen of the forty-day session

Yankton Senator Craig Kennedy Named to State Economic Development Board

Senator Craig Kennedy of Yankton has been named to the state Board of Economic Development

Flu Now Widespread in Minnesota

Flu activity moving across Minnesota

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