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SDPPC Excited About Smithfield Foods Investing $45 Million in Sioux Falls Operation

Smithfield Foods is investing nearly $45 million in its Sioux Falls operations. The expansion includes rebuilding a state-of-the-art hog barn…

SD Farm Bureau President Urging USMCA Ratification

Congress needs to get to work and ratify the revamped NAFTA, or USMCA as soon as possible. South Dakota Farm…

Morocco to Begin Importing U.S. Beef

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer have announced that Morocco will begin importing U.S. beef and…

South Dakota Can Do Better

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard proposed increases of two-point three percent for education, state employees and health care providers in his final budget speech.

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard Looks Back

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard will wind up twenty-two years in Pierre as a legislator, Lieutenant Governor and Governor as his term ends early next month.

Dealing With Zebra Mussels

A one-day summit meeting on the invasion of zebra mussels will be held this Thursday in Yankton.

Yankton Wastewater Plant Finds Damage from 2011 Flooding

The City of Yankton is still finding damage from the 2011 flood on the Missouri River.

Minnesota Highway Fatalities Rising

With less than a month to go until the end of the year, Minnesota is approaching last year’s total for road fatalities

Iowa Great Lakes Flooding Under Study

Leaders in northwest Iowa’s Great Lakes area are enlisting the help of a University of Iowa scientist to study ways to manage flooding.

Campbell Gets Extension

Iowa State is extending coach Matt Campbell’s contract through 2024.

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