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Lots of Visitors in Southeast South Dakota

A mid-summer check is showing a strong year for visitation in southeast South Dakota.

Minnesota Farmers Ask Congressman To Keep CSP In Final Farm Bill

A group of over 150 Minnesota farmers and ranchers have written to Congressman Collin Peterson asking him to defend agricultural…

SD Senator John Thune; Tax Cuts Helping Close the Debt & Deficit Gap

Given current fiscal and tax trends, the Congressional Budget Office projects the federal budget deficit will nearly equal Gross Domestic Product, (GDP) by 2029, and total over one hundred fifty two percent by 2048.

Iowa D.O.T. Hearing About Plan to Close Rest Stops

The Iowa Department of Transportation has gotten a lot of feedback on the proposal to close down some state rest stops

Royals Disrupt Streaks

Adalberto Mondesi had a three-run homer and a career-high four RBIs, and Kansas City snapped a 10-game skid with a 9-4 win over Minnesota on Tuesday night.

Hawkeyes Think Young

Iowa typically asks a ton out of its running backs.

Coyotes Elevate Vining

The South Dakota men’s golf team has turned to a familiar face in John Vining to be the head coach athletics director David Herbster announced.

Minnesota Officials Request FEMA Assessment

Minnesota Officials Request FEMA Assessment

The Way Health Care Providers are Paid is Shifting

The Way Health Care Providers are Paid is Shifting

Lots of Cleanup Left from Derailed BNSF Railcars

Lots of Cleanup Left from Derailed BNSF Railcars

Recent Headlines

6 days ago in Local

WHAT DOES MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION MEAN FOR SOUTH DAKOTA?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

6 days ago in Local

GOVERNOR RHODEN ANNOUNCES $200,000 GRANT SUPPORTING KEEP FARMERS FARMING PROGRAM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

6 days ago in Local

ICE’S YEAR IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FROM SMALL TOWNS TO OPERATION: PRAIRIE THUNDER

SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Five months after Operation: Prairie Thunder officially began, the South Dakota…

1 week ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

1 week ago in Local

STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…