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June 17, 2024 News Round-Up

PIERRE, S.D. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) – Six thousand five hundred new housing units worth $1.4 billion were built in South…

More information on the Bird Flu

As we’ve been hearing, the Bird Flu continues to spread across the Midwest. Today I talk with the South Dakota…

Farm Legislation important to our producers

Today we review some of the Farm Legislation that is important to our producers with the South Dakota Secretary of…

It’s time for our Friday Market Minute

Here’s today’s Market Minute with Jeremey Frost.

NE Pork Producers Grant

Dr. Benny Mote is a Nebraska Extension swine specialist, and they got a grant from the National Pork Board to…

Winter Wheat Projections

A look into the recent USDA winter wheat production forecast with Nick Streff who is with the National Ag Statistics…

June 14, 2024 News Round-Up

MITCHELL, S.D. – Peyton Mandel, a former Mitchell Legion baseball player, is scheduled to plead guilty to being an accessory…

The Importance of Trade

During the South Dakota Governor’s Ag Summit this week, I caught up with Luke Lindberg, the President and CEO of…

The Bird Flu continues to spread across the Midwest

We’ve been hearing about more cases of the Bird Flu making its way across the Midwest. I talked with the…

Farm Bill Talk

More farm bill talk, because that is the hot topic. Hear Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa’s comments on this update.

Recent Headlines

3 days 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…

3 days 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…

3 days ago in Local

SHUTDOWN-DELAYED ANALYSIS SHOWS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT IN HALF THE UNITED STATES BUT SOUTH DAKOTA IS THE LOWEST

SOUTH DAKOTA (Tim Henderson / Stateline) – September unemployment rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with…

5 days ago in Local

DUSTY JOHNSON WANTS TO IMPROVE SD EDUCATION WITH ‘STRONG SCHOOLS’ PLAN

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – This week, Dusty Johnson announced his “Strong Schools” Plan to improve education in South Dakota.…

5 days ago in Local

MAJORITY OF TAP GRADS SIGN TEACHING CONTRACTS WITH SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOLS

PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On December 13, the South Dakota Departments of Education and Labor and Regulation celebrated…