Husker, Hawkeye Earn Awards

Weekly football awards from the Big Ten Conference this week include honors for a Nebraska Cornhusker and an Iowa Hawkeye.

GPAC Lists Honors

The weekly top performers in football have been announced by the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

NSIC Names Weekly Best

Two University of Sioux Falls players and one from Augustana have been tabbed as football Players of the Week in the Northern Sun Conference.

Former Husker Assistant Dies

Milt Tenopir, who coached some of college football’s most dominant offensive lines with Nebraska in the 1980s and ’90s, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 76.

More Iowa Counties Declared Disaster Areas Due to Flooding

Governor Terry Branstad has declared four more counties disaster areas due to flooding and Branstad says it’s “likely” damage to PUBLIC facilities will reach levels that qualify for FEDERAL disaster assistance.

SD Legislative Committee Looking at Payments to Health Care Providers

The Payment Methodologies for Medicaid Providers Study Committee of the South Dakota legislature meets again Tuesday.

Slowing Taxes a Worry for Iowa Lawmakers

Tax trends and forecasts in Iowa could spell trouble for the 2017 session of the legislature.

SD Governor Dennis Daugaard Ready to Push for Expanded Medicaid

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard did not call a special session of the legislature this summer to consider Medicaid expansion because he said he didn’t believe he had to votes to pass it.

SD Congresswoman Kristi Noem Waiting for Answers from IHS

Members of South Dakota’s Congressional delegation have been frustrated with what they say is the lack of cooperation and information from officials in the Indian Health Service.

RFA President Says There’s No Ethanol Fraud In RINS Program

A report out by a former EPA official says that the RINS market or renewable identification numbers may be ripe…