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Farm Bill Conservation Programs

Work on a new Farm Bill is underway and the USDA Farm and Forestry Officials said the 2018 Farm Bill…

Farm Bill and other big issues.

The National Farmers Union is holding their Annual Convention now thru Wednesday in San Franciso and we talk with Farmers…

Spring Planting Plans

The USDA is surveying farmers about their spring planting plans. We find out more with the USDA’s National Ag Statistic…

SD Revisions to UCC Sparks Sharp Debate

There was considerable time spent at the District 18 Legislative forum Saturday in Yankton over HB1193, a rewrite of the…

Jackrabbit Women Roll Over St Thomas

The South Dakota State women’s basketball team advanced to the semifinal round of the Summit League Tournament Saturday with an…

Jacks Men Survive Against Omaha

South Dakota State stepped up its defense in the second half and put together one of its best 20-minute efforts…

The Weekend File – Climate Outlook

Welcome to the Weekend File, a public affairs presentation of WNAX News. Lots of snow across the northern plains is…

SD Tax Cut to Provide Economic Boost

South Dakota legislators will have to decide what kind and how much of a tax cut to pass next week.…

SD Senate Passes Property Tax Credit

The South Dakota Senate debated and passed a bill that would give a property tax credit to homeowners. HB1141 had…

Yankton Police Getting Electric Bikes

Walkers on the Auld-Brokaw Trail in Yankton later this summer may see police hot wheeling on the path. Police Chief…

Recent Headlines

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…