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YSD Business Manager Jason Bietz Resigning

Jason Bietz, long time business manager of the Yankton School District says he is resigning at the end of the…

SD Board of Regents Leadership Turnover

Dr Brian Maher, the C.E.O. and Executive Director of the South Dakota Board of Regents announced he would be resigning…

SD House Kills Regional County Jail Funding Plan

A bill that would have provided dollars for regional county jails hit a dead end in the South Dakota House…

SD Governor Kristi Noem Talks Economic Development in Dakota Dunes

SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM SPOKE AT THE SIOUXLAND INITIATIVE LUNCHEON IN DAKOTA DUNES WEDNESDAY. NOEM SAID MORE COMPANIES ACROSS…

Trade Team returns from Mexico

A U.S. Meat Export Federation trade team recently returned from Mexico, where they participated in a food show, visiting a…

An Update on a Value-Added Production Plant

There’s a value-added production plant being built in Lake Preston, South Dakota and I talked with Wayne Soren, Vice President…

Dust Storms??

The Winter Wheat growing region has been seeing a wide variety of weather systems, one of the systems now includes…

Nebraska State Patrol Investigating Cedar County Shooting

The Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating a shooting that occurred this morning…

Northwestern Energy Studying Nuclear Power Possibility

Northwestern Energy was in front of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission yesterday, (Tuesday) asking permission to move ahead with…

Conservation vs. SNAP

The debate rages on about the amount of funding that should be devoted to the farm bill.  Farm state legislators…

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…