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SD Senate Defeats Drug Ingestion Bill

South Dakota state Senators debated a bill that would provide treatment for people arrested on a charge of ingestion of…

Feenstra Comments On WOTUS

The Environmental Protection Agency is wanting to implement new rules regarding the Waters of the United States which many farm…

Feenstra Appointed To Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Sub Committee

Iowa’s 4th U-S Congressional District Congressman Randy Feenstra was recently named to the House Agriculture Subcommittee of Livestock, Dairy, and…

Winter Storms Hurt Cattle Performance

The latest blizzard to hit South Dakota and many parts of the Midwest is causing concern for cattle producers.  Winter…

Grassley Disappointed In Congressional Pace

U-S Senator Chuck Grassley says he is disappointed with the pace of Congress.  The long-time Iowa elected official says he…

Nebraska Senators Introduce Road Bonding Bill

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen testified before the Revenue Committee in support of LB 706, a bill that clears the way…

SD House Passes Sales Tax Cut

The South Dakota House approved a bill to reduce the state sales tax rate on a vote of sixty six…

SD House Approves Medicaid Funding Bill

A bill that would annually adjust the Medicaid rate for community based providers to one hundred percent was debated in…

Getting our Youth Involved in Agriculture

While attending the Minnesota Pork Congress this week in Mankato, we talked with the University of Minnesota about their 4-H…

What’s going on with E15?

What’s going on with E15? I put that question to Harold Wolle, First Vice President of the National Corn Growers…

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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…