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SD Associated School Board Executive Director to Retire

The Associated School Boards of South Dakota is advertising for an Executive Director. Current director Wade Pogany is planning to…

GMO Talk at the MN Ag Expo

The MN Ag Expo continues today in Mankato, Minnesota with a number of ag issues being talked about. One issue…

Shift to El Nino?

The western hemisphere has been dealing with a three year onset of La Nina, a cooling of Pacific Ocean surface…

Full Time C.E.O. Named for Avera Creighton Hospital

Avera Health has named Theresa Guenther as C.E.O. of Avera Creighton Hospital. She has been acting as interim and the…

SD PUC Upholds Hearing Schedule for the Summit Carbon Solutions Pipeline Project

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission rejected an effort by landowners to halt a hearing for a carbon dioxide pipeline.…

Opposition to the Proposed Sales Tax Cut

The bill to cut the state sales tax on groceries in South Dakota was officially introduced in the House. The…

Something new …. Something exciting

Today we’re talking about something we just haven’t spent much time talking about, but it’s part of our livestock business…

Nebraska Education Funding Plan Introduced

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen is proposing a major overhaul and increase in state funding of education…… Pillen says his goals…

Vermillion School Construction Continuing

Despite some cold weather, construction is continuing on the new elementary school in Vermillion. Superintendent Damon Alvey says its starting…

South Dakota Corn Conference

The 37th Annual South Dakota Corn Conference is scheduled for this weekend in Sioux Falls at the Sioux Falls Convention…

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

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