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Preparations Being Made For Dakota Farm Show

The Dakota Farm Show is fast approaching.  The dates are January 4th through the 6th and will again be held…

“Ignite Nebraska” Helping Workers, Companies

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts held a news conference to highlight “Ignite Nebraska,” a workforce development program that helps workers on…

Non-Committal on Sales Tax Cut

One of the big questions waiting for South Dakota legislators will be Governor Kristi Noem’s proposal to cut the sales…

Social Costs & Schools

New social studies standards and demands for mental health services will put more strain on school district budgets. Wade Pogany,…

Talking Carbons … Carbons in our soils

Today we are talking about Carbons, the issue is Carbon’s in our soils and what we can do with those…

Low Mississippi River Levels

Recent rains in the Lower Mississippi Valley have helped the issue of the low river water concerns and barge traffic.

Improving Trade Deals in Africa

The USDA is working with other countries on efforts to increase our Ag Trade Deals and exports going into other…

Congress Working Through Omnibus Funding Bill

Members of Congress will have a one point seven trillion, forty-one hundred page omnibus spending bill to digest and pass…

Years of Planning for New Avera Gregory Hospital

A new, thirty-two-million-dollar hospital will open in Gregory next month. Tony Timanus, President of Avera Gregory Hospital, says they took…

Highway Construction Wraps Up

Highway construction in southeast South Dakota wrapped up before the snow and cold arrived. Regional D.O.T. Engineer Greg Rothschadl says…

Recent Headlines

7 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…

7 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…

7 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…

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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…