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Wagner Voters Support Four Lane Highway

The South Dakota Department of Transportation is planning on a fifteen-million-dollar project to convert the current four lane configuration of…

Highway 46 Construction Ends for the Year

While construction is not done yet, Highway 46 from Irene west to Highway 81 is open to traffic again. Regional…

Limiting Learning Loss

Academic test scores for South Dakota kids fell due to the pandemic, but not as far as other states. That…

Gavins Point Dam Drops Flows to Winter Levels

As the downstream navigation season ends on the Missouri River, releases from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton are being reduced…

Work on a New Farm Bill

There’s a lot of attention being focused on a New Farm Bill and to what should be included; Funding should…

New Farmers and Ranchers Report

The USDA has released the results of a new report that outlines some of the trends for our Farmers and…

Working Together for the Common Good of Agriculture

WNAX has been traveling around the Mid-west attending a number of farm conventions and we continue to hear about the…

Trade Trips are important

Trade Trip as very important for U.S. Ag Producers, here’s an update from the Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Annual Convention.

Update from the Iowa Farm Bureau Convention

Dennis Morrice is attending the Iowa Farm Bureau Convention and gives an update on the convention.

Digging Through the Budget Details

South Dakota legislators listened Tuesday as Governor Kristi Noem laid out her budget plans for fiscal year 2024. The plan…

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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…

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…