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District 40 Candidate

A new Senator from District 40 in northeast Nebraska will go to Lincoln in January. Incumbent Senator Tim Gragert of…

Names Released in Aurora County Crash

A 15-year-old male from Stickney, S.D., has been identified as the person who died Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash…

Changing Direction

Several polls in the past few weeks from CBS News and the Associated Press among others report that up to…

Social Studies Standards Hearing

The South Dakota Board of Educational Standards, meeting in Aberdeen, heard over three hours of public input on the proposed…

Yankton County Commission Talks Roads

The Yankton County Commission held a public hearing Monday night to talk about their next five-year road plan. There was…

Congressional Republicans Ready to Cut Spending

Republican Members of Congress have been pointing to excessive federal spending as a root cause of inflation. South Dakota Congressman…

District 40 Legislative Issues

A new Senator will represent District 40 in northeast Nebraska in the 2023 legislative session. Current Senator Tim Gragert of…

South Dakota Easement Team Forms

A group called the “South Dakota Easement Team” has been formed to counter the development of underground liquid carbon dioxide…

SDSU Lands Climate Smart Grant

South Dakota State University will get up to eighty million dollars from the US Department of Agriculture as part of…

SD Education Standards Committee Holds Hearing on Social Studies

The South Dakota Board of Education Standards held a hearing in Aberdeen Monday to get public input on proposed Social…

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