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One Dead in Gregory County Crash

One person died and four others were injured early Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash east of St. Charles. Names…

Pork Checkoff Sets Up Program To Trace and Track Foreign Diseases

National Pork Board Chief Veterinarian Dr. Dustin Oedekoven is working to build producer participation in AgView, a foreign animal disease…

WOTUS Roundtables Wrap This Week

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers conclude a series of roundtables this week gathering stakeholder thoughts…

Ibach Says Consumers Want Climate Change Provisions In Farm Bill

Former USDA Under Secretary and former Nebraska Commissioner of Agriculture Greg Ibach spoke last week at the Governor’s Ag Summit…

SDSU Feed Mill Funded

Maintaining a feed mill is always expensive and more so when its part of a research project. South Dakota State…

Yankton City Commission to Consider Broadway Land Sale

The Yankton City Commission, at their meeting tonight, (Monday) will talk about the possible sale of several lots on Broadway,…

SD University Projects Face Rising Costs

Many building projects are underway or planned at the six state universities in South Dakota. Board of Regents President Pam…

Covid-19 Not Gone Yet

While public interest in Covid-19 is fading, health care professionals are still on alert. Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred…

Mixed Impacts of Gas Tax Cut

President Biden has asked Congress to suspend the eighteen cent per gallon federal gas tax through September as a way…

The Weekend File – The Yankton County Commission and Safety at Lewis & Clark Lake

The Yankton County Commission and Safety at Lewis & Clark Lake Welcome to the Weekend File, a public affairs presentation…

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