Herbicide Availability Brings Uncertainty to Weed Control in 2022

Herbicide prices are up for 2022 and supplies are very uncertain due to various global events, so that means farmers…

Canadian Pacific Rail Averts Strike

Canadian Pacific Railway and the union representing its conductors and engineers agreed to shift stalled contract negotiations to binding arbitration…

No More Free Lunch?

School officials are warning of possible changes coming to the free lunch program.

Iowa’s Agricultural Trespassing Law Declared Unconstitutional

Iowa’s 2019 Agricultural Trespassing law has been found unconstitutional by a Federal Court.  Eldon McAfee, general counsel with the Iowa…

Fifty Years Later, Remembering the Rapid City Flood

This June will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the deadly Rapid City flood. Two hundred thirty-eight people died and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage was done from the flash flooding along Rapid Creek.

Names Released in Lincoln County Fatal Crash

A 59-year-old woman from Marion, S.D., has been identified as the person who died early Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash north of Lennox.

Smoke Out Success

In the final days of the 2022 South Dakota legislative session, House Majority Leader Kent Peterson of Salem had to personally smoke out some of his bills from the Appropriations Committee to fund the USD Discovery Center and the DSU Cyber Lab both in Sioux Falls.

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Designates “Ag Week”

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts signed a proclamation designating this week as “Agriculture Week” in the state.

Highway 46 Construction Set

A contract has been awarded for another major highway construction project in southeast South Dakota.

Do Over on the Budget Compromise

Following the end of the main run of the South Dakota legislative session, members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee sent a letter, detailing their concerns with HB1281