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Critical Need for Healthcare Workers

While many businesses continue to struggle to find enough workers, it is especially critical for health care providers.

North Dakota Soybean Holding Post Harvest Biodiesel Campaign

The North Dakota Soybean Council is launching a biodiesel campaign after harvest to increase use in the state. Director or…

High Fertilizer Prices and Availability Concern Farmers

Farmers are bracing themselves for higher input prices for 2022, especially with fertilizer prices nearing all time highs. Products like…

Farm Groups Push Administration On Supply Chain Disruptions

More than 50 farm groups have submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation addressing the many disruptive factors facing…

Farmers To Plant More Beans, Less Corn With High Fertilizer Prices

Farmers in the western corn belt may shift their normal rotations in 2022 with fertilizer prices nearing all-time highs and…

Good Year for Building Permits

Despite a tight supply chain, and soaring housing costs, the City of Yankton has had a pretty good year for new construction.

The Weekend File – Climate Update

The Weekend File, a Climate Update

SD Shows Solid Tax Revenue Growth

The State of South Dakota is seeing solid sales and use tax growth and that should continue into next year.

Second La Nina Winter Expected

The National Weather Service is predicting a mix of winter weather across the country.

Three Dead in Elevator Shooting in Superior Nebraska

A second victim has passed away as the result of a shooting in Superior Thursday afternoon. That victim had been life-flighted from Superior to Bryan Health West Campus in Lincoln with life-threatening injuries.

Recent Headlines

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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…

4 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…

4 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…