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EPA Reviewing SREs But Biofuels Group Want Them Disallowed

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to take a second look at its 2018 decision to grant 31 small refiner exemptions…

Updating the Census Numbers

Members of the South Dakota House and Senate Redistricting Committees got updates on Census numbers.

Finishing the Water Project

With the focus on infrastructure funding at the state and federal level, backers of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System are hoping to get a big push to the finish line

Caught in a Virus Storm

Even as the numbers vaccinated against Covid-19 increases, there are reports of “breakthrough infections” in fully vaccinated people.

More Students Interested in Nursing

The Covid-19 pandemic has placed the focus on health care workers and the need for more across the spectrum.

NFU Sees Possible Rail Merger As Concentration Problem

Ag Concentration issues along with consolidations and mergers remain one of the major concerns for National Farmers Union members. NFU…

ACE Supports Next Generation Fuels Bill But Wants One Major Change

The American Coalition for Ethanol wants one change to the Next Generation Fuels Act that’s been introduced in the U.S.…

Officials Continuing To Assess Waterways Damage From Hurricane IDA

Officials are continuing to estimate the damages caused by Hurricane IDA on waterway channels including mostly the Mississippi River. Waterways…

Names Released in Pennington County Fatal Crash

A Sioux Falls woman has died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on Friday, Aug. 27 west of Keystone.

Nebraska Farmers Union Sends Funding Guidance To USDA For Small Meat Processors

The Nebraska Farmers Union has sent a set of written guidelines to how they want to see the various small…

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