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SDSU Extension Hosting Pork Processing Short Course In September

South Dakota State University Extension is offering a short course in Pork Processing at the Meat Laboratory in Brookings next…

Free Lunch…and Breakfast for Students

As schools reopen for the fall term, students will find there is a free lunch….and breakfast.

USDA Invests Half A Million Dollars In Biofuel Infrastructure In Nebraska

The USDA has announced an investment of $26 million to expand the availability of higher blend renewable biofuels in 23…

Iowa Leads Corn Belt States With Highest Cash Rent Average

Farmers across the country paid an average of $141 per acre to rent cropland in 2021, which is $2 more…

Senator Mike Rounds Urges Covid-19 Vaccinations

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says those that are not yet vaccinated against Covid-19 should seriously consider it.

Spending More Federal Dollars

The State of South Dakota will get about nine hundred seventy-five million dollars under the American Recovery Plan Act. Cities and counties will share another sixty-five million dollars.

SD Rail Board Updated on Grants

A grant application for a major railroad improvement project is in the works.

ISA President Concerned At EPA Disallowing Use Of Chlorpyrifos

The Environmental Protection Agency has released a final rule that revokes all tolerances for chlorpyrifos pesticide. It’s been used for…

SD Corrections Department Hires Consultant

The South Dakota Department of Corrections has hired a California consulting company to do an extensive study of operations at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

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4 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…

4 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…

4 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…