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World Tournaments & Covid-19

Hundred of archers from around the globe will gather in Yankton next month for the Hyundai World Archery Championships and the World Archery Congress Board meeting.

Lots Of Recovery Still Needed From 2020 Derecho In Iowa

This week is the one year anniversary of the Derecho Storm which devastated a widespread area of Iowa. The storm…

NSA Executive Says Sunflowers Are Starting To Show Drought Stress

Sunflowers, normally a good drought crop in the Northern Plains are starting to feel the stress of this year’s extreme…

Farm Official Says Biden Administration Needs To Set Forth A Trade Agenda

The Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee of USDA and USTR meets Friday to look at current and new trade deals. Nebraska…

Housing Study Committee Heading to Wrap Up

An interim South Dakota legislative committee studying housing needs plans one more meeting next month.

School Boards Setting Back to School Policies

School boards are setting Covid-19 policies for the upcoming fall term.

Nebraska State Trooper Shot During Standoff

A Nebraska State Trooper was wounded during a standoff with an armed subject in the early morning hours of Wednesday,

United States Senate Passes $1 Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Bill

The U.S. Senate this morning approved the $ trillion dollar infrastructure bill. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley supported the measure as…

NMPF Dealing With Export And Trade Challenges

The U.S. Dairy industry is dealing with some trade challenges on the export front. One has to do with having…

Recruiting Eligible Workers

Employers and cities across the region are reaching out to laid off workers from a manufacturing plant in Aberdeen.

Recent Headlines

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…