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Nebraska Common Sense Group Reforms To Weigh In On Water Rule Rewrite

Common Sense Nebraska, a coalition of close to 30 Nebraska agriculture and business groups have re-formed to fight any attempts…

ICCI And Food And Water Watch Asking Iowa Supreme Court For Re Hearing

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and Food and Water Watch have filed a petition with the State Supreme Court asking…

Pork Industry Pushing For Ag Labor Reform Legislation

The National Pork Producers Council has launched a campaign, Year Round Pork Needs Year Round Workers. The group is calling…

Hot, Dry Weather Pushing Water Use

The hot, dry conditions have pushed up water consumption across the region.

Name Released in Yankton County Fatal Crash

A Volin, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Sunday night in a one-vehicle crash east of Volin.

NASF Endorses South Dakota Beef Industry Council’s Build Your Base Program

Now through July 3, the National Scholastic Athletic Foundations’ high school championship meet presented by Nike is taking place. And…

Slim Severe Weather Season

May and June are considered the peak of severe weather season across much of the northern plains.

South Dakota Crops Deteriorating Due To The Drought

This year’s drought that has hit a large part of the Northern Plains including South Dakota has impacted the small…

South Dakota NRCS Awards For 17 CIS Strategy Programs

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in South Dakota has awarded grants for 17 Conservation Implementation Strategy Projects. Assistant State Conservationist…

Delta Variant Detected

The South Dakota Department of Health has confirmed that the Delta variant of the coronavirus has been detected in a person in Edmunds County.

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