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STURGIS, S.D. – Yankee legend Yogi Berra once said, “you can observe a lot just by watching”. Sturgis Post 33 fans agreed, as they watched their legion baseball team catch fire in the second inning when the Titans exploded with 12 runs on 11 hits to put Spearfish Post 164 away early Thursday night at […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The superintendent of Sioux Falls public schools is set to become the new CEO of the South Dakota Board of Regents. Superintendent Brian Maher earlier announced plans to resign at the end of this month from his post with the Sioux Falls School District. On Thursday, the regents announced Maher will […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration has rejected imposing federal drinking-water limits for a chemical used in fireworks and other explosives and linked to brain damage in newborns. The administration has decided to override Obama-era findings that the neurotoxin perchlorate was contaminating the drinking water of millions of Americans. A 2016 U.S. Geological Survey report […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported 53 new cases of COVID-19 in the Thursday report. Around the Black Hills area, Pennington County added 6 new cases, Meade County had one and Lawrence County had two new cases. In Pennington County, the cumulative total is 430 with 150 active cases – down […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Farmers to Families Food Box Program will extend the contracts of select vendors from the first round of the USDA program. Beyond direct support to farmers and ranchers during the coronavirus pandemic, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is partnering with national, regional, and local suppliers, whose workforce has been significantly impacted by the closure […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A recently introduced bill would help boost mental health services in rural areas. The Farm Bureau-backed Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020 (S. 3917) would direct the secretary of Health and Human Services in coordination with USDA’s Rural Health Liaison to award grants for home-based telemental health care demonstrations. Designed to […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Provisions which strengthen South Dakota’s current graduated driver’s license laws for teen drivers between the ages of 14 and 18 take effect July 1. The changes were part of Senate Bill 113, which was approved by this year’s state Legislature and signed by Gov. Kristi Noem. Highlights of the bill include: […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A judge has sentenced a Rapid City man to 50 years in prison for repeatedly shooting at law enforcement officers during a four-hour standoff on New Year’s Day 2019. Judge Robert Gusinsky said Wednesday in Pennington County Court that “by the grace of God” no one died when 63 rounds were […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The number of South Dakotans applying for unemployment benefits continues to rise. The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation said Thursday that during the week of June 7-13 there were 1,006 initial weekly unemployment. That’s an increase from 880 initial weekly claims made the week prior. The Argus Leader reports […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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