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PIERRE, S.D. – State health officials reported 425 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, with 127 of them listed as probable. Fifteen new COVID-19 related deaths were also reported, sending the state’s death toll to 1,629 since the pandemic began. Active cases were up slightly to 4,732 and the number of people hospitalized because of the […]
DALLAS, TX – Bill Gates, the fourth richest person in the world, has been quietly snatching up 242,000 acres of farmland across the U.S.. According to Forbes, that’s enough to make him the top private farmland owner in America. After years of reports that he was purchasing agricultural land in places like Florida and Washington, […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota’s governor is reviving her proposal to merge two state agencies, including one that oversees protections for public lands and waterways, raising concerns from environmental groups. In her State-of-the-State address this week, Gov. Kristi Noem made mention of her idea from last year to combine the Department of Environment and Natural […]
LEMMON, S.D.–Nearly twenty fire departments from two states have been fighting a massive wildfire northwest of Lemmon in Adams County, North Dakota. Lemmon Fire Marshal Shane Penfield says the fire call came in at 4:30 Thursday afternoon during extremely windy conditions. Lemmon immediately requested mutual aid from the Hettinger, North Dakota Fire Department and an […]
LEMMON, S.D. – Crews in Perkins County are battling A grass fire west of Lemmon, SD. Highway 12 to the North Dakota border and 73 from Summerville to Lemmon are closed. The Perkins County Sheriff’s office is warning residents South and east of Lemmon to be prepared to evacuate. Residents of Lemmon itself are not […]
PIERRE, SD – Entrepreneurs across South Dakota are already taking steps to claim a share of the state’s soon-to-be-legal marijuana market, but legislators and regulators are off to a slow start in crafting laws and rules to govern the controversial new industry. The sale, possession and use of recreational and medicinal marijuana are set to […]
James (Jim) Edward Johnson passed on May 1, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born to James […]
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