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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House has passed a bill that directs $900,000 to Gov. Kristi Noem’s plan to increase classroom instruction of the state’s history, government and economics. The legislation passed Tuesday evening would create instructional materials and classroom resources for elementary, middle and high school students. The Republican governor has talked […]
PIERRE, S.D. – New cases of COVID-19 rose again today and the number of people hospitalized saw a double-digit uptick for the first time since February 11. New, confirmed cases reported today were 183 with 80 listed as probable. Active cases continued their decrease as they dropped below 19-hundrd to 1,891. The number of people […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 92-7 to confirm former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Vilsack is returning to the department after leading the USDA under the Obama administration for eight years. He also served as governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. Not all […]
GREELEY, CO – Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, one of the largest U.S. poultry producers, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $107.9 million fine on Tuesday to settle federal charges it conspired to fix chicken prices and passed on the costs to consumers and other purchasers. Reuters reports that Chief Executive Fabio Sandri entered the […]
PUEBLO, Colo. – Black Hills State men’s basketball won the game in the final seconds for the second time this season, this time seeing Ryder Kirsch play hero as he sank a layup before the clock expired to give the Yellow Jackets the 77-75 victory. BHSU (9-5, 9-5 RMAC) overcame a 12-point deficit late in […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – As a historic arctic cold event gripped much of the country, Black Hills Energy stood ready to respond to dramatic increases in customer energy demand on our electric and natural gas infrastructure. Reliability, generation, and operations team members continually monitored energy supply and adjusted as needed to support system integrity and […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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