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RAPID CITY, SD — A team of students and professors from South Dakota Mines assisted Air Force personnel in employing cold spray technology to repair a broken hinge tied to the fuselage of a B-1B Lancer. Cold spray, an additive manufacturing method, is essentially spray on metal that can be machined to fit. The technology […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A former South Dakota prison official who was recently fired by Gov. Kristi Noem says she wasn’t told why she was dismissed. Jennifer Dreiske, the former deputy warden at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, had worked at the Department of Corrections for 19 years until Noem announced Thursday that […]
FRUITDALE, S.D. — A Belle Fourche, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Friday night in a one-vehicle crash near Fruitdale. Preliminary information indicates that a Ford F250 pickup was eastbound on Valley 1 Road when the vehicle went into the north ditch and rolled. The driver, 55-year-old Todd Rosencranz, was not […]
UNDATED – With the COVID-19 pandemic leading to more than 200,000 permanent business closures but the country starting to recover, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2021’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary. To determine the most fertile grounds for planting and […]
DENVER, CO – Thirty-five years ago, the Beef Checkoff program became a reality. The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB), the organization responsible for overseeing Beef Checkoff collection and program funding, will celebrate the program’s anniversary during the upcoming Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, August 10-12. Established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill, the Beef Checkoff […]
WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks is weighing how to proceed on beaver hunting in the Black Hills and the state. The idea for a hunting ban surfaced recently when the Game, Fish and Parks Commission discussed a proposal to create a year-round beaver hunting season across the […]
FARGO, ND – In a drought year, livestock management decisions become more difficult when feed resources are limited. “Many North Dakota producers already have culled old cows, cows that lost their calves and even cow-calf pairs, yet further reductions in stocking rates may be necessary,” says Janna Block, livestock systems specialist based at North Dakota […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A judge has set bond at $1 million for a South Dakota man charged with killing a woman whose decomposed body was found in the Black Hills in 2013. Fifty-three-year-old Richard Melvin Schmitz was arrested at his home near Hill City without incident Friday morning for the death of 38-year-old […]
COLUMBIA, SC – A federal court in South Carolina dismissed a challenge to the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) that replaced the controversial Obama Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, giving producers some regulatory certainty, until the Biden EPA finalizes a new rule. It could take months or more for the Biden EPA to possibly […]
LINCOLN, Neb. – The National High School Finals Rodeo continued with two more performances Monday. Here are the top 20 in each category as of Tuesday morning Barrel Racing Go-1 1. (WY) Ashlyn Goven, Rozet, Wyo., 17.494 2. (MT) Alexis McDonald, Gardiner, Mont., 17.496 3. (NV) Wylee Mitchell, Pioche, Nev., 17.515 4. (CA) Skylar Alves, […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]
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