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UNDATED – The second day of action at the South Dakota Girls’ State Basketball Tournament wrapped up Friday. In the B tournament, Faith lost a heartbreaker to DeSmet in double overtime 52-50. The Bulldogs jumped out to a quick 16-7 lead over the Longhorns, but Faith battled back, outscoring DeSmet 11-8 in the second. The […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Mayor Mark Carstensen made the proclamation of “Bob Davis Day” on a cold day for March in downtown Sturgis Friday. Standing in front of the business that Bob Davis owned were over a hundred community supporters who knew exactly why this day mattered. Most knew this day would come – just not […]
RAPID CITY, SD – For South Dakota ranchers this legislative session turned into something of a mixed bag, according to South Dakota Stockgrowers Association (SDSGA) Executive Director James Halverson. “We had some wins. We had some losses,” he observed. “Our lobbyist felt the SDSGA membership should be proud of what was accomplished. We definitely moved […]
MITCHELL, SD – The Davison County Commission has approved a conditional use permit and variance request for the expansion of a concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, south of Mitchell. Jackrabbit Family Farms applied for the permit and variance for their CAFO located about ten miles south and just over a mile west of Mount […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The state Department of Health reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 in their Friday report. Active cases have dropped to 3,016 and the number of hospitalizations is down to 88. Five new deaths were reported, sending the state’s death toll to 2,853. Of the new deaths, two were out of Pennington County. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s players and owners ended their most bitter money fight in a quarter-century Thursday when the players’ association accepted management’s offer to salvage a 162-game season that will start April 7. The work stoppage ended at 7 p.m. sharp, closing an acrimonious 99-day lockout that delayed spring training and threatened to cancel […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota House committee examining whether Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should be impeached for his conduct after killing a pedestrian with his car in 2020 detailed Thursday how it planned to wrap up its investigation, while attempting to keep out fresh allegations from one of Gov. Kristi Noem’s top officials. […]
James (Jim) Edward Johnson passed on May 1, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born to James […]