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UNDATED – The preseason South Dakota Prep Media Football Poll is listed below, ranking the top-five teams and total points received. First-place votes are listed in parentheses. Class 11AAA 1. Brandon Valley (5) 69 2. Harrisburg (7) 60 3. Jefferson (3) 45 4. O’Gorman 32 5. Lincoln (2) 26 Receiving votes: Washington (1) 23, Roosevelt […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Belle Fourche claimed the team title of the Sturgis Invitational in high school golf Monday. The Broncs finished with a low team score of 329. Sturgis came in second with a 357, Rapid City Stevens was third with a 363 and St Thomas More was fourth with a 366. Spearfish rounded out […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Sturgis Police released their final tally of arrests and violations from this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The report showed 63 D-U-I arrests – up over last year’s 57, and 35 felony drug arrests – up from 20 last year. Illegal parking remained a problem for police. This year, police handed out 159 […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) announced the winners of the Sturgis Beef Throwdown competitions during the 82nd Annual City of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota on August 12, 2022. This year’s Sturgis Beef Throwdown consisted of three categories: the Claim Your Steak Award, Claim Your Steak People’s Choice […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday released a revised proposal for social studies standards in public schools that lays out a mostly shining vision of American history, after an initial draft of the standards came under heavy criticism last year from conservatives and Native American educators. The Republican governor […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – USDA released the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) as well as Crop Production reports that lowered crop acreage, yield and overall production for corn and soybeans. USDA on Friday shaved corn production 146 million bushels to 14.35 billion bushels, but increased soybean production 25 million bushels to 4.53 billion bushels, […]
DENVER, CO – Among the published works of a renowned nutrition researcher, who is set to advise an upcoming White House conference on hunger and nutrition, is a study claiming that candy and cereal are as healthy to eat than dietary staples like beef, chicken and eggs. Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and dean at […]
UNDATED – Average gasoline prices in South Dakota have fallen 8.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.89/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 628 stations in South Dakota. Prices in South Dakota are 63.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 67.0 cents per gallon higher than a year […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump, in an order that marked a major setback to the already struggling coal industry. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Brian […]
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A project in the country’s top coal-producing area seeks to pump the carbon dioxide produced by burning that coal back underground. The project is one of dozens nationwide that stand to get a big boost from tax credits in the new climate bill plus a share of $2.5 billion in funding […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]