March 26, 2024

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Lawmakers, lobbyists and education officials gather together during a conference committee meeting on teacher pay legislation during the 2024 legislative session in Pierre. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)

South Dakota Public Defense Costs Shift To State

March 26, 2024
Local, News

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota is creating an Office of Indigent Legal Services after House Bill 1057 passed the Legislature with nearly unanimous support this month. U-S Constitutional rights give all people accused of a crime the right to a lawyer. South Dakota is one of only two states where counties, not the state, have […]

Farmers and ranchers across South Dakota, including Butte County sheep producer John Erk, Newell, S.D., shown here in 2020, are always looking for ways to expand opportunities to sell their goods. (Bart Pfankuch / News Watch file photo)

Think Global: New South Dakota Group To Push Trade

March 26, 2024
Agriculture, Business

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – As a former national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence and a woman who grew up in small-town South Dakota, Army Col. Andrea Thompson of Sioux Falls is uniquely positioned to serve on a new coalition that will put a Rushmore State focus on political and economic issues of […]

Two families with generations of ranching in their backgrounds are now part of the new faces at Lemmon Livestock. Pictured are Rowdy and Miranda Benson and their children (left to right) Tymber, Creed, Remi and Retro. The Ham Family, Brady and Kristen (not pictured) are also part of the team.(Courtesy Photo)

A Legacy Continues For New Owners At Lemmon Livestock

March 26, 2024
Agriculture, Business

LEMMON, S.D. – A long-time business in Lemmon has new faces as owners/operators. Lemmon Livestock, Inc., owned by Paul Huffman for nearly three decades, will now be guided by two locals, Rowdy Benson and Brady Ham. The small town of Lemmon is located on the South and North Dakota state line. It’s big cattle and […]

Sharon Lynn Hacker

March 26, 2024
Obituaries

Sharon Lynn Hacker, 85, of Moorcroft, WY, passed away at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance, WY. Sharon Lynn Hacker was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She left this world on March 23, 2024, after a brief illness. Sharon was born to Keith and Ruth Likens on August 11, 1938. She […]

Low interest FSFL loans not just for grain bins

March 26, 2024
Agriculture

PIERRE, S.D. – A USDA loan program makes it possible for ranchers and farmers to store everything from hay to grain to semi’s and freezers. While often referred to as the grain bin loan program, the Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) is available for a broad range of uses. “It’s not just grain bins,,” says […]

Legislation would require quarterly updates to LIP rate

March 26, 2024
Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation has been introduced that would require the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to make quarterly updates to Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) payment rates that reflect livestock market prices. The LIP provides payments to eligible livestock owners and contract growers for abnormal livestock deaths caused by an eligible loss condition, such as severe […]