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BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. — It may seem corny to some but in Butte County, folks take their corn seriously. So when organizers of the 4th annual Belle Fourche Sweet Corn Festival set for Sat., August 19, 2023, decided to source their corn from a different provider instead of the one used in previous years (who […]
FORT PIERRE, S.D. — The economic benefits of a proposed carbon capture pipeline came under scrutiny Wednesday during the second day of a permit hearing before state regulators at the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center. The project would create about 430 jobs in South Dakota during the construction phase, 20 jobs during operation, and $1.3 million […]
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The fight for eminent domain reform is gaining momentum, and some communities and counties across the state are drafting and attempting to pass legal language in efforts to counter what they consider illegal taking of property. The move come as an estimated $4.5 billion Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline would collect carbon dioxide […]
PIERRE, S.D. — Big plans are rolling out from the South Dakota Department of Education (SDDOE) intended to help teachers bring South Dakota’s new social-studies standards into their classrooms. The SDDOE characterizes it as a ‘moving forward’ following a controversial two-year battle over state education social studies standards content. A statewide summit is set for […]
PIERRE, S.D. – After three previously held public hearings, the fourth and final opportunity for the public to express opinions on South Dakota’s proposed changes to K-12 standards for social studies and for career and technical education is set for Monday, April 17. The state Board of Education Standards will hold the hearing at the Pierre Ramkota Convention Centre […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Kristi Noem has appointed a local businessman to take the place of the certified K-12 educator as chair of the South Dakota Board of Education Standards. Noem announced she has appointed Steve Perkins to the South Dakota Board of Education Standards, effective immediately. He will take the seat previously occupied by Becky […]
PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Board of Education Standards has changed the location and moved the date of its next hearing on its proposed controversial content standards for social studies. The governor-appointed board had previously announced the hearing would be held on Saturday, February 11, in Pierre. It will now be take place on […]
LINCOLN, Neb. — EPA’s final waters of the U.S. rule released on Friday keeps a controversial “significant-nexus” test in place when determining jurisdictional waters and codifies for the first time a number of long-standing agriculture exemptions to the Clean Water Act. The new rule proposed in November 2021, essentially reverts to pre-2015 WOTUS definitions with […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A few days before middle school teacher Shaun Nielsen joined a work group to develop South Dakota’s social studies standards, he got a thick package in the mail. Sent from Hillsdale, Michigan, home to a conservative private college enjoying outsize influence among top Republicans, it contained materials that would ultimately […]
Public hearing on controversial social studies standards set for Friday in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. – First there was the unexplained change in the date and location of a previously announced public hearing. Followed by Gov. Kristi Noem’s announcement on Tuesday that she would not reappoint Aberdeen, SD school superintendent Becky Guffin as chairwoman of the South Dakota Board of Education Standards, replacing her instead with Sioux […]