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Recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling gives President Trump the green light to fire federal employees at will PIERRE, S.D. – The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for President […]
The Meat Institute is asking the Trump administration to roll back regulations on Nebraska’s meatpacking industry, where 6.5 million head of cattle are raised and processed every year. A new […]
BOX ELDER, S.D. – Montana Roem is worried that a proposed $1 billion cut to federal food programs that aid schools and charities will hurt her family on two fronts. […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A group backed by Trump adviser Elon Musk is running ads targeting conservative Republican legislators in several states over their support of a federal drug pricing program. No […]
ENGLEWOOD, CO – The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) and a number of wool grower organizations have been in contact the past two weeks with congressional delegations to address the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for ranchers and farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances, from the Trump administration that programs […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill introduced in Congress titled the Western Economic Security Today Act of 2025 (WEST Act of 2025) would repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Following a 90-day continuance, a jury trial in the case of a West River ranch couple indicted on separate counts for felony criminal charges of theft of […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans, according to a final […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just days after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a rule requiring businesses, including farms, to file Beneficial Ownership Information, the same court […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranchers, farmers and other rural businesses across the country are facing a critical deadline to comply with new federal regulations or risk steep penalties. By January 1, […]
Attorney general one of a handful to attend Mar-a-Lago meetings since election PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is calling for less politicization and improved communication with […]
Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota introduced legislation Thursday that would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and redistribute some of its programs across other federal agencies. The “Returning Education […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A South Dakota ranch couple who has been indicted on separate counts for felony criminal charges of theft of federal property have been given a court […]
PIERRE, S.D. – A rural advocacy group has turned in its petition signed by 904 South Dakotans urging Governor Kristi Noem to reconsider her decision to reject nearly $69 million […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several agriculture stakeholders across the nation are showing support for legislation that would require the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to make quarterly updates to Livestock Indemnity Program […]
PIERRE, S.D. South Dakota’s attorney general has joined counterparts in 10 other states in writing a letter of opposition to a Biden administration proposal that would reclassify marijuana from a […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Monument Health reports substantial advancements in both the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade and CMS Hospital Quality Star Rating. Monument Health has received preliminary communication from CMS […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Following an agreement to a consent decree reached by the owners and operators of the Grand Gateway Hotel and the Cheers Sports Lounge and Casino and […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Kristi Noem will deliver her fiscal year 2025 budget address Tuesday at 1 p.m. CT/noon MT from the Capitol in Pierre. The governor delivers the budget […]
HURON, S.D. – South Dakota cow/calf producers are among the first in the nation to be able to insure against the risk of losing young calves. It’s a level of […]
BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. – Several listening sessions are set to receive direct feedback from lamb producers in the coming months for the potential of a subsidized production insurance for lambs […]
STURGIS, S.D. – South Dakota farmers and ranchers have received nearly $10 billion in payouts from the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. over roughly the past two decades, with payments specifically […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More federal legislation continues to be introduced all in the interest of understanding livestock market concentration and its affects on U.S. producers. The latest in a long […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. Â – A man charged with alternative counts of first and second-degree murder was in court Monday, September 11, for a motions hearing. Duane Sierra is accused of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ever since then U.S. House of Representative Kristi Noem attempted to use a family anecdote to shore up the position that the so-called ‘death tax,’ needed repealing […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Dakota’s Republican congressional delegation and GOP Gov. Kristi Noem supported funding measures signed by President Donald Trump that provided more than $10 billion in federal funding […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to supplement tribal recovery efforts in the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg joined other Republican state attorneys general in a lawsuit to stop the Biden administration’s requirement that millions of U.S. health workers […]
Robert Allen Berube, a cherished father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully due to natural causes on […]
