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Para-to-teacher program produces 41 educators across 31 districts
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 30, 2025
Of the 59 graduates so far from a two-year-old teacher apprenticeship program, 41 have signed teaching contracts and are filling vacancies across 31 public school districts and three private schools in South Dakota, according to the state...
"He's going to live through us" - Nate White's memory will drive South Dakota State in 2025
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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July 28, 2025
BROOKINGS — Nate White's parents came to a scrimmage during South Dakota State's spring football season to watch their son play for his new team. Thanks to defections in the transfer portal, White was one of the only running backs on SDSU's active...
Entrepreneur blends egg production with tourism near Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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July 28, 2025
Stephanie Peterson of Brandon started out raising free-range chickens and selling dozens of eggs to local restaurants. Free range is an understatement. Her 150 chickens, including five roosters whom she has named, roam through the seven-acres of...
Tribes Assert Sovereignty As Feds Take Aim at Gender-Affirming Care
Truthdig
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July 30, 2025
ELKO, Nev. — At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender-affirming health care. “I want people to not...
Day 1 at the 85th Sturgis Rally brings skulls, dancers and 'escapism'
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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STURGIS — DJ Hulio says day one of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the most “tame.” Like the jitters of a first date, folks attending the largest motorcycle rally in the world quietly line the bar tops taking photos as more than 100 Ultra4 rigs...
Feeding South Dakota requests $3 million from Legislature to fill federal loss
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 27, 2025
Feeding South Dakota is the first of what could be multiple nonprofits asking the Legislature for help to recover from federal funding cuts. Executive Director Lori Dykstra requested $3 million in one-time funds at the legislative Appropriations...
Education: MSU, USDA offers high school students, undergrads notable research experiences
The Dispatch - Mississippi
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July 29, 2025
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State University is providing hands-on research experiences to both high school and undergraduate students through an integrated project supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and...
NWS extends extreme heat warning into Monday night
Watertown Public Opinion - South Dakota
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This story has been updated to reflect the most current information. Update as of 2 a.m. July 28: The extreme heat warning has been extended to 8 p.m., the NWS states. Update as of 11:46 p.m.: Parts of Sioux Falls, Brandon and Harrisburg are under...
Bailey fights to reinstate women’s records erased by NCAA
Legal Newsline - Illinois
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JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey recently joined a letter urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association to restore to female athletes the records, titles, awards and recognitions they earned but were denied because...
Columbia women's basketball heads to Mexico for Cancun Challenge
NYC Gazette - New York
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July 30, 2025
Columbia women's basketball team is set to participate in the 2025 Cancun Challenge. The event will take place during Thanksgiving Week at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Mexico. Columbia will compete in the four-team Mayan Tournament...
Capital City Campus continue to provide post secondary education in Pierre
Hub City Radio - South Dakota
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July 30, 2025
Posted on July 30, 2025 by - KSDN News, Local News, Pheasant Country News, Point 106.7 News, Pure Country News, Sunny 97.7 News, The Reason 94.5 News, The Rock News PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Since changing the name from Capital University Center to...
NWS extends extreme heat warning into Monday night
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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This story has been updated to reflect the most current information. Update as of 2 a.m. July 28: The extreme heat warning has been extended to 8 p.m., the NWS states. Update as of 11:46 p.m.: Parts of Sioux Falls, Brandon and Harrisburg are under...
Effort continues to fix South Dakota elections that don’t need fixing
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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In the past few years, a certain segment of South Dakota society has become adamant about making specific improvements in the way we live. Is this a citizen quest for more education funding? No. Is it a movement to put often overlooked Native...
Capital City Campus in Pierre offers business degree, credits transfer if graduates wish to continue their education
DGR News
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Since changing the name from Capital University Center to Capital City Campus about 5.5 years ago (Jan. 2020), the management and board of the facility in Pierre have continually been looking for ways to provide post secondary education...
Devil's Den Killing Suspect Andrew James McGann Had 'Red Flags': Student's Mother
Newsweek
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August 2, 2025
A mother whose child was taught by the teacher accused of the killing at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas said there were "red flags" in his behavior long before the alleged crime. The Context Former teacher Andrew James McGann, 28, allegedly...
Tribal Groups Assert Sovereignty as Feds Crack Down on Gender-Affirming Care
KHN
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July 30, 2025
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez ELKO, Nev. — At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender-affirming health...
Port: League of Women Voters promotes irresponsible rhetoric undermining our elections
The Dickinson Press - North Dakota
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July 30, 2025
MINOT — There’s very little bipartisanship in America today, but one area where the right and left seem intent on working together is making Americans feel something less than confident about the security of our elections. The right’s efforts are...
Celebrating the life of former South Dakota State Senator Mike Diedrich
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 27, 2025
JOHNSON SIDING, S.D.— Friends, family, and colleagues gathered Saturday to pay their final respects to a titan of West River politics. A funeral service was held at Rimrock Church to remember the life and legacy of former State Senator Mike...
South Dakota woman involved in deadly crash in Minnesota
Go Watertown - South Dakota
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July 25, 2025
July 25, 2025 MADELIA, Minn. (KWAT)–A Sioux Falls woman was involved in a two vehicle crash this week south of New Ulm, Minnesota that left two people dead. The crash was reported Tuesday afternoon on Minnesota Highway 15. The Minnesota State...
Sioux Falls man sentenced for attempted possession of child pornography
Sioux Empire Today - South Dakota
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July 25, 2025
U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell | Official WebsiteU.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell | Official Website United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced a Sioux Falls man for attempted...