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MSU leads multi-state effort to train nurses on educating students

Daily Inter Lake - Montana · July 30, 2025

BOZEMAN — Montana State University is a key player in a major, multi-year grant that has helped train more than 450 nurses across six western states. The Montana Office for Rural Health and Area Health Education Center, which is housed in the Mark...

Three inducted into Honored Women Educators of South Dakota

Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota · July 25, 2025

MITCHELL — Three women educators from across South Dakota were inducted into Honored Women Educators of South Dakota, formerly known as the Annie D. Tallent Club, at their annual meeting July 12. Honored Women Educators, an honorary organization...

State AGs Call on NCAA to Restore Women’s Sports Records

Daily Citizen - Colorado · July 29, 2025

In a powerful moment of legal unity, a coalition of 27 attorneys general issued a formal letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) calling on the body to restore records and honors to female athletes that were displaced by men...

Rep. Dusty Johnson discusses Epstein, immigration

Dakota News Now - South Dakota · July 29, 2025

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson visited the Dakota News Now studio to speak with Brian Allen during the summer legislative recess. Congressman Johnson discussed the Epstein files, cryptocurrency, and...

Dangerous Heat Wave Hits South Dakota This Weekend

B102.7 - South Dakota · July 25, 2025

July continues to remind us that it's July. We are looking at another hot and humid weekend in South Dakota. Heat advisories have already been issued for Saturday for counties west of Sioux Falls. The heat index is expected to reach into the...

Jury finds South Dakota man guilty of sex trafficking children

Sioux Empire Today - South Dakota · 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 Richard Alan Kucera, 67, from Winner, South Dakota, was found guilty of two counts of...

Sioux Falls Faces A Sizzling Heat Advisory This Afternoon

97.3 KKRC - South Dakota · July 22, 2025

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for much of eastern South Dakota, including Sioux Falls, in effect this afternoon and evening until 8:00 PM Tuesday (July 22). Hot weather is back in the Sioux Empire this week. Plus, we have...

South Dakota Surplus Sparks Debate About Budget Cuts

Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - South Dakota ·

Now that South Dakota has finished its fiscal year with a $63 million surplus, some Democrats and people affected by budget cuts are criticizing the state’s Republican administration and legislative majority for slashing spending too aggressively....

Happy Hour: 80's icons leave us, Nate White's SDSU legacy, Canaries championship culture

Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota · July 29, 2025

Before we look ahead to a rapidly approaching 2025 football season, a look back — over beers and with a background of classic country music at the Gateway Lounge, of course — at pop culture titans from our youth who left us this past week. Gen...

Sioux Falls leaders make case for more state assistance with prison

Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota · July 22, 2025

Sioux Falls leaders are resigned to the idea their city will continue to be home to the state’s high-security men’s prison, but they say replacing the South Dakota State Penitentiary should come with additional help from the state. That was the...

South Dakota Chislic Festival returns Saturday, but changes coming to event

Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota · July 22, 2025

FREEMAN, S.D. — Another year of food, music and entertainment is set to return when the South Dakota Chislic Festival arrives Saturday, July 26 in Freeman. But after the 2025 festival concludes, it will be a little longer than usual before fans of...

South Dakota Farmers See Hemp As A Way To Bring Jobs To Small Towns And Absorb Carbon

Marijuana Moment · July 22, 2025

“Hemp absorbs carbon as it grows, and we can lock the carbon into the various materials produced.” By Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Ken Meyer’s boots imprint the fine layer of dust settled over the concrete floor as he walks through South...

Feeding South Dakota asking state for $3 million

KELO - South Dakota · July 24, 2025

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – About 1.5 million pounds of food previously funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is gone as Feeding South Dakota’s CEO, Lori Dykstra, is asking lawmakers to consider carving out $3 million in the state’s 2026...

New MRI tech comes to Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls

Dakota News Now - South Dakota · July 24, 2025

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Construction crews used a crane to lift a state-of-the-art MRI machine into the new Sanford Orthopedics building on Thursday. The interpretive MRI is the first of its kind in the region, and will help doctors...

Highest-earning counties in South Dakota

Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota ·

Highest-earning counties in South Dakota Data shows that annual annual income depends heavily on an individual's educational attainment, race, ethnicity, gender, and even location. One cluster of the United States is particularly well off: The...

Coke’s cane sugar announcement unlikely to impact South Dakota corn prices

96.9 KDLO - South Dakota · July 24, 2025

July 24, 2025 UNDATED (S.D. Searchlight)–Very little of South Dakota’s corn is used to produce sweetened beverages, but the crop’s boosters in the state say a nationwide shift toward cane sugar is an unwelcome sign for corn farmers. Coca-Cola...

Hess: Effort continues to fix South Dakota elections that don’t need fixing

Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota · July 24, 2025

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...

Fact brief: Is chislic recognized as a state symbol in South Dakota?

South Dakota News Watch · July 24, 2025

South Dakota officially designated chislic, a dish of fried or grilled salted cubes of meat sometimes served on skewers, as the official state “nosh” in 2018. The bite-sized food has been a uniquely South Dakota food since the late 1800s, when the...

Coke’s Cane Sugar Announcement Bugs Some Farmers, but Is Unlikely to Impact South Dakota Corn Prices

Successful Farming ·

By John Hult Very little of South Dakota’s corn is used to produce sweetened beverages, but the crop’s boosters in the state say a nationwide shift toward cane sugar is an unwelcome sign for corn farmers. Coca-Cola announced its intention to offer...

Medicine Wheel Ride stops at Yakama Reservation to show support for missing and murdered Indigenous people

Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State ·

TOPPENISH — Luvy Yonnie carried an eagle staff and a red jingle dress as she and others in the Medicine Wheel Ride from Seattle to Sturgis introduced themselves during their recent stop at the Yakama Reservation. The sixth annual Medicine Wheel...