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South Dakota Labor Department providing free, virtual layoff assistance session next week
DGR News
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The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation is providing a virtual layoff assistance resource session on Tuesday (Aug. 5, 2025) at 12 p.m. CDT/11 a.m. MDT via Microsoft Teams. This free session is designed for individuals who have been...
South Dakota Commission on Child Support seeking public input; Submission deadline is tomorrow
DGR News
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The South Dakota Commission on Child Support is soliciting public input on potential changes to South Dakota child support guidelines and related state laws. Information on the potential changes is available on the Division of Child Support...
South Dakota State releases women's hoops non-con schedule
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 30, 2025
BROOKINGS — South Dakota State announced the women's basketball non-conference schedule on Wednesday, and as usual, it's a challenging one. Eight of the 14 non-conference games the Jackrabbits have scheduled are against teams that played in last...
Rapid City Area Schools still needs to address critical facility needs
KOTA Territory News - South Dakota
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July 30, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Rapid City Area Schools continues to have long-standing facility needs; and might seek a referendum to raise the funds. Before making a decision however, RCAS wants to know if the community would support that referendum....
'Here to Pee' all-trans comedy protest tour to visit Sioux Falls
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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An all-trans comedy protest tour is halfway through its tour of all 50 states and is heading to Sioux Falls on Aug. 1. The “Here to Pee Tour” is a group of trans comedians responding to rising anti-trans legislation across the U.S., including a...
Two Sioux Falls families experience ‘miracles’ thanks to Miracle Treat Day
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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On July 31st, participating Dairy Queen locations will donate $1 or more from every Blizzard sale to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. The funds raised in and around Sioux Falls support critical treatments, equipment and family services at...
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...
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...
Feeding South Dakota requests $3 million from legislature
Hill City Prevailer - South Dakota
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July 30, 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...
South Dakota Partners with Avel eCare to Launch the First-of-Its-Kind Continuing Education (CE) Program for EMS Teams Using Real-Time Telemedicine Support
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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SIOUX FALLS, SD / ACCESS Newswire / July 30, 2025 / The South Dakota Department of Health in partnership with Avel eCare, a national leader in innovative telemedicine solutions, is proud to introduce a new and uniquely impactful continuing...
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...
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...
South Dakota task force mulls major taxation shift
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By Makenzie HuberSouth Dakota Searchlight Members of a task force aiming to reduce the property tax burden for South Dakota homeowners are considering proposals to reduce or replace property taxes by relying on sales or transaction taxes. The task...
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...
Women's City hits 100 years: 'A huge milestone for Rockford golf'
Rockford Register Star - Illinois
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Twenty years before there was a U.S. Women’s Open, there was a Rockford city golf tournament for women. Rockford's women golfers even got a head start on Rockford's men, starting their city tournament two years earlier in 1926. August 1-3 will...
Rhoden announces creation of Operation: Prairie Thunder safety initiative in Sioux Falls Metro Area; State Democratic party leaders say it sends the wrong message
DGR News
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This week (July 28, 2025), South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden announced the creation of Operation: Prairie Thunder – a comprehensive, targeted public safety initiative to protect South Dakotans, especially in the Sioux Falls metro area. “We are...
2 South Dakota law enforcement officers complete training to work with ICE
Black Hills FOX News - South Dakota
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July 30, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that two Division of Criminal Investigation agents are the first state law enforcement officers to complete training to assist with ICE operations. The two will...
South Dakota DCI agents first state law enforcement officers to complete I.C.E. 287(g) training
DGR News
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July 29, 2025: Two Division of Criminal Investigation agents are the first state law enforcement officers to complete the training required to help the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department enforce federal immigration law for violent...
Keeping hobbies alive for 75 years in Rapid City
KOTA Territory News - South Dakota
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July 29, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Who’s Hobby House is a shop in Rapid City that’s been around for 75 years. “We carry a lot of different items that you’re not going to see at most other stores. We carry a lot of higher-end radio control airplanes, boats,...
Briar Cliff softball will move off campus to new field & South Dakota education officials say federal funds are being released
KWIT - Iowa
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July 29, 2025
The Sioux City Council approved a lease agreement during its Monday meeting, allowing the Sioux City Fast Pitch Softball Association and Briar Cliff University shared use of Hubbard Park. The move ends decades of Briar Cliff softball games being...