This week, I outlined my budget recommendations for how we will run our state in the next fiscal year. The past year has brought historic challenges. South Dakota has taken those challenges in stride and has come out stronger. Our state has the strongest economy in America. I want to make sure that we do not ...

Leadership at USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) have responded to a request from National Bison Association to find a new path for relief for bison producers affected by Mycoplasma infection and mortality. In previous years, the FSA considered Mycoplasma to be a secondary infection in bison, which prevented producers from qualifying for reimbursement for death losses under the agency’s ...

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Bridgewater-Emery 61, Colome 38 Elk Point-Jefferson 78, Canton 71 Faulkton 65, Wessington Springs 41 Gillette Early Bird Tournament= St. Thomas More 72, Campbell County, Wyo. 54   GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Aberdeen Christian 53, Potter County 38 Brandon Valley 70, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 66 Corsica/Stickney 67, Chamberlain 47 Crazy Horse 86, St. Francis Indian 11 Elk Point-Jefferson 40, Canton 36, OT Faulkton 57, Wessington Springs 38 Flandreau ...

Wrestling Garretson at Parker Quad Burke/Gregory and Wagner at Winner Triangular Valentine Triangular   Boys and Girls Basketball Canton at Elk Point Jefferson   Boys Basketball Colome vs Bridgewater Emery at Dakota Christian   Girls Basketball Crazy Horse at St. Francis Belle Fourche at White River Dell Rapids at Madison Washington at Lincoln Lower Brule at Lakota Tech Brandon Valley at O’Gorman Corsica Stickney at Chamberlain  

The South Dakota Association of Agricultural Extension Professionals (SDAAEP) announced the 2021 state and regional award winners at their annual meeting on Oct. 26. The association also presented its Friend of SDAAEP award to Dakota Farm Talk’s Pam Geppert. The SDAAEP is the state chapter of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA). South Dakota ...

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Bridgewater-Emery 39, Scotland 17 Centerville 69, Canistota 26 Chamberlain 63, Stanley County 53 Dakota Valley 54, Lennox 41 Elkton-Lake Benton 40, Estelline/Hendricks 36 Florence/Henry 62, Deuel 27 Freeman 57, Platte-Geddes 49 Freeman Academy/Marion 47, Sunshine Bible Academy 15 Great Plains Lutheran 34, Leola/Frederick 32 Groton Area 52, Flandreau Indian 6 Howard 55, Arlington 47 Huron 46, Yankton 43 Irene-Wakonda 65, Bon Homme 28 Kadoka Area 48, ...

On Friday December 3, Governor Kristi Noem filed her appeal brief in the Planned Parenthood v. Noem litigation, which she has appealed to the United States 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. “Following last week’s historic oral arguments in the Dobbs case, South Dakota is moving forward with our legal fight to protect unborn lives,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “I look forward to the ...

Governor Kristi Noem has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff statewide from sunrise until sundown on Tuesday, December 7 in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. This order is in response to a proclamation by President Joseph R. Biden, which can be found here.

Wrestling O’ Gorman, Jefferson and Tea Area at Roosevelt Washington and Lincoln at Lennox Quad   Girls Basketball Kadoka at Kimball/White Lake Freeman at Platte/Geddes Lennox at Dakota Valley West Central at Baltic Chamberlain at Stanley County Ainsworth at Cody Kilgore   Boys and Girls Basketball Valentine at Mullen

The Winner City Council will meet this evening in the Winner City Council Chambers at 325 S. Monroe Street at 6:30 p.m.  One of the items of discussion will be to settle on the next Winner City Election date which will be April 12th of 2022.