PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is pressuring House lawmakers weighing impeachment charges against the state’s attorney general to release investigative files on his 2020 fatal car crash. The Republican governor last year delivered the crash investigation to House Speaker Spencer Gosch. The Republican lawmaker had pledged a transparent process as a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled House is signaling it wants more power to look into settlement agreements. A bipartisan proposal easily cleared the House on a 64 to six vote and will next head to the Senate. The move comes after parts of a legislative probe last year were hampered by a nondisparagement […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota has taken a step in trying to mirror Texas’ strict abortion law, potentially paving the way for citizens to sue those involved in a procedure after a fetal heartbeat is detected, tied to rhetoric over whether states should pursue these paths. Last Friday, Gov. Kristi Noem introduced a bill which […]

DEADWOOD, S.D. — The man who was arrested over the weekend in connection with his wife’s murder made his initial court appearance Monday in Lawrence County. Dreau Lester Rogers, 33, appeared via video before Fourth Circuit Magistrate Judge Chad Callaham Monday morning. Rogers is facing charges of first degree murder, possession of a controlled substance […]

STURGIS, S.D. – A Piedmont man has pleaded guilty to using a device to photograph or visually record a person without consent. George Mandas, 56, entered his plea in Meade County Court last week. The charge against him arose in the fall of 2021 when a woman who was dog-sitting at his residence noticed a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota House committee has approved a proposal to prod school districts to use most of their boost in state funding for teachers’ salaries. The proposal approved Monday comes as lawmakers this year consider passing a historic 6% boost in state funding for schools to keep up with inflation. The […]

UNDATED – Here is your Monday Night, January 24, South Dakota High School Basketball Scoreboard: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Canistota 71, Ethan 62 Warner 52, Langford 34 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Chamberlain 61, Todd County 54 DeSmet 63, Willow Lake 43 Ethan 54, Canistota 17 Howard 64, Dell Rapids St. Mary 50 North Central Co-Op 56, South […]

UNDATED – The South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Poll for the week of Jan. 24 is listed below, ranking the top-five teams, the team’s record, points received and ranking in the previous poll. First-place votes are listed in parentheses. Boys basketball Class AA 1. Roosevelt (21) 9-0 105 1 2. O’Gorman 10-2 84 2 3. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Dillon Kelley made 31 saves on 32 shots, Kenton Helgesen, Alec Butcher and Stephen Baylis each scored and the Rapid City Rush beat the Idaho Steelheads, 3-1, Sunday afternoon at The Monument Ice Arena. The Rush started the scoring late in the first period when Logan Nelson carried the puck through […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Ryan Valentini scored for the second straight game but the Rapid City Rush were beaten by the Idaho Steelheads, 4-1, Saturday night at The Monument Ice Arena in front of a season-high crowd of 4,437. Idaho struck first in the opening period when Shawn McBride gained the zone with an odd-man […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Dickinson captured the Rapid City Gym-O-Rama team title Saturday with 146.900 points. It is the third time in four years for Dickinson. Hot Springs finished in second with 136.250. Chamberlain was  third and Pierre finished in fourth. Rapid City Central rounded out the top five. Elizabeth Karsky of Dickinson captured the […]

UNDATED – South Dakota Prep Basketball Scores for Saturday, January 22: BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= Bon Homme 55, Alcester-Hudson 49 Bowman County, N.D. 72, Belle Fourche 71 Brandon Valley 52, Aberdeen Central 43 Chester 50, Beresford 42 Elk Point-Jefferson 74, Dell Rapids 67 Flandreau 56, Parker 47 Great Plains Lutheran 80, Iroquois/Doland 39 Gregory 65, Gayville-Volin […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The USDA says there were more cattle placed into U.S. feed lots in December 2021 than any other December on record.  Increased placements are tied to heavier marketings last year, poor forage conditions, and high hay prices in some of the major feeding areas.  December totals of 1.963 million head was 6% […]

AMES, IA – Using a boxed beef index as an external reference price could result in higher or lower fed cattle prices versus other ways of discovering prices, according to a livestock economist. The CME Group launched a Boxed Beef Index the first week of March 2021.  The index is a five-business day volume-weighed moving […]

WASHINGTON, DC – R-CALF USA has asked Congress to implement a stopgap measure to preserve what is left of the U.S. cattle industry. In written testimony submitted in a Wednesday hearing held by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard wrote, […]

FOREST RIVER, ND (DTN) — A North Dakota farm filed a class-action lawsuit last week, alleging John Deere is violating the Sherman Act in not making diagnostic software available to farmers who want to repair their own equipment. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Illinois alleges John Deere […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced support for a report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC). “The FRRCC represents a diverse group of stakeholders including academia, industry, non-governmental organizations, and state, local, and tribal governments,” said Scott Yager, NCBA Chief Environmental Counsel. “NCBA strongly […]

LARAMIE, WY – Education. Mentoring. Technical Assistance. Three things beginning ranchers and farmers need to acquire th eknowledge, skills, and tools needed to make informed decisions for their operations and ehance their sustainability. The Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming was awarded […]