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Sioux Falls Little Leaguers and families not taking experience for granted
Dakota News Now - South Dakota
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August 15, 2025
WILLIAMSPORT, P.A. (Dakota News Now) - The Sioux Falls Little League team took on Pennsylvania on Thursday in the Little League World Series. It was a day of excitement and anticipation. Each year, Williamsport becomes the center of the baseball...
Rollins in South Dakota for Dakotafest
Tri State Livestock News - South Dakota
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August 15, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is scheduled to be in Austin, Texas, today with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, for what USDA said is “a major announcement regarding the Trump administration’s response to New World screwworm.” The...
Cliff Avenue under construction affecting commute to Sioux Falls schools SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) -- Construction crews are working non-stop to open key intersections in time for the beginning of the school year in Sioux Falls next week. Cliff Avenue…
KELO - South Dakota
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elenathewise / Depositphotos.com SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) — Construction crews are working non-stop to open key intersections in time for the beginning of the school year in Sioux Falls next week. Cliff Avenue will have one lane of traffic in...
Claires, ICING to close by Halloween in Sioux Falls
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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Officials for another two stores have announced their closure at the Empire Mall in Sioux Falls: global retail chain Claire’s and the company’s other brand, ICING. Claire’s, known for youth jewelry, fashion accessories and free ear piercings, as...
South Dakota’s Largest Classroom coming to state fair
Dakota News Now - South Dakota
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August 14, 2025
HURON, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The South Dakota Department of Education is welcoming students to an educational and interactive center at the 2025 state fair. South Dakota’s Largest Classroom is an educational learning experience that invites...
Photos: Spartan Emergency Response announces manufacturing facility
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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President of REV Specialty Group Mike Virnig shows a video during the groundbreaking celebration to expand production of fully custom apparatus and high-performance, semi-custom trucks on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, at Spartan Emergency Response in...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to visit Dakotafest, take part in ag forum
Agweek - North Dakota
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August 14, 2025
MITCHELL, S.D. — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will be attending Dakotafest. Rollins is scheduled to take part in a Wednesday, Aug. 20 ag policy forum at Dakotafest, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on the Dakotafest Education Building stage....
South Dakota Mines student earns coveted grant for work in tissue engineering
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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August 14, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Whitney Ponwith didn’t plan on studying tissue engineering. She started her college career on a nursing track before she found a love for engineering and changed her focus. In her sophomore year, she transitioned into biomedical...
From Hospitals to Retail: Where Sioux Falls Residents Work
97.3 KKRC - South Dakota
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August 14, 2025
Sioux Falls is a growing, vibrant city. Each year, thousands of people join us here in the Queen City. Sioux Falls has the best of both worlds in lots of ways. It's big enough to offer a lot of the same things as a city like Minneapolis, but...
Felony Alert Rapid City: Woman wanted for escaping custody
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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August 14, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Law enforcement is asking for the public’s help in locating a 20-year-old woman wanted on multiple felony warrants. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says Khijah Jo Goggles is charged with first-degree escape by a prisoner,...
Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce to retire Sioux Empire Livestock Show
Dakota News Now - South Dakota
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August 14, 2025
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce announced that they made the decision to retire the Sioux Empire Livestock Show, making 2025 the final year of the show. In a post on social media, the group said...
SD Trade holds 2025 Midwest Agricultural Export Summit
South Dakota Public Broadcasting
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August 14, 2025
South Dakota Trade holds the annual Midwest Agriculture Summit, or MAES, in Sioux Falls. 2025’s theme was “Getting to surplus: fixing the agricultural trade deficit." From the stressors of tariffs to trade priorities to local solutions, the MAES...
AG Drummond files brief against manufacturers selling foreign-sourced beef products with USA label
FOX23 News - Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA — Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a brief supporting cattle ranchers against manufacturers who sell foreign-sourced beef products under the "Product of USA" label. “Ranchers in Oklahoma and across the United States put in...
South Dakota lawmakers endorse more video livestreaming, hear update on Capitol water damage
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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August 13, 2025
A committee of South Dakota lawmakers endorsed a proposal Tuesday to provide more video livestreaming of the legislative process and heard how water-damaged technology could affect a special legislative session next month. South Dakota Public...
Groundbreaking of new power plant in Rapid City
KOTA Territory News - South Dakota
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August 14, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Black Hills Energy has been powering the region for nearly 142 years, and on Wednesday, they broke ground on a major project to continue that legacy. “This is more than about the building, more than about the steel, it’s...
Photos: Chabad Jewish Community Center to open in Sioux Falls
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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A line of construction helmets and shovels during the groundbreaking event of the future site of the Chabad Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Sioux Falls.Samantha Laurey / Argus LeaderA line of children’s shovels are shown...
This South Dakota gas station sold a winning $4 million lottery ticket
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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A South Dakota Lottery player purchased a winning ticket worth $4 million from the Freedom Valu Center in Vermillion. The player won the prize as a result of the Aug. 6 Lotto America drawing, the South Dakota Lottery said in a news release....
South Dakota ranchers grapple with ‘Product of USA’ issue
Black Hills FOX News - South Dakota
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August 13, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Nearly a dozen state attorneys general, including South Dakota and Wyoming, filed an amicus brief to support cattle ranchers in their bid to stop the labeling of foreign-sourced beef as a product of the U.S. “Ranchers in...
Black Hills, South Dakota Region Faces Severe Water Shortages
Insurance Journal
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August 13, 2025
Water levels in this major source of drinking water for Rapid City were so low this spring that city leaders implemented water-use restrictions weeks earlier than normal and the state delayed installation of public boat docks. Lingering drought...
Rapid City man sentenced to 17 ½ years in federal prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine in and around Rapid City
DGR News
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District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, who was convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Andre Gibson, 46, was sentenced to 17 years and six months in federal prison, followed by...