Clean Energy Fuels Building Hydrogen Station for California Mass Transit

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s first hydrogen fueling station for Foothill Transit was such a success that it’s now on schedule to build a second H2 station at the Arcadia bus yard in California. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. was awarded the contract to...

Caribbean Clash of Champions set for November 2 at South Dakota

November 2025 is set to be a landmark month for the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMRSC), marking the first time an entire month will be dedicated to motorsport. The international Circuit Race and Drag Race will take centre stage, creating a...

South Dakota Mines celebrates second year of a revitalized Rocker Days Parade

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Downtown Rapid City was filled with the sounds of “Hard Rock and Roll” Saturday as South Dakota Mines celebrated its annual Rocker Days homecoming with a parade that brought university spirit to the city streets. Over 40 student...

U.S. agriculture official in Taiwan to meet local meat industry reps

Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) Luke J. Lindberg, a senior official in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is visiting Taiwan on an agribusiness trade mission to meet with local meat industry representatives and drum up business for...

How natural gas derailed Pennsylvania's renewable energy future

PHILADELPHIA – In the steep hills above the Schuylkill River, across the street from a famous cheesesteak place and at the end of a quiet block, sits a typical Philadelphia rowhouse: narrow brick, front porch, fig trees growing in the yard. From...

Zimmer: "Improvement Week" pays off for South Dakota State

BROOKINGS — South Dakota State entered its final non-conference game of the 2025 season on Saturday coming off the bye week, or as the Jackrabbits call it, "Improvement Week". That's the name they've used going back to the John Stiegelmeier days,...

Area Obituaries: Dick, Stovall, Cassity, McClun, Brosius, Edwards

Torrington, WY (Colyer Funeral Home) September 30th, 2025 — Graveside Services for ESTHER MAY (FRASIER) DICK, 84, will take place at Prairie Rest Cemetery in Guernsey Wyoming on October 11, 2025, at 10:00 am. Please consider sending your...

PANKRATZ INDUCTED INTO JACKS HALL OF FAME

More than three decades after becoming a four-time All-American wrestler with South Dakota State University, Freeman native and Flyers standout Mike Pankratz is properly recognized For those familiar with Freeman High School athletics in the...

Lake Area Tech awards Thames scholarship on Tailgate Tour

Week Six – Scholarship Winner Lake Area Technical College celebrated its sixth stop on its 60th Anniversary Tailgate Tour, Friday night at the Madison vs. Sioux Falls Christian football game. The evening featured a scholarship presentation, and...

PRT HD Expands Aftermarket Portfolio with New Shock Absorbers

Jeff White is the Managing Editor of Counterman. He joined Babcox after a 20-year career in TV News as a Producer. You can contact him at [email protected] Published: September 25, 2025 Henkel announced the expansion of its manufacturing facility...

Student-Built Tractors from SDSU on Display at the Washington Pavilion this Weekend

Student-built tractors from SDSU will be displayed at the Washington Pavilion Oct. 3-4 as part of SDSU Day. Student-built tractors from SDSU will be on display at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls this weekend. They are the product of the...

South Dakota OKs $650 million prison project

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota lawmakers have agreed to replace one of the nation’s oldest prisons — one that predates the state itself. Legislators in a special session on Tuesday night narrowly passed a bill to spend $650 million to build a...

South Dakota farmer shares hard-won lessons on organic transition

Innovation requires careful testing. That was a key takeaway for Blake Burggraff over the last few years as he worked to transition his crop ground to certified organic. Burggraff, who served as a Tri-State Neighbor Crop Watcher in 2023, has now...

USDA Issues Health Alert for Frozen and Ready-To-Eat Meals Linked to Deadly Listeria Outbreak

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for ready-to-eat meals that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The alert comes as part of an ongoing investigation...

A federal lifeline for South Dakota innovation is at risk

This commentary was written for South Dakota Searchlight, an online news organization, by Joni Ekstrum, executive director for South Dakota Biotech. By Joni EkstrumExecutive director for South Dakota Biotech In just a few days, one of the federal...

John Thune talks trade during visit to Rapid City

RAPID CITY, S.D. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune visited Rapid City on Friday, speaking to constituents at the Black Hills Forum and Press Club Luncheon on topics ranging from international trade and tariffs to national security. A key...

South Dakota Program Offers Aspiring Farmers A Rare Path Into Agriculture

MITCHELL — Cody Kafka had dreamed of farming his own land since he began working on a farm in his teens, but that seemed unlikely without land to inherit. So it felt good when he finally walked across his own acres for the first time this year....

Win Tickets To See Eric Church In Sioux Falls [WIN TICKETS]

Win Tickets to See Eric Church in Sioux Falls! Get ready, Sioux Falls—Eric Church is coming to the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center on Friday, February 6th, 2026! Known as “The Chief,” Eric Church has built one of the biggest followings in country...

SFFR responds to structure fire in Sioux Falls Friday afternoon

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Crews responded to a report of a single-family home that was on fire in Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls Fire Rescue was dispatched for the report at the 800 block of French Avenue around 12:09 pm on Friday, September...

With South Dakota prison approved, attention turns to recidivism

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - The state of South Dakota must do a better job of keeping prisoners from reoffending and ending up back behind bars, South Dakota lawmakers said this week in narrowly passing a bill authorizing a $650...