Country Music News
Cracker Barrel Might Soon Become a Thing of the Past
They're struggling like everyone else at the moment. Continue reading…
13h ago
Country Stars Charged With Felonies
Including several delinquent youths, at least two singers battling addiction and one jealous rage that ended in murder. Continue reading…
13h ago
Alan Jackson Buys Sleek New $3 Million Nashville Mansion [Pics]
The modern residence is very different from his past homes. Continue reading…
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News
Three Hughes County Sheriff's deputies awarded 2024 Medal of Honor for actions during standoff at Spring Creek
Three Hughes County Sheriff's Deputies have been awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest honor bestowed annually by the South Dakota Sheriff's Association and the South Dakota Chief's of Police Association. Deputy Dan Eihlers, Deputy Clayton Green, and Deputy Gary Nickerson each received the Medal of Honor for their ac...
19h ago
Capital Area United Way looking for new Executive Director
The Capital Area United Way is looking for its next executive director. Board President Laura Ringling says they are looking for a dynamic leader. The first review of applications is scheduled for May 1, 2024.
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Fort Pierre Alzheimer's advocate taking her family's story about living with Alzheimer's Disease to Washington
APRIL 18, 2024: A woman from Fort Pierre is back home after recently (April 7-9, 2024) spending a few days in Washington, D.C., sharing her family's personal story and advocating for funding for Alzheimer's and dementia research. Carmen Magee's husband Fred was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer's in 2019, at only ...
21h ago
Sports
Is High School Baseball Coming to South Dakota?
PIERRE, S.D. - The South Dakota High School Activities Association will formally begin the process of possibly sanctioning baseball. At Wednesday's SDHSAA Board of Directors meeting, the board acknowledged letters submitted by two member schools to explore sanctioning baseball. The board approved acknowledging the lett...
10h ago
Vikings have the 11th and 23rd picks in the NFL draft and a need for a QB. Can they get their guy?
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings are as poised as ever to get a quarterback high in the draft. Kirk Cousins left as a free agent for Atlanta. The Vikings also acquired an additional first-rounder in a trade with Houston as potential fuel to move up. They have the 11th and 23rd overall selections. North Carolin...
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South Dakota High School Activities Association releases 2024 football schedules
PIERRE, S.D. - The South Dakota High School Activities Association has released (April 17, 2024) the high school football schedules for the fall of 2024. The Pierre T.F. Riggs schedule has them playing their second game of the season at home against Sioux Falls O'Gorman. Jason Poppinga is O'Gorman's head coach. He was ...
12h ago
Farm News
USDA, USAID deploy $1-billion for emergency food assistance; Wheat groups welcome the new funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development will deploy $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funding to purchase U.S.-grown commodities to provide emergency food assistance to people in need throughout the world, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and USAID Administrator Sa...
13h ago
FAA approves "drone swarms" for use in agriculture
The Federal Aviation Administration issued an exemption for "drone-swarm" agriculture, a method of seeding and spraying crops at a fraction of the traditional cost. Hylio (HEE-lee-oh), a Texas-based drone manufacturer, successfully applied for an FFA exemption to allow fleets of drones weighing 55 pounds or m...
13h ago
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South Dakota ranks 1st in industrial hemp acres harvested in open areas in 2023
Industrial hemp grown in open areas in South Dakota in 2023 totaled 3,200 acres, up 14% from 2022, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Industrial hemp harvested in open areas totaled 2,900 acres, up 14% from last year. South Dakota ranked first in the nation for industrial hemp acres harve...
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