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Students from Pierre, Platte and Watertown represent South Dakota at national America250 art contest
Freedom 250 and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently honored the Regional, People's Choice, and National Winners of the American Heroes Student Art Contest during a special awards ...
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Fort Pierre, other Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands enter Stage 1 fire restrictions Saturday morning
The Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands-- which includes the Fort Pierre National Grassland-- have issued a fire ban due to ongoing drought conditions and an elevated risk of wildfire. The ban ap...
Jul 17, 2026
Fort Pierre under mandatory water use restriction while water suppliers West River/Lyman Jones and Mni Wiconi try to keep up with demand
A mandatory water use restriction is in effect in Fort Pierre while the West River/Lyman-Jones and Mni Wiconi Rural Water Systems try to keep up with demand caused by triple digit temperatures in the ...
Jul 17, 2026
Hughes County judge give permanent injunction, awards civil penalties against former South Dakota business
This week (July 15, 2026), a Hughes County judge gave the State of South Dakota a permanent injunction against a co-owner of Advanced Resources LLC, which did business in the state as Patriot Warranty...
Jul 17, 2026
National Sports
MLB Friday Scoreboard & Saturday Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Final L.A. Dodgers 2 N.Y. Yankees 1 Final Atlanta 15 Texas 1 Final Minnesota 5 Chi Cubs 2 Final Kansas City 7 San Diego 6 Final Washington 23 Athletics 4 Final San Francisco 7 Seattle 0 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Boston 10 Tampa Bay 0 Double Header Game 1 Final Boston 5 Tampa Bay 3 Double Header Game 2 Final...
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WNBA Friday Scores & Saturday Schedule
WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Indiana 110 Seattle 107 Final Atlanta 111 Toronto 92 Final Chicago 96 Los Angeles 82 Final Connecticut 96 Phoenix 83 Today's games: New York at Indiana 7 p.m. Portland at Minnesota 7 p.m. Washington at Golden State 7:30 p.m.
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AL pitching shuts down NL in 3-hit All-Star performance; First shutout since 2013
Dylan Cease struck out all three NL hitters in the first inning, combining with 10 different relievers for a three-hitter in a show of pitching dominance that led the American League to a 4-0 win over the National League the 2026 All-Star game. Cody Bellinger, who was named MVP of the game, hit a two-run single. Ben Ri...
Jul 15, 2026
Baseball union head criticizes MLB salary cap ad campaign, says claims of economic woe are perverse
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The head of baseball's players' union chastised management on Tuesday for its advertising campaign in support of a salary cap while Commissioner Rob Manfred maintained the proposal was developed in response to fans. Bruce Meyer, who took over when Tony Clark was forced out in February, said the spor...
Jul 15, 2026
Khosla family agrees to purchase defending Super Bowl champion Seattle for $9.612B, sources say
The Seattle Seahawks are being sold to the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla, in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen, the team announced on Saturday. The Khosla family entered into a formal agreement to purchase the defending Super Bowl champions for $9.612 billion, according to a person famili...
Jul 15, 2026
Local Sports
Spuds Answer Late, Defeat Zap 7-5 in Back-and-Forth Battle
CASPER, Wyo. - The Casper Spuds used a two-run seventh inning to outlast the Oahe Zap 7-5 Friday night in a back-and-forth contest featuring 18 total hits. Both starting pitchers settled in early as O...
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Post 4 Splits Opening Day, Earns Top Seed at State VFW Tournament
BELLE FOURCHE S.D. - Mobridge Post 4's 17U Legion squad split its opening day at the South Dakota State VFW Varsity Baseball Championships on Friday in Belle Fourche, defeating W.I.N. 19U 4-2 before f...
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Oahe Zap shock the ILB with series win over 1st place Sasquatch; Go for sweep in game four tonight
Coming into this three (turned four) game series against Spearfish, the Zap knew this would be a measuring stick homestand as they tried to decipher how they would stack up against the best record in ...
Jul 15, 2026
Zap pick up most impressive win of season versus first-place Sasquatch
The Zap did something no team in the iLB has been able to do all summer long, and that is keep the Spearfish Sasquatch off the board. Spearfish has scored in every game this season during their 29-6 c...
Jul 14, 2026
Farm News
Hawaii Becomes Fifth State to Set a Clean Fuel Standard
Hawaii Governor Josh Green signed legislation to create a clean fuel standard for the state. The new law, which has garnered support from Clean Fuels Alliance America, aims to drive demand and open a ...
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Rhoden signs executive order to increase flexibility for hay hauling
South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed (July 17, 2026) an Executive Order (2026-08) to assist agriculture producers by easing transportation restrictions and increasing access to hay so farmers and...
Jul 17, 2026
Milling executives from Peru tour wheat country in South Dakota
July 17, 2026: Five wheat milling executives from Peru spent the last few days of June (June 28-30, 2026) in the Pierre, Fort Pierre and Gettysburg areas of South Dakota touring wheat fields, farms an...
Jul 17, 2026
R-CALF USA disappointed Brazil's beef will not be tariffed
July 17, 2026: Effective July 22, 2026, the United States Trade Representative and the president will impose a 25% tariff on many goods from Brazil, but beef and beef products will be exempted from th...
Jul 17, 2026
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