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U.S. Army Corps hold virtual Missouri River management spring meeting this afternoon
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' annual spring meetings discussing Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir system operations will be virtual this year, due to travel restrictions that are in place for civi...
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Fort Pierre Ward 2 city council candidate forum scheduled for this evening
March 31, 2025: The Fort Pierre Chamber of Commerce is hosting a city council candidate forum Thursday at 5:30pm (April 3, 2025) at the Quentin Sutley Senior Center in Fort Pierre. Ward II incumbent C...
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Pierre man arrested following foot chase with law enforcement officers Tuesday night
A 27 year old man from Pierre is in custody after he allegedly broke a window at a Pierre business Tuesday night (April 1, 2025, approximately 8:30pm). Information from the Pierre Police Department sa...
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Weather forces minor adjustments to the start of Euclid Avenue reconstruction project in Pierre
April 2, 2025: Weather threw a wrinkle into the contractor's plan for work that started Monday (March 31, 2025) on the South Dakota Department of Transportation's $26.4 million Euclid Avenue/U.S. High...
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National Sports

The Torpedo Bat; The story behind the hitting trend taking over the MLB
If you're a baseball fan, you may have heard the talk about this new bat that has crept into the MLB, but is now not so subtly exploding across the league. The new bat is known as the Torpedo bat (also called a bowling pin bat, but torpedo sounds cooler), and it gets the name because it is literally shaped like both of...
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MLB Wednesday Scores & Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Final Texas 1 Cincinnati 0 Final Pittsburgh 4 Tampa Bay 2 Final St. Louis 12 L.A. Angels 5 Final Milwaukee 3 Kansas City 2 Final Toronto 4 Washington 2 Final Chicago Cubs 10 Athletics 2 Final San Diego 5 Cleveland 2 Final San Francisco 6 Houston 3 Final Arizona 4 N.Y. Yankees 3 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Min...
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NHL Wednesday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Final OT N-Y Rangers 5 Minnesota 4 Final Carolina 5 Washington 1 Final Toronto 3 Florida 2 Final SO Colorado 3 Chicago 2 Final Seattle 5 Vancouver 0 Today's games: Boston at Montreal 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa 6 p.m. Colorado at Columbus 6:30 p.m. Nashville at Dallas 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Loui...
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NBA Wednesday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Indiana 119 Charlotte 105 Final Cleveland 124 New York 105 Final Washington 116 Sacramento 111 Final Miami 124 Boston 103 Final Houston 143 Utah 105 Final Dallas 120 Atlanta 118 Final San Antonio 113 Denver 106 Final Oklahoma City 119 Detroit 103 Final L.A. Clippers 114 New Orleans...
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Ohtani's walk-off homer boosts Dodgers to 8-0 with another comeback win
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani met the moment again, and his latest theatrics have the Los Angeles Dodgers perfect to start the season. The Japanese superstar hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning on his bobblehead night, lifting the Dodgers over the winless Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Wednesday. "If I didn't...
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Local Sports

Twins win series in Chicago; Tied for first in AL Central
What a turnaround for the Twins. Starting the season off 0-4 and putting an unsettling feeling in Twins fans all over, but getting off the mat and winning back-to-back before heading home. The Twins d...
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Wild fall to Rangers 5-4 in OT
NEW YORK (AP) - Vincent Trocheck scored at 24 seconds of overtime to give the New York Rangers a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night. Trocheck slid the puck past goalie Filip Gustav...
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SD Special Olympics Newsletter
April 01, 2025 Thank you, Mitchell, for an amazing 40th State Basketball Tournament The following note, which was e-mailed to the State Office, touched us deeply. Thank you, Trent, for these beautiful...
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Stanley County set to break ground on new Track & Field Complex
The Stanley County Buffaloes will see yet another improvement to their sporting facilities when they break ground on a brand new Track & Field Complex at the football field tomorrow. After the con...
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Farm News

Oil and Biofuel Coalition Meets with EPA
A coalition of U.S. oil and biofuel groups met with the Environmental Protection Agency this week to push for higher federal mandates for biomass diesel blending. Three sources familiar with the plans...
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Ag Leaders Speak Out on 2,4-D
Farmers would suffer if the U.S. government granted a petition to place anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of the herbicide 2,4-D. The president of the National Corn Growers Association...
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Ag groups react to Trumps reciprocal tariffs plan
Becky Rasdall Vargas, senior vice president of trade and workforce policy at the International Dairy Foods Association, released the following statement (April 2, 2025) in response to President Trump'...
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Common Sense Butterfly Conservation Efforts Yielding Results in Texas
The Texas Department of Agriculture announced good news about monarch butterfly conservation. The eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, according to the latest World Wildlife Fu...
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Prosecution lays out timeline of discovery and policies in place to detect and prevent theft on first day of trial for woman accused of stealing $1.8 million in state and federal funds.