News

Electrical pole west of Fort Pierre to be replaced today; Planned outage won't impact residential customers, but some West Central Electric Co-op business customers-- including DRG Media Group-- will be without power most of the day
April 22, 2025: Some of West Central Electric Cooperative's commercial customers-- including DRG Media Group-- will be without power much of the day on Wednesday (April 23, 2025), while a power pole g...
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2nd graders in Pierre and Fort Pierre getting information and a tree to take home during Arbor Day presentations tomorrow
Arbor Day is Friday (April 25, 2025) in South Dakota. Just ahead of that, 2nd grade students in the Pierre and Stanley County school districts will have the opportunity to learn about trees and get on...
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Weekly update meeting being held today for Euclid Avenue/Highways 14/83 reconstruction project in Pierre
As part of the Euclid Avenue/Highways 14/83 reconstruction project in Pierre, weekly update meetings will be held on Wednesday mornings. The updates will be at 11am in the Associated General Contracto...
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It's National Work Zone Awareness Week 2025; Wednesday is "Go Orange Day"
National Work Zone Awareness Week is an annual awareness campaign held at the start of construction season to remind drivers to be attentive through work zones during the busy summer travel months. &q...
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National Sports

NHL Playoff Tuesday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Carolina 3 New Jersey 1 Final OT Toronto 3 Ottawa 2 Final Florida 6 Tampa Bay 2 Final Minnesota 5 Vegas 2 Tonight's games: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Montreal at Washington 6 p.m. Dallas at Colorado 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles 9 p.m.
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NBA Playoff Tuesday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Final Indiana 123 Milwaukee 115 Final Oklahoma City 118 Memphis 99 Final L.A. Lakers 94 Minnesota 85 Tonight's games: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Orlando at Boston 6 p.m. Miami at Cleveland 6:30 p.m. Golden State at Houston 8:30 p.m.
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MLB Tuesday Scores & Schedule
INTERLEAGUE Final San Diego 2 Detroit 0 Final Washington 7 Baltimore 0 Final Kansas City 4 Colorado 3 Final Arizona 5 Tampa Bay 1 Final Pittsburgh 9 L.A. Angels 3 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Cleveland 3 N.Y. Yankees 2 Final Boston 8 Seattle 3 Final Minnesota 4 Chicago White Sox 2 Final Houston 5 Toronto 1 Final Texas 8 A...
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Blackwell scores 17:46 into OT as Stars beat Avalanche 4-3 to even 1st-round NHL playoffs series 1-1
DALLAS (AP) - Colin Blackwell scored 17:46 into overtime and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Game 2 on Monday night to even up their first-round Western Conference series. Blackwell initially took a shot that ricocheted off teammate Sam Steel and Avs defenseman Samuel Girard in front of the net. But...
Apr 22, 2025

NHL Playoff Monday Scores & Schedule
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Winnipeg 2 St. Louis 1 Final OT Washington 3 Montreal 2 Final OT Dallas 4 Colorado 3 Final Los Angeles 6 Edmonton 5 Tonight's games: New Jersey at Carolina 5 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto 6:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Vegas 10 p.m.
Apr 22, 2025
Local Sports

Big Dakota Conference Track Meet results
The Big Dakota Conference held their track meet at Todd Co. yesterday with the following events: 100 Meter Hurdles Boys Finals 100 Meter Hurdles Girls Finals 100 Meter Dash Boys/Girls Fina...
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Byron Buxton turns Superman to seal win for Twins
The Twins are back in the win column after suffering a three-game sweep at the hands of the Braves over the weekend. Minnesota welcomed in a struggling Chicago White Sox squad in for game one of a thr...
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Timberwolves can't come back from blowout first quarter, series with Lakers split 1-1
The Lakers must have felt like last night was a must-win, not wanting to go back to Minnesota trailing 0-2 in the series. LA came out and dominated from the tip, taking a 34-15 lead into the second qu...
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S Dakota St. transfer Mark Gronowski gives Iowa's offense hope. He was among top FCS QBs for 3 years
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Mark Gronowski was on the losing side of what he jokingly calls "the greatest offensive game of all time." Gronowski was South Dakota State's quarterback when the Jack...
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Farm News

USDA's World Ag Outlook Board sees tariff hits to US meat exports
The United States Department of Agriculture's World Ag Outlook Board expects the country's meat exports to decline for the rest of this year because of tariffs and retaliation, mainly from China. USDA...
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Farm bankruptcy numbers climbing in 2025
Farm bankruptcies grew 55 percent from 2023 to 2024 and are trending even higher in 2025. Farmers are continuing to struggle with low prices for their agricultural commodities and the high costs of in...
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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission rejects permit for an $8.9 billion carbon capture pipeline
April 23, 2025: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The massive carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday (April 22, 2025) after South Dakota's Public Utility Commission denied i...
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USMEF: Reaction to changes in USTR port service fee plan
On Thursday (April 17, 2025), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published revisions to proposed port service fees designed to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry. The changes ca...
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