Governor baseball takes game 1 in best of 3 series with Yankton with state tournament birth on the line
PIERRE, S.D. - The Pierre Governor High School baseball team recorded a 6-5 win over Yankton on Friday (May 17, 2024) in the opening game of the South Dakota High School Baseball post season. The Governors can clinch a spot in next week's State tournament with a win today over Yankton in the best of three Super Regiona...
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Central SD teams perform well at Last Chance Meet
MOBRIDGE, S.D. - Athletes from all pockets of the state ascended to north central South Dakota for Friday's (May 17, 2024) Last Chance Meet. In the boys standings, Mobridge-Pollock racked up 139 points. Lemmon (59) and Dupree (50) finished second and third, respectively. In the girls standings, Herreid/Selby Area poste...
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USD Department of Art Instructor Hosted Arts and Health Program at Mike Durfee State Prison
Ariadne Albright, an arts in health adjunct instructor in the University of South Dakota Department of Art, co-directed an arts and health program at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield. The program, I Believe II / The South Dakota Prison Project, was led by Albright and Suzanne Costello, director of the Stuart...
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BankWest awards 22 scholarships for 2024-25 school year; Many recipients attend central South Dakota schools
BankWest Chairman and CEO Charles H. Burke III recently announced the awarding of 22 BankWest Scholarships to students from across South Dakota for the 2024-25 school year. Students will each receive a $1,500 scholarship to pursue post-secondary education at a school of their choice. "Through our scholarship progr...
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Rapid City 5th Grader wins statewide Grandparent Essay Contest
AARP South Dakota is excited to congratulate our 2024 South Dakota Grandparent Essay Award Winner, Paisly Kading, a fifth grader from Rapid City. Paisly was recognized this week (May 15, 2024) at the South Dakota Retired School Personnel (SDRSP) Convention held in Watertown. She wrote her winning essay, The Kindest Hea...
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South Dakota Truck Driving Championships happening today in Sioux Falls
The South Dakota Trucking Association's Truck Driving Championships will take place today (May 18, 2024) at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls. This event aims to celebrate the unparalleled skill and dedication of truck drivers while promoting safety and excellence in the industry. Highlighting this year's cham...
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last pandas at any US zoo are expected to leave Atlanta for China this fall
MAY 17, 2024: ATLANTA (AP) - The last U.S. zoo with pandas in its care expects to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall. Zoo Atlanta is making preparations to return panda parents Lun Lun and Yang Yang to China along with their American-born twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun, zoo officials said Friday (May 17, 2024). The...
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Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health
UNDATED (AP)-Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart. But better research methods have thrown cold water on that idea. A growing number of public health experts say if you choose to drink alcohol, you should drink as little as possible. Guidelines vary from country to country but the overall t...
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Hayden Handcock named Pierre Market President for American Bank & Trust
Hayden Handcock has joined the American Bank & Trust team as the market president in Pierre. Handcock has over nine years of agriculture financial services experience. "I have spent my career in agriculture by supporting dreams in both community and fields," said Handcock. "My mission is to help supp...
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Bob Ross' legacy lives on in new 'The Joy of Painting' series
UNDATED (AP)- When Bob Ross died of complications from cancer in 1995, he had completed about half of the paintings he planned to teach from in a 32 season of "The Joy of Painting." In the new series "The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross' Unfinished Season," a certified Bob Ross instr...
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