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Uninsured rate in US declined in 28 states from 2019 to 2021; South Dakota went from just over 10% to around 9.5%
During the past two years, Congress passed measures to improve access to public and private health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency including continuing coverage for peop...
Jody Heemstra Sep 16, 2022
Are You 'Intexticated?'--AAA launches initiative to reduce deadly distracted driving
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. AAA South Dakota is launching a new, multi-year initiative that aims to reduce deaths and injuries as a result of cell phone use by drivers. The t...
Apr 12, 2019
New Zealand is the latest country to tax cow burps
OCTOBER 26, 2022; New Zealand farmers recently gathered in towns and cities across the country to protest against the government's plan to tax "agricultural emissions." Reuters says the gove...
Jody Heemstra Oct 26, 2022 Nick Kean / CC
Vikings Have Enough To Beat Bears
CHICAGO (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings have little margin for error and plenty of room to improve as they try to secure a playoff spot. Not that Kirk Cousins needed a reminder. Or, for that matter, coac...
Dec 21, 2021
NFL draft has potential to set a record for most players on offense selected in the first round
The NFL draft will be offensive. We're not talking about hurt feelings. This draft has the potential to set a record for most offensive players selected in the first round. No draft has seen more than...
Jody Heemstra Apr 18, 2024 Erin Costa / CC
John Calipari departs Kentucky after 15 years, saying the program 'needs to hear another voice'
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - John Calipari is stepping down as Kentucky's men's basketball coach after 15 years, saying Tuesday that the "program probably needs to hear another voice" amid reports ...
William Haynes Apr 09, 2024
Mavs have early control over Wolves in Western Conference finals with mature, savvy effort by Irving
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kyrie Irving injected a burst of energy into the Dallas Mavericks to begin the Western Conference finals with a furious flurry of drives to the basket against the Minnesota Timberwo...
Jody Heemstra May 24, 2024
Bud Light brewer is still struggling to sell the beer in North America over trans promotion backlash
OCTOBER 31, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Tuesday (Oct. 31, 2023) that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales, in a sign of continuin...
Jody Heemstra Oct 31, 2023 Phillip Pessar / CC
Former Watertown child care provider sentenced for First-Degree Manslaughter in death of 17-month-old
JULY 15, 2023; South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces Amanda Walder of Watertown, a former child care provider, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after she earlier pled guilty to...
Jody Heemstra Jul 17, 2023
Thought to be gone forever, long-sought emails of late North Dakota attorney general emerge
MARCH 28, 2024: BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Thousands of emails of North Dakota's late attorney general have been released by his successor - long-sought records mired in controversy and previously thought ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 29, 2024