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The Great Grift: COVID-19 fraudster used stolen relief aid to purchase a private island in Florida
YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) - Patrick Parker Walsh is one of thousands of thieves who perpetrated the greatest grift in U.S. history - potentially plundering more than $280 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. ...
Jody Heemstra Nov 10, 2023
American Farm Bureau annual survey shows Thanksgiving dinner cost down from 2022, but still high relative to recent years
As Americans prepare for Thanksgiving, they'll see some relief in food prices for their Thanksgiving dinner. In the American Farm Bureau Federation's 38th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey, we find th...
Jody Heemstra Nov 21, 2023
Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Nationwide, students have been absent at record rates since schools reopened after COVID-forced closures. More than a quarter of students missed at least 10% of the 2021-22 s...
Jody Heemstra Aug 14, 2023
South Dakota Housing awards $13.5 million for development of affordable living spaces
South Dakota Housing Development Authority's Board of Commissioners recently awarded more than $13 million to assist South Dakotans with newly constructed multifamily housing, single family housing, h...
Jody Heemstra Dec 07, 2022
Rounds, Tester push forward with effort to overturn Biden Administration decision allowing beef imports from Paraguay
DECEMBER 14, 2023: As part of their continued efforts to support American producers and consumers, U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) announced that they will file a Congressi...
Jody Heemstra Dec 14, 2023 cartosuriname
2023 SDHSAA Boys Basketball Championship Results
AA SoDak 16 - Saturday, March 4 (1)Sioux Falls Jefferson 71, (16)Rapid City Stevens 46 (2)Sioux Falls Lincoln 76, (15)Rapid City Central 49 (3)Mitchell 62, (14)Watertown 44 (4)Yankton 68, (13)Aberdeen...
Mar 19, 2023
Peacemaker found not guilty of killing Watertown woman in 2020
MARCH 6, 2024: Jeremiah Peacemaker spent 1,279 days in the Codington County jail awaiting trial for a murder he said he didn't commit. Late Tuesday night (March 5, 2024), a 12 person jury agreed with ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 06, 2024 Clyde Robinson / CC
Woman charged with buying guns used in Minnesota standoff that killed 3 first responders
MARCH 14, 2024: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities say a woman has been charged with illegally buying guns used in the killings of three Minnesota first responders in a standoff at a home in the M...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2024
Kalen DeBoer hired to replace Nick Saban at Alabama, leaving national runner-up Washington
JANUARY 13, 2024: UNDATED (AP)- Alabama wasted little time in finding Nick Saban's successor, hiring Kalen DeBoer away from national runner-up Washington. The powerhouse program tapped DeBoer on Frida...
Jody Heemstra Jan 13, 2024
Finishing Strong by District 24 Representative Will Mortenson
Finishing Strong by District 24 Representative Will Mortenson (March 11, 2022) On March 10, 2022, at around 6:00 PM, my son Augie joined me on the House floor. Half an hour later, the House of Represe...
Jody Heemstra Mar 12, 2022