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Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote icefield with young graduate students
HONOLULU (AP) - A man who was accused of physically assaulting a woman in Antarctica was then assigned to look after the safety of a professor and three young graduate students on a remote icefield, a...
Jody Heemstra Nov 07, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC
USMEF virtual conference highlights market diversification, logistical challenges, trade policy outlook
Representing a wide range of agricultural sectors, members of the U.S. Meat Export Federation gathered in a virtual format for the federation's annual Spring Conference, held May 26-27. USMEF Chair Pa...
Jody Heemstra Jun 04, 2021
Organizations from Pierre, Miller among those receiving money from South Dakota Housing
South Dakota Housing's Board of Commissioners has awarded (Nov. 14, 2023) $19.2 million Housing Infrastructure Financing Program (HIFP) funds to assist with 19 housing infrastructure projects and $700...
Jody Heemstra Nov 14, 2023
Many Americans say immigrants contribute to economy but there's worry over risks, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are more worried about legal immigrants committing crimes in the U.S. than they were a few years ago, a change driven largely by increased concern among Republicans. That's...
Jody Heemstra Mar 29, 2024
Wife of ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to transporting stolen human remains
APRIL 15, 2024: WILLIAMSPORT. Pa. (AP) - The wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after investigators said she shipped stolen human body parts ...
Jody Heemstra Apr 15, 2024 Patrick Feller / CC
Pierre Tennis in 6th Place After Day 1 of State Tournament
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Pierre Governor girls tennis team scored 88 points on Monday and sit in 6th place after the first day of the Class A State High School Girls Tennis Tournament. Yankton wi...
Jody Heemstra Oct 08, 2019
Youth environmentalists bring Montana climate case to trial after 12 years, seeking to set precedent
JUNE 12, 2023, UPDATE: HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Youth plaintiffs say warming temperatures are harming their health and threatening their futures as a closely-watched climate trial kicks in Montana. But a ...
Jody Heemstra Jun 12, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC
USMEF Conference Concludes with Focus on Korea, Officer Elections
The U.S. Meat Export Federation Strategic Planning Conference and Board of Directors Meeting, held Nov. 10-12, 2021, in Carlsbad, Calif., wrapped up with a session focused on U.S. red meat's remarkabl...
Jody Heemstra Nov 17, 2021
Biden administration is slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Error-ridden state reviews have purged millions of the poorest Americans from the Medicaid program in recent months. Poverty experts are questioning if the Biden administration is do...
Jody Heemstra Nov 14, 2023 Free Dental Photos / CC
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
DECEMBER 2023: WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the Whi...
Jody Heemstra Dec 23, 2023 jlhervàs / CC