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New S.D. Golf Hall of Fame inductees include Doug Murphy, Bert Olson and Chris Long
SIOUX FALLS — Watertown native Doug Murphy of Hartford, Bert Olson of Sioux Falls and Chris Long of Presho are set to become the newest members of the South Dakota Golf Association (SDGA) Golf Hall of Fame. The trio will be inducted during a ceremony that will be held...
Noem orders flags be flown at half-staff for former fire chief killed at Trump rally
PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Governor Kristi Noem has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff on Thursday in honor of Corey Comperatore, who was killed Saturday from the shots fired during the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. From sunrise to...
Praising free speech while trampling on it
It was Newspaper Day 2020 at the South Dakota Legislature. The morning was filled with press conferences featuring the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties. Then newspaper editors and publishers hosted a lunch at the Ramkota for their legislators, using the time to explain why House Bill 1241, which sought to change the definition of a legal newspaper, was such a bad idea.
From small-town SD to Nashville
LESTERVILLE, S.D. (KELO) – Tennessee might be the birthplace of country music, but out on a South Dakota farmhouse’s front porch, you can feel the soul of the music. “This is where country music is,” singer/songwriter Elizabeth Jo said. “We live the life of country music. I think it’s a lifestyle. I think it’s a way of life and family and friends and love stories, sad stories.”
Court ruling will keep abortion question on ballot in South Dakota
A state court judge's ruling Monday keeps an abortion-rights question on the November ballot in South Dakota.Judge John Pekas dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group, Life Defense Fund, that sought to have the question removed even though supporters turned in more than enough valid signatures to put it on the ballot."They have thrown everything they could dream up to stop the people of South Dakota from voting on this matter," Adam Weiland, co-founder of Dakotans for Health, said in a statement after the ruling. "This is another failed effort by a small group opposed to giving women the...
Cows at the State Fair Must be Tested for Bird Flu
HURON, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) There will be a new requirement specifically for dairy cows during the South Dakota State Fair that starts next month. Exhibitors must test all lactating cows for avian flu within seven days before they’re brought onto the State Fairgrounds in Huron. Cows in five dairy herds in South Dakota have tested positive for the highly contagious virus in recent months.
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