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Quality of Life: Where South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota Cities Rank
The notion of 'quality of life' can be hard to nail down. It's one of those things that you know when you experience it, but is tricky to define. Undaunted by the task, the folks at LawnStarter are doing their best to identify 2024’s Leading Cities for Quality of Life, by ranking 500 places in 16 different categories:
Minnesota Has Been ‘Invaded’ By South Dakota
Did you hear the news? Minnesota has been "invaded" by a neighboring state. Specifically, one particular metropolitan area in South Dakota has "encroached" into the Land of 10,000 Lakes in a new assessment according to the federal government. Well, sort of. It isn't like Pierre suddenly has governing power in...
Embattled CEO of major SD social services agency steps down
The CEO of one of the state's largest nonprofit social services agencies, who was the subject of a federal sexual harassment and toxic workplace settlement in 2022, has quit his position. The July 1 resignation of Peter Smith from the top leadership post at the Rural Office of Community Services...
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.
Gregory's Taos Weborg scores top bareback ride at Tuesday's National High School Finals Rodeo
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Gregory’s Taos Weborg highlighted South Dakota’s performers at Tuesday’s National High School Finals Rodeo. In the bareback riding, Weborg recorded a 74 during Tuesday’s morning performance, the highest score of the day and moved him into second in the standings. In...
How flooding will affect crop production
MOUNT VERNON, S.D. (KELO) — Homeowners are still assessing damage from last month’s flooding and farmers are feeling the same effects. Unprecedented flooding in late June damaged fields throughout South Dakota. “What we have heard from across the state, even in our region, is a lot of just...
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