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Real Estate Spotlight: Lead homes worth looking at
LEAD, S.D. - Lead, South Dakota offers a unique opportunity for homebuyers seeking a blend of outdoor adventure and small-town charm. With its stunning mountain scenery and proximity to world-class skiing and hiking, the area attracts those who appreciate an active lifestyle. While the housing market can be competitive, particularly...
Get Ready For BKFC 63 This Saturday In Sturgis With This Kickass Grunt Style Gear
The 84th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicks off this weekend in South Dakota, and there’s only one thing that can really fire up a gathering of 500,000 bikers: BKFC 63. Motorcycles and bare-knuckle fighting: a perfect union. Why not make it a holy trinity of badass patriotism with this BKFC apparel collection from Grunt Style?
Kitts Selected to First 18U Boys Team South Dakota
For the first time, Team South Dakota will field a team in the 18U Boys division. The Oahe Capitals will have representation on the first ever team with Keegan Kitts. Kitts will enter his senior year this fall as he finished with 11 points during the regular season in his junior campaign for the Caps. Kitts scored six goals and had five assists playing in all 22 games for Oahe. He had a goal and an assist in the state tournament which included the game winning overtime goal in the third place game for the Caps.
Veteran’s Recovery Concert coming to Hot Springs with inclusive acts for veterans
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Veteran’s Affairs and The Sergeant Colton Levi Derr Foundation have partnered for another year for the Veteran’s Recovery Concert in Hot Springs. The event is held to raise awareness and welcome veterans who may struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and other mental health challenges.
$50k grant awarded to Pennington County program to help participants in diversion, detention programs
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - A $50,000 grant awarded to the Pennington County State’s Attorney’s office in collaboration with the Rapid City Arts Council is being put towards a mural project created by at-risk youth. The Just Us Mural Project, or JUMP, will serve 300 participants in the...
Madison 14U VFW takes 2nd at State
The Madison 14U VFW baseball teams season came to an end on Sunday, with a runner up finish in the Class A State VFW Tournament. Madison opened the tournament on Friday with a 12-2 win over Milbank .Henry Veenhof allowed just 2 unearned runs on 4 hits while striking out 13 batters in the opening win for Madison. Payton Wold had 2 hits and scored twice, while Oakley Mees drove in 3 runs.
Night Out event makes return to Volga
The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office wants to say thank you to county residents on Aug. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. during their National Night Out celebration in Volga. “We want to give back to the community,” Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Kriese said. “They are so supportive of us through the whole year, so this is kind of our way of giving back and saying thanks for all your support through the year. And we want everybody just to come down and have a good time, enjoy one another, and get to meet us on a one-on-one basis, too — and in a positive environment.”
Highway Patrol investigating separate fatal motorcycle crashes on opposite sides of the state
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating two fatal crashes involving motorcycles on two different sides of the state. On Tuesday afternoon a 60 year old man driving a motorcycle died in a two-vehicle crash on US Highway 18 near Lennox. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a...
What Are South Dakota Children’s Immunization Requirements, Minnesota, Iowa
We are turning the calendar into the new school year. As new families are preparing their kids for the first time in South Dakota it is a requirement by the state that all children have the necessary immunizations. Sioux Falls School District. Add this to the checklist of things to...
Time interseeding for cover crop success
Editor’s note: The following was written by Hans Klopp, South Dakota State University Extension soil health field specialist, Anthony Bly and David Karki for the university’s website. In South Dakota, cover crops frequently produce limited biomass when they are planted following soybean harvest. Cereal rye, due to its...
Vermillion and Winner Suffer Storm Damage
(Vermillion/Winner, SD) — Cleanup continues in Vermilion and Winner after a severe thunderstorm rolled through the area Monday night delivering strong winds and golf ball sized hail. In Winner, the storm tossed two-by-fours into a building, damaged the screen at a drive-in theater and tore part of the roof off of the Tripp County Veterans Memorial. Some trees were uprooted in Vermillion and the town’s historic district was also damaged.
South Dakota father is leading effort to restore abortion rights in the state
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of conversations about voter-initiated efforts to restore abortion access across the country. Unlike other abortion-rights initiatives across the country, major reproductive rights groups haven’t backed the effort to restore access in South Dakota. But that hasn’t stopped Dakotans for Health — a ballot question committee […]
Braun Leads By Two Strokes Heading Into Wednesday
SDGA Junior Championship @ The Bluffs GC (Vermillion, SD) [Day 2 of 3]. Yankton, SD (HubCityRadio.com) – Two rounds down & one to go for the SDGA Junior Championship for Aberdeen’s Olivia Braun; there’s one word that she’ll be trying to accomplish on the links in Yankton on Wednesday: “finish.”
Cheerleaders to Represent Belle Fourche at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
BELLE FOURCHE— Seven Belle Fourche cheerleaders have been chosen to represent the town in the prestigious Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City this year: Luclia Merjil, Hunter Brown, Amayah Gomez, Selene Walker, Aubrey Wilson, Julie Swanson, and Chelsea Zinke, along with their coaches Michaela Horn and Lacey Doyle. This will mark the fourth time that Belle Fourche cheerleaders will participate in the iconic event.
Riley Christensen holes out for eagle to win Boys Junior title and OIivia Braun dominates Girls championship
VERMILLION, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -The Boys and Girls 16-18 Division finished up their 3rd and final rounds Wednesday in Vermillion at The Bluffs in the SDGA Junior Golf Tournament. Aberdeen’s Olivia Braun finished up an impressive summer with an 11-shot win over Allison Meyerink of Mitchell who won the...