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Statewide network outage disrupts essential services across South Dakota
KOTA Territory News - South Dakota
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August 21, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - A statewide technical issue disrupted several essential services that rely on South Dakota state network access. The problem began Tuesday when a power outage at the state data center caused core networking and storage...
Shuttered local newspapers across Wyoming and South Dakota come back to life because of their big audience of 10,000
Fortune
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A dozen recently shuttered newspapers across Wyoming and South Dakota are set to publish again, after buyers stepped up within days to prevent the rural communities from becoming “news deserts” where little or no local media remains. The swift...
IT'S BUSINESS: Fast facts on Jordan Johnson
Daily Freeman Journal - Iowa
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Jordan Johnson is the new Executive Director for Legacy Learning-Boone River Valley– BRV, located at 719 Seneca Street. Johnson began this new position on July 21. She has a dual role, working between the Produce Pottery Station and the Legacy...
Plainsman, three other South Dakota papers purchased by Champion Media
The Huron Daily Plainsman - South Dakota
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By Benjamin Chase of the Plainsman HURON – After a long week of putting the final touches on a deal to keep open the four South Dakota newspapers which had been shuttered by News Media Corporation on Wednesday, August 6, the final papers were...
"Another Gold Rush Could Bring Open Pit Mines To South Dakota’s Black Hills"
The Environmental Magazine
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August 20, 2025
"SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota’s Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of miners driven by gold prices at more than $3,000...
Midwest Sports+ to stream University of Sioux Falls football, basketball
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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August 20, 2025
SIOUX FALLS — Midwest Sports+, the Upper Midwest’s fast-growing sports streaming platform, is proud to announce a new partnership with the University of Sioux Falls that will bring Cougar athletics to more fans than ever before. Beginning this...
Jackley aims to give $79M in opioid settlement funds to Sioux Falls, Rapid City
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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August 20, 2025
SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota’s two largest population centers could receive as much as $79 million in settlement money in an effort to combat addiction, bolster rehabilitation and prevent substance abuse. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley...
Power now been restored to State of South Dakota’s Data Center
Hub City Radio - South Dakota
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August 20, 2025
PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews & KELOLAND)- Update: Power has been restored after the State of South Dakota faced widespread computer issues. According to a press release from the state’s Bureau of Information Technology (BIT) as of 3:53 p.m. Wednesday,...
Changing industry, cityscape brought the end of the stockyards
Tri-State Neighbor - Nebraska
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As we continue our discussion on the history of the Sioux Falls Stockyards, local processing plants, and the folks who made it happen, a common question I get is, “What happened to make it all disappear?” That is a more than valid ask, and if the...
South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson pushing to pass TRUST in Congress Act
Black Hills FOX News - South Dakota
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August 20, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson wants more transparency in Congress. Now, he’s pushing to pass the TRUST in Congress Act when lawmakers return to D.C in September. Johnson said members of Congress should not be...
Sioux Falls City Council finalizes rules for removing temporary dwellings
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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August 20, 2025
The City of Sioux Falls will have new guidelines to follow when removing tents, tarps and other temporary shelters often built by homeless residents along the Big Sioux River. The City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance that requires that...
South Dakota State losing $66 million in federal research funding on cattle, bison and soil health
KPVI - Idaho
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A cow in a pasture near Eureka in September 2024. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota State University is working to get back about $66 million in federal funding it lost when the Trump administration canceled a grant program it...
Sioux Falls growth forces question: Can Smithfield and Big Sioux River co-exist?
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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August 19, 2025
SIOUX FALLS —Travis Entenman stood on the banks of the Big Sioux River in central Sioux Falls on an early April afternoon, watching the future flow. High winds swept through Falls Park, the city’s namesake, as he spoke of downtown development and...
South Dakota-based Black Hills Corp. Plans to Buy NorthWestern Energy
Flathead Beacon - Montana
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August 19, 2025
South Dakota-based Black Hills Corp. is buying Northwestern Energy. The two utilities announced their all-stock transaction on Tuesday. Black Hills shareholders will have a 56% majority in the new company, which will be headquartered in Rapid...
Protect, Trust, and Honor By Rep. Dusty Johnson
More 95.5 - South Dakota
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BIG Update Dakotafest showcases the best of South Dakota agriculture. I joined our senators and the South Dakota Farm Bureau to discuss the Farm Bill, conservation programs, agricultural research, and the need to protect American farmland from...
State & city government leaders debate Rapid City’s TIF district votes
KOTA Territory News - South Dakota
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August 20, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Rapid City Council has recently voted in favor of establishing multiple tax increment financing (TIF) districts, and some individuals have voiced their opposition. Three state legislators - Representatives Taffy Howard...
South Dakota-based Black Hills, NorthWestern energy companies announce plans to merge
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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August 19, 2025
RAPID CITY — Black Hills Corporation and NorthWestern Energy said on Tuesday they would merge, creating a $15.4 billion regulated electric and natural gas utility better equipped to invest in grid infrastructure and meet rising U.S. power demand....
South Dakota State's move-in weekend nears in Brookings
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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SDSU Marketing & Communications BROOKINGS — South Dakota State University is ready to welcome back students for move-in weekend starting Aug. 22. New student move-in is set for 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 22, and returning student move-in is from 9 a.m.-1...
South Dakota State striving to regain $66 million in lost federal funding
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By Makenzie HuberSouth Dakota Searchlight South Dakota State University is working to get back about $66 million in federal funding it lost when the Trump administration canceled a grant program it said was a “climate slush fund.” The U.S....
Bill Joel, 'East of Wall' take us from Long Island to South Dakota | Streamed & Screened
The Arizona Daily Star
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Although he has largely stopped writing and recording music since 1993's "River of Dreams," Billy Joel has remained a steady force on classic rock radio (or streaming) as well as at New York's Madison Square Garden.With so many documentaries and...