WASHINGTON - Improvements to the Conservation Reserve Program could be on the horizon.U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, said on Friday that he hopes to increase the usefulness of the popular program. The proposal would authorize the secretary...
MITCHELL, S.D.--More South Dakotans are smokers, obese or die prematurely than the average American. A report released this week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute shows South Dakota has ...
PIERRE, S.D. - A bill to raise the minimum age of legal access to tobacco in South Dakota will soon face the Legislature.A bill sponsored by state Rep. Leslie Heinemann, R-Flandreau, is on the horizon, one which would raise the age to purchase to...
MITCHELL, S.D.-South Dakota's senior U.S. Sen. John Thune sees a major windfall for average American families under the Senate Republican tax reform plan.As the bill works its way through the Senate, Thune said remaining concerns about the tax re...
FULTON, S.D. - In the wake of tragedy, residents in the small southeast South Dakota town of Fulton just outside of Mitchell showed the true spirit of their farming community.Between the Bender family's soybean and corn harvests, the family patri...
MITCHELL, S.D. - As two widely known Republicans vie for their party's nomination for governor, two other South Dakotans are waiting in the wings for their moment in the spotlight.While U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem and state Attorney General Marty Jackl...
MITCHELL, S.D.-A summer scare for Mitchell's top tourist destination was narrowly avoided.Despite an excessively dry summer, Corn Palace Director Scott Schmidt said the city will have enough corn to decorate the nine corn murals surrounding the W...
COLOME, S.D. - If TransCanada tries to build the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline through South Dakota, the company will first have to go through John Harter.Four miles of Harter's land near Colome is included in the planned route of the Keystone X...
MITCHELL, S.D. - A 4 million-acre reduction in corn projected in 2017 could prove beneficial for farmers.With corn prices falling from the $3.60 range to the around $3 from 2015-2016 to today, the commodity price could be in line for a bounceback...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds said a 21 percent cut in the U.S. Department of Agriculture budget is "not necessarily" fair.During a call with reporters Thursday, March 16, the South Dakota Republican said what's included in President Donald ...
