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9 hours ago
NEBRASKA AG ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REJECT COLORADO WATER RIGHTS LAWSUIT REQUEST
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – New developments in a river water dispute between Nebraska and Colorado. On Wednesday, Nebraska Attorney General…
9 hours ago
IOWA WATER QUALITY STUDY SHOWS POLLUTANTS NEARLY DOUBLED IN 50 YEARS
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – A group of scientists is advocating for more Iowa counties to conduct their own water…
10 hours ago
NEW REHABILITATION TASK FORCE TALKS ABOUT REENTRY FROM PRISON IN SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Governor Rhoden’s Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force kicked off its work on Wednesday to…
10 hours ago
NEW POLL ON SD HOUSE RACE: JACKLEY LEADS, MANY UNDECIDED
PIERRE, S.D. (SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH) – If the 2026 primary election for U.S. House were held today, most South…
1 day ago
ABBOTT HOUSE AWARDED $250,000 BUSH PRIZE
MITCHELL, S.D. (J.P. Skelly / KORN News) – The South Dakota Community Foundation is proud to partner with the Bush Foundation…
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NEBRASKA TO PAUSE SNAP BENEFITS AMID FEDERAL SHUTDOWN
LINCOLN, NE – The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says it will pause SNAP benefits starting today, October 29,…
1 day ago
IOWA NURSE WHO STOLE $115,000 FROM PATIENT AGREES TO SURRENDER LICENSE
STORM LAKE, IA (Iowa Capital Dispatch) – A Clay County nurse convicted of stealing more than $115,000 worth of property…
1 day ago
GOVERNOR POLL: RHODEN, JOHNSON LEAD DOEDEN, HANSEN SURGE
PIERRE, S.D. – (SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH) – U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson and Gov. Larry Rhoden are effectively tied atop…
2 days ago
COURT CLEARS FINAL HURDLE TO ALLOW DETAINEES AT MCCOOK PRISON FACILITY
McCOOK, Neb. (WOWT) – Any day now, immigration detainees will arrive at a former minimum-security facility in central Nebraska. A…
2 days ago
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE BRIEFED ABOUT POSSIBLE IMPEACHMENT OF NU REGENT
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) – The potential impeachment of University of Nebraska Regent Elizabeth O’Connor appears more likely after a…
2 days ago
TASK FORCE UNVEILS IDEAS TO CUT PROPERTY TAXES
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Is relief on the way for South Dakota homeowners? If the recommendations by the South…
2 days ago
SNAP BENEFITS MAY BE DELAYED IN NOVEMBER DUE TO SHUTDOWN
PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) is warning residents that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
2 days ago
GOVERNMENT JUSTICE ARCHITECTS, CONSULTANTS, SEWER PIPE, TRAVEL: WHERE MILLIONS IN WASTED PRISON MONEY WENT
PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult /SD Searchlight) – South Dakota’s governor and lawmakers put more than two years of debate behind them…
3 days ago
LSI, INC. RECALLS BBQ PORK JERKY PRODUCT DUE TO POSSIBLE FOREIGN MATTER CONTAMINATION
ALPENA, S.D. – LSI, Inc., an Alpena, S.D. establishment, is recalling approximately 2,277,540 pounds of a ready-to-eat Korean barbecue pork…
3 days ago
RANCHERS HIT WITH ‘GUT PUNCH’ AS TRUMP FOLLOWS THROUGH ON ARGENTINA BEEF INPORT PLEDGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Joshua Haiar-/ SD Searchlight) – Two days after a U.S. senator from South Dakota said he was encouraged…
3 days ago
LEGISLATORS AND GOVERNOR MAKE COMPETING PROPOSALS TO TAKE MONEY FROM HOUSING FUND
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar and Seth Tupper / SD Searchlight) – South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden and a group…
3 days ago
DINOSAUR HUNTERS REACH DEAL TO SETTLE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA FOSSIL THEFT DISPUTE
HARDING COUNTY, S.D. (Jonathan Ellis / The Dakota Scout) – A paleontologist accused of stealing a dinosaur skull from western…
3 days ago
PIEDMONT RESIDENTS SHOCKED BY NEW MINE COMING TO THEIR CITY
PIEDMONT, S.D. (Bart Pfankuch/ South Dakota News Watch) – Residents and government leaders in this small western South Dakota city…
3 days ago
SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR LARRY RHODEN CONFIRMS 2026 ELECTION AMBITIONS
PIERRE, S.D. (Joe Sneve / The Dakota Scout) – Gov. Larry Rhoden wants six years in the Governor’s Mansion. But…
4 weeks ago
October 3, 2025 The Friday News Round-Up
FEDERAL SHUTDOWN LEAVES SOUTH DAKOTANS GUESSING AS AGENCIES OFFER UNEVEN GUIDANCE SOUTH DAKOTA (South Dakota Searchlight) – The federal government…
