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Bridge Improvement Grant (BIG) Recipients Announced by South Dakota Transportation Commission

Bridge Improvement Grant (BIG) Recipients Announced by South Dakota Transportation Commission

For Immediate Release: Thursday, Aug, 28, 2025 Contact: Doug Kinniburgh, Local Government Assistance, 605-773-4284 PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Transportation Commission awarded 24 preliminary engineering Bridge Improvement Grants (BIG)...

Owner:  American Government
DHS Announces Six Major Disaster Declarations Approved Last Week, Supporting Recovery Across Nation

DHS Announces Six Major Disaster Declarations Approved Last Week, Supporting Recovery Across Nation

Federal assistance through DHS and FEMA will support state, tribal, and local recovery efforts WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), announced today that President...

Owner:  American Government
Attorney General Jackley Announces Huron Contractor Sentenced For Defrauding Customers

Attorney General Jackley Announces Huron Contractor Sentenced For Defrauding Customers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 Contact: Tony Mangan, Attorney General’s Office, 605-773-6878 PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Huron contractor has been sentenced for defrauding seven...

Owner:  American Government
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South Dakota Soybean Plant to Boost Biofuel Industry

South Dakota Soybean Plant to Boost Biofuel Industry

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden helped open a $500 million soybean crushing plant able to process 35 million soybean bushels yearly in a BP-backed biofuel venture. “We cut the ribbon...

Owner:  Chris Spear
5 Big Ideas for Sioux Falls’ Empty Royal Fork Building

5 Big Ideas for Sioux Falls’ Empty Royal Fork Building

August of this year marked five years since the beloved local buffet restaurant at the Empire Mall Sioux Falls, The Royal Fork, closed. The building where it made its home since 1993 still sits empty, as of September 2025. The former Royal Fork...

Owner:  Townsquare Media
Sioux Falls nonprofit to host fundraiser benefitting the Big Sioux River
Great Plains Tribal Opioid Response Summit held this week in Rapid City

Great Plains Tribal Opioid Response Summit held this week in Rapid City

RAPID CITY, S.D. — The death rate from opioid related overdose dropped in 2024 but the drug still claimed more than 50,000 people that year. This week at the Hyatt Place in Rapid City, the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board focused on the...

Owner:  Jim Simpson
Feeding South Dakota holding open house this afternoon at distribution center in Pierre
Rapid City approves reduced budget

Rapid City approves reduced budget

In step with similar communities, Rapid City has approved a reduced budget for the upcoming year. In total, the city will function on $3 million dollars less than the 2024 budget. The decision was finalized this week on a 9-0 vote from the local...

Owner:  South Dakota Public Broadcasting & American Government
State-funded gun range in South Dakota nearly finished, expected to open in November

State-funded gun range in South Dakota nearly finished, expected to open in November

PIEDMONT, S.D. (AP) — Dust plumes rose frequently along a gravel section of Elk Vale Road on the open prairie of Meade County, South Dakota in early September where workers are vigorously trying to finish a gun range that will be among the...

Owner:  The Associated Press (Non-profit)
South Dakota film industry growing though still stymied by lack of incentives

South Dakota film industry growing though still stymied by lack of incentives

Last month, 1,100 theaters across the country showed a movie ostensibly set in rural South Dakota. The film, "Americana," features Sydney Sweeney as a small-town diner waitress on the hunt for a rare Lakota ghost shirt. Singer Halsey and Hunkpapa...

Owner:  Jim Simpson
Lack of film incentives a roadblock, but South Dakota film industry still growing

Lack of film incentives a roadblock, but South Dakota film industry still growing

Molly Wetsch investigative reporter molly.wetsch@sdnewswatch.org 605-531-7382 Last month, 1,100 theaters across the country showed a movie ostensibly set in rural South Dakota. The film, "Americana," features Sydney Sweeney as a small-town diner...

Owner:  South Dakota News Watch
Soccer Travels to South Dakota for Matches Against Jackrabbits and Coyotes

Soccer Travels to South Dakota for Matches Against Jackrabbits and Coyotes

LARAMIE, Wyoming (9/16/25) – The University of Wyoming soccer team closes out non-conference play on the road this week. The Cowgirls travel to South Dakota State on Thursday for a 6 p.m. match at Fishback Soccer Park before going to South Dakota...

Owner:  Bob Bonnar & Stephanie Bonnar & Robb Hicks
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