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South Dakota to receive $1.5 million from opioid settlement
Dakota News Now - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Attorney General Marty Jackley announced on July 10 that South Dakota will get over $1.5 million from a $720 million settlement with eight opioid drug makers. “No amount of money will ever be enough to...
Best public middle schools in the Sioux Falls metro area
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Best public middle schools in the Sioux Falls metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle schools in the Sioux Falls metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade,...
Hills Alive arrives in Rapid City July 19 and 20
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The 40th annual LifeLight Hills Alive Festival will be held in Memorial Park July 19 and 20. The free event will fill the park through the weekend with music and activities while sharing the Gospel of Jesus. “It impacts the...
New blog series honors the people who keep South Dakota’s townships running
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
FORESTBURG, S.D. — Grading gravel roads, fixing culverts, balancing budgets — township work isn’t glamorous, but it keeps rural South Dakota moving. A new blog series is putting names and faces to the people behind it. The series, titled Township...
Winner/Colome rises to No. 1 ranking in latest South Dakota amateur baseball poll
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
WINNER, S.D. — There's a new No. 1-ranked club in this week’s South Dakota Class B amateur baseball rankings: the Winner/Colome Pheasants. Leaders of the Sunshine League with an overall record of 14-1 so far this season, Winner/Colome has...
Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota to continue campaign against domestic violence with new Mitchell facility
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
MITCHELL — As work continued Thursday morning in Mitchell on sidewalks and landscaping around the new home for the Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota, a crowd filed through the doors. Made up of Mitchell and regional officials, staffers at the...
Brookings Bandits swept by Sioux Falls West
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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Staff reports SIOUX FALLS — The Brookings Bandits were swept in a legion baseball doubleheader against Sioux Falls West on Wednesday night. The Bandits lost the first game 7-4 and then SF West took game two 8-5. Brookings is now 14-15 and will...
Old Infrastructure Struggles in Rapid City Heat Wave
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D.— The hotter it gets, the odds of a water main break go up, there were several around the area Thursday. By noon Rapid City crews were on site, working four water line breaks. Early in the morning, the city was dealing with breaks...
South Dakota Supreme Court rules NOPE can’t challenge prison zoning issue
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
PIERRE — The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a group of neighbors had no authority to challenge the Department of Corrections’ decision to locate a prison in Lincoln County on the basis of zoning rules. The unanimous decision released...
South Dakota’s legacy of citizen ballot questions is under threat, law review authors warn
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
A new law review article argues that South Dakota Republican legislators have spent the past eight years systematically weakening the public’s ability to enact laws through ballot questions, a right enshrined in the state constitution since 1898....
The Best Ranch Dressing in Sioux Falls? We Asked, You Answered
97.3 KKRC - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
Sometimes things happen, and you don't know why. One minute you're watching the last episode of Ironheart on Disney Plus with your daughter, it's an excellent show by the way. And the next minute, you are in the middle of a serious conversation...
South Dakota Supreme Court rule against NOPE
KSDN - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
PIERRE, S.D. (KELOLAND) — The South Dakota Supreme Court says a group that was trying to stop state government’s plan to build a men’s prison in Lincoln County lacked legal standing to bring the lawsuit. In a 5-0 decision publicly released on...
Pierre Volunteer Fire Department holding training exercise tonight at South Dakota State Capitol Building
DGR News
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The Pierre Volunteer Fire Department is holding a training exercise this evening (July 10, 2025) at the South Dakota State Capitol Building in Pierre. Chief Ian Paul says they’ll start arriving at the Capitol around 6:30pm....
Gas Monkey Garage's Richard Rawlings Kicks Off First Annual Trans Am Takeover at Gas Monkey Sturgis
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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STURGIS, S.D., July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Rawlings, founder of the iconic Gas Monkey Garage and owner of Gas Monkey Sturgis, partners with East Bound and Down, a Smokey and the Bandit Tribute, to debut the first annual Trans Am Takeover...
28th LRS Fuels Flight Best in the Air Force
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, SOUTH DAKOTA, UNITED STATES 06.16.2025 ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- The 28th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Flight at Ellsworth Air Force Base has earned the title of Best Fuels Flight in the Air Force for 2024,...
Senators seek to protect rural stations amid push to claw back public media funds
CBS News
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Washington — The Senate is expected to vote next week on a request from the White House to claw back funding for international aid and public broadcasting. But the funding for rural radio and television stations — sometimes an area's sole source...
Thunderstorms Bring Impressive Rainfall To The Sioux Falls Area
Hot 104.7 - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
Lots of us around the Sioux Empire were woken up by a line of thunderstorms that blew through the area overnight. Throughout Wednesday (July 9), a cold front moved west to east across South Dakota, pushing a line of sometimes severe thunderstorms...
Will President Trump Be At the Big South Dakota Sturgis Rally?
B102.7 - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
The 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota will be here before ya know it. The major rally rolls into town beginning Friday, August 1st. Besides the awesome concerts during the rally, there are some surprises in store. There's even a rumor...
Alcohol And Driving Don’t Mix Well In South Dakota, Here’s Why
B102.7 - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
Choosing to drive drunk in South Dakota is not a good idea. I should preface this by saying, deciding to drive drunk is NEVER a good idea, regardless of where you live, but deciding to climb behind the wheel while feeling a little tipsy in the...
This Ohio campground was named the No. 2 best in the US. Here's where
Newark Advocate - Ohio
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With summertime in full swing, vacationers won't have to travel far to visit one of Ohio's 60 state park campgrounds. One Ohio campground in particular was just named the No. 2 best place to camp in the nation for 2025 by camping app The Dyrt. The...