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South Dakota doesn’t have a plan to cover federal food assistance for 75,000 if shutdown continues
Nearly 75,000 South Dakotans — roughly one in 12 residents — will lose food assistance benefits if the federal government shutdown persists into next week, state officials acknowledged Monday. The state has no plan to cover benefits from the...
Big Ten Bracketology: Palpable Preseason Buzz
The B1G is once again at the forefront of the men’s college basketball world. Before last season started, I described the B1G as the “bubbliest conference in the country.” Eight teams (Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon, Purdue,...
Inspired by the generations before, healing together for those to come
Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore Native News + ICT Content Warning: This story discusses mental health challenges. Growing up across the state of Oregon, Ei-Shah Pirtle-Wright has called many places home. “I’m from the Earth,” said Pirtle-Wright, a...
Sioux Falls Empowering Residents To Stay Active This Winter
You can already feel it, that little bite in the air that says, “better dig out your long-johns and electric blanket." Well, brace yourself, because that bite is about to turn into a full-on chomp in the coming weeks. Old Man Winter is currently...
Grizzlies, Bobcats rise to No. 2 and No. 3 in Stats Perform Poll
Montana and Montana State each moved up one spot for the second consecutive week in the newest Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll released on Monday. Both programs benefited from previously No. 2 ranked Tarleton State losing 31-28 to Abilene Christian...
Will Halloween 2025 Be Cold in Sioux Falls? Here’s the Forecast
It's fall in South Dakota! And that means it will either be hot or cold! Yeah, fall around here means bundling up in the morning and putting shorts on in the afternoon. As we creep closer to Halloween, the cold is taking hold around here. Jackets...
How to Sell a House By Owner in South Dakota
Steps to sell a house by owner Next, we’ll share a detailed step-by-step list illustrating the entire FSBO process you can expect. 1. Prepare your house for sale Whether you’re selling with a Realtor or by owner, you’ll want to get your South...
Grant Delay Stalls Rapid City Rail Quiet Zone Plans
RAPID CITY, S.D.— A grant that would have helped Rapid City take its first steps toward rail quiet zones has been delayed. In July of last year the city was awarded $1.1 million through an infrastructure program called RAISE. The money is...
Q&A with Drake basketball coach Eric Henderson
SIOUX FALLS — Eric Henderson's last game as head coach at South Dakota State was in Sioux Falls. His first game as head coach of Drake will be there, too. The Henderson era begins Monday at the Sanford Pentagon, when the Bulldogs open the 2025-26...
A new Bison basketball season tips tonight with questions and optimism for both teams
FARGO — A new basketball season tips off Monday for both the North Dakota State men’s and women’s teams, and both have varying degrees of expectations. Such is life in the mid-major transfer portal world, where rosters continually change from year...
'Free' Things South Dakotan’s Are Guilty Of Not Throwing Away
I am so guilty of this! How many of these “Free” things do you toss in your junk drawer or pantry cupboard? I read the list of Unnecessary 'Free' Things People Refuse To Throw Away Because They Might Be Useful Someday on Your Tango. And I thought...
South Dakotans in the NFL, Week 8
Sunday was National Tight Ends Day, a holiday invented by 49ers tight end George Kittle in 2018 to be celebrated each year on the fourth Sunday of October. Appropriately, it was a big day for South Dakota State's tight ends. Dallas Goedert scored...
South Dakota Coyotes Face No. 8 North Dakota in Native Heritage Showdown
South Dakota is set to host No. 8 North Dakota in a significant matchup that coincides with the eve of the Dakotas' statehood anniversary. This will be the 103rd meeting between the two teams, who have a long-standing rivalry dating back to 1903....
Corn harvest ramps up in central South Dakota
Corn harvest at TEH Farms near Gettysburg, S.D., started Oct. 18 and progressed slowly at first. Between running grain through the drier and sharing trucks with fertilizer operations, harvest was taking extra time. kAm“xE’D 366? 2 DE2CE 2?5 DE@A...
Meade County limestone quarry pushback, South Dakota-Ireland Trade Commission meeting and a look at 2025's corn harvest season | Oct. 29
Each day, SDPB brings you statewide news coverage. We then compile those stories into a daily podcast. Subscribe on Apple On today's update... A full-sized limestone quarry is planned for Meade County, and residents are largely opposed to the...
North Dakota’s 2025 Road Report: Are Potholes Worse Than Ever?
The roads in North Dakota are absolutely terrible. Right now, I think we can attribute that to all of the construction. That's not to say anything negative about the construction crews breaking their backs to make our roads safe and easier to...
Kpeenu, Bison outscore Penguins
North Dakota State 38, Youngstown State 30 YSU;3;17;3;7;--;30 NDSU;7;21;7;3;--;38 First quarter YSU: Andrew Lastovka 47 kick, 6:22. NDSU: Barika Kpeenu 1 run (Eli Ozick kick), 0:41. Second quarter YSU: Beau Brungard 10 run (Lastovka kick), 10:43....
Senator Rounds of South Dakota says Packers and Stockyards Act being ignored
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File) South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds met recently with President Donald Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to discuss the president’s plan to import some beef from Argentina. Rounds said they...
Ezra Klein's Defense of Big Tent Politics
The title of Ezra Klein's column today is "This Is the Way You Beat Trump — and Trumpism." The headline is clearly intended to draw as many left-wing readers as possible, which in one sense recapitulates Klein's theme. But the headline is also a...
Montana, Montana State move up FCS rankings after South Dakota State loss
MISSOULA — By virtue of No. 1 North Dakota State's dominant win over then-No. 2 South Dakota State, both Montana and Montana State moved up in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll. The latest edition of the rankings, which are voted on by a national...