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- How Education Secretary Joe Graves plans to improve South Dakota's literacy rates
Thursday - 08/31/2023 - 07:02 AMThe most recent state report card shows 51% of South Dakota's students were proficient in English Language Arts exams.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mitch McConnell to consult doctor after freezing, struggling to speak for second time this summer
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 07:27 PMThe 81-year-old Republican Senate minority leader struggled to answer reporters' questions in Kentucky, requiring help and drawing questions about his health
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Dakota Democratic Party committee will hear former chair's appeal over recall election
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 11:26 AMThe committee will have 13 days to either approve or reject Jennifer Slaight-Hansen's appeal of the vote that ousted her earlier this month.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lagging in polls, Ron DeSantis doubles down on Iowa to catch Trump. Will it work?
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 10:25 AMDonald Trump has largely foregone retail politics in Iowa. Ron DeSantis is responding with a busy schedule of small-town stops. Will it be enough?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Dakota beekeepers fighting historically high loss of colonies, wild bees
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 07:02 AMFrom 2019 to 2022, honey production in South Dakota fell from 19.44 million pounds to about 7.5 million pounds, according to USDA data.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov. Ron DeSantis, fresh of GOP debate, barnstorms Iowa to make up ground on Donald Trump
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 10:25 PMGov. Ron DeSantis travels through Iowa for his presidential campaign to help his lagging position in the polls.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Garretson man arrested after 12-hour standoff with Minnehaha deputies
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 05:13 PMAchterberg threw "about every household item" at an armored vehicle on-scene, including mustard, milk, oil and a hammer, Phillips said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - $29 million South Dakota State Fair building behind schedule
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 10:14 AMThe official grand opening celebration is planned for 2024 as part of the Governor's Agricultural Summit.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How a Sioux Falls family is fighting to save pieces from the Delbridge Museum
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 06:44 PMSee images from the family that lay out their connection to the recently decommissioned museum.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two victims lose more than $7,000 in Sioux Falls gift card scams
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 12:25 PMSioux Falls Police spokesman Sam Clemens estimated investigators are unable to track down scammers in more than 90% of cases.
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- What's rarer than a blue moon? A super blue moon — And it's happening Wednesday night
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 08:57 PMNASA predicts the next super blue moons won't occur for another 14 years, when a pair will grace the night sky in January and March 2037.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A motorcycle collection in Iowa worth millions will be auctioned. How you can own a piece:
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 10:02 AMJohn Parham was a motorcycle enthusiast and curator of the National Motorcycle Museum. His collection is "a cornucopia of everything two-wheeled."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Detectable arsenic levels in Delbridge Museum taxidermy collection makes donation 'unlikely'
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 02:01 PMSioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken said Tuesday that test results showed detectable levels of arsenic in nearly 80% of the museum's 150 taxidermied animals
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - She thought she would play tuba professionally. Then, she discovered her talent for art.
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 06:30 AM"I got to meet a ton of really cool artists, and it was a really validating experience for both me and my art," Ratliff said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 4 decisions by the Sioux Falls School Board you need to know for the start of the year
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 09:12 AMFrom chronic absenteeism to the latest in safety protocols, here's what school board members are focused on at the start of the school year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sioux Falls mother arrested for manslaughter after bathtub drowning, court records show
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 01:17 PM"It was too late," she told officers, according to the affidavit. "I turned around, and it was too late."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Dakota doesn't inspect or license growing IV hydration clinics
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 09:53 AMThe IV cocktails can cost anywhere from $100 to $300 with ingredients such as Vitamin C, magnesium or folic acid.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Sioux Falls Marathon returns this weekend. Here's what roads will close Sunday.
Saturday - 08/26/2023 - 09:30 AMThe races start early, with the full marathon at 6:30 a.m., the half marathon at 7 a.m. and the 5K later in the morning at 10:15 a.m.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Third SD nursing home to close in 2023 as Legislature studies long term care sustainability
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 11:46 AMThe facility said it will help its 33 residents find new care "as close to home as possible" before it closes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How the first day of the 2023-2024 school year started in Sioux Falls
Thursday - 08/24/2023 - 12:11 PMSee scenes from the first day of school at three different Sioux Falls School District campuses.
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- Augustana University scholarly program for students of color sees growth year-over-year
Thursday - 08/31/2023 - 07:02 AMThe program "provides a sense of community," Hawkins said, noting that some of the first friends Journey Scholars meet are other Journey Scholars.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ACLU is 'RZNHELL' with South Dakota over specialized plate denials
Wednesday - 08/30/2023 - 12:09 PMIt's OK to be a "HELLCAT," but not a "HELLBOY." Don't tell anybody to "HLDMYBR," but it's fine to go on a "BEERRUN."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Sioux Falls police tracked down stolen cars connected to a suspicious house fire
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 05:13 PMAs of Monday, the department had arrested Nathan Michael Eiesland, 41, of Harrisburg in connection with three stolen vehicles from the home.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Dakota rejects federal food funding despite 25,000 children going hungry
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 06:30 AMAccording to Feeding South Dakota, about 24,750 South Dakota children, or about 11% of the school-aged population, remained "food insecure" in 2022.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Dakota's Hyde County, with population in decline, seeks to stabilize
Tuesday - 08/29/2023 - 07:30 AMHyde lost a higher percentage of population (6%) than any other South Dakota county from 2020-22.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police pursuit of stolen vehicle ends with 2 Sioux Falls men arrested
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 01:24 PMThe stolen car was identified in an earlier hit-and-run incident where a woman was struck and "flew in the air for a short distance," police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Decision looms by Sept. 6 on Navigator pipeline permit, overruling South Dakota counties
Monday - 08/28/2023 - 09:45 AMNavigator wants commissioners to shoot down county-level restrictions on pipeline construction its representatives say are untenable.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bob Barker, who hosted 'The Price is Right' for more than 30 years, dies at 99
Saturday - 08/26/2023 - 01:41 PMBob Barker, who hosted "The Price is Right" game show for more than 30 years, has died. He was 99.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inside the controversial decision to 'decommission' the Delbridge Museum's animals
Friday - 08/25/2023 - 06:44 PM"The arsenic issue is not a reason to do this," Sioux Falls Councilor Greg Neitzert said. "It's an extreme and irrational response."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two inmates arrested for allegedly attacking South Dakota State Penitentiary correctional officers
Thursday - 08/24/2023 - 03:09 PMTwo inmates allegedly assaulted two correctional officers at the South Dakota State Penitentiary on Thursday morning, according to the AG's office.
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