Cattle deaths from heat wave

George Kenzy said he did all he could to prepare his family’s feedlot for extreme heat and humidity. That included extra water tanks, covering the ground with light-colored bedding to reduce heat absorption, and keeping the ground as wet as possible. “And it seemed like Mother Nature just had the upper hand on this one,” […]

A South Dakota group won another victory Tuesday in its effort to preserve adequate time for petitioning questions onto statewide ballots, but a state official immediately pledged to continue the fight in court. A federal appeals panel upheld a lower court’s ruling that state lawmakers violated the First Amendment when they moved up the deadline […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the federal government will fund $180 million in grants for mining schools across the country, including South Dakota Mines, as part of his administration’s goal of rebuilding the U.S. coal industry. The grants, announced Friday, will include $100 million from the Department of Energy spread across the 14 accredited […]

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Tuesday that he awarded $500,000 from a fund under his control to support the continued work of his Governor’s Resilience and Infrastructure Task Force. The money comes from the Future Fund, which employers support with fees they submit while paying taxes to support unemployment benefits. The governor awards money […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump covertly traveled across Europe in a military plane in July after Iran threatened his life, according to a bombshell report Monday night by The Washington Post that revealed press and White House officials remained on a decoy Air Force One. The extraordinary episode unfolded July 8 after Trump boarded the […]