Debating medals for a massacre

South Dakota Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds said he wants to “get the facts” before deciding whether any medals awarded to soldiers who were at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre should be rescinded, while his opponent said the medals “should not stand.” Independent candidate Brian Bengs is Rounds’ only challenger in the Nov. 3 election […]

South Dakota farmers are sending Washington a message with their acres. It deserves attention.  This year, producers offered nearly 290,000 South Dakota acres for Conservation Reserve Program enrollment. About 54,000 acres were renewals and 237,000 acres were new land. The U.S. Department of Agriculture accepted about 209,000 acres. Those numbers suggest something plain: Many South […]

BOONE – Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that a U.S. decision to lower certain tariffs on ground beef imports has highlighted the importance of working to bring more U.S. food production on-shore. While at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa, Rollins announced a U.S. Department of Agriculture data modernization program and spoke about […]