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Thousands of South Dakota children are trapped in poverty
RAPID CITY, S.D. – More than 40,000 South Dakota children, from infants to teenagers, live in families with incomes low enough to qualify for the federal food stamp program, creating challenges for a fruitful childhood and a prosperous adult life.
The number of children in South Dakota families receiving
Governor proposes higher payment rate, grant program for nursing homes
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday announced a plan to aid South Dakota’s financially troubled nursing home industry by raising the rate of Medicaid payments and providing $5 million in grants to facilities that innovate.
Noem shared her ideas as part of her first budget address to both
Wave of nursing home closures hitting small South Dakota communities
The health and stability of some of South Dakota’s most vulnerable residents are being threatened by a wave of closures of long-term care facilities across the state.
Three nursing homes closed over the past three years and two more are slated for closure by February. Another 17 former Golden
More than $19 million paid to South Dakota farmers for tariff losses
South Dakota farmers recently received $19.4 million in payments from the federal government to offset losses due to an ongoing international trade war that has devastated two major agricultural industries in the state – soybeans and hogs.
An agriculture industry official said that the emergency payments may help some farmers
Work camps, traffic concern residents along Keystone XL route
PHILIP, S.D. – In the next six months, two cities will arise on the South Dakota prairie with populations larger than most of the existing towns west of the Missouri River. Two similar cities will be built in 2020.
The temporary towns will exist for up to two years, include
South Dakota counties on hook for Keystone XL protest costs
A group of mostly rural South Dakota counties could be responsible for millions of dollars in costs related to any protests that arise over construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline in the state.
The outlay would be required before the state kicks in any disaster money to pay for the
Livestock theft and prevention now high-tech endeavors in SD
SAINT ONGE, S.D. – Livestock theft is one of the oldest crimes in South Dakota, but the ways thieves operate and the methods ranchers and authorities use to catch them have both evolved into a high-tech battle of wits.
Modern trailers, cell phones, forged checks, online mapping and Internet classified