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Senate GOP votes over Susan Collins’ opposition to advance Trump’s $9B in spending cuts
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 16, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending, overcoming concerns about what the rescissions could mean for impoverished people around the globe...
Ex-Ticket hosts Danny Balis, Sirois brothers step into the future of entertainment
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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July 11, 2025
Danny Balis and Mike Sirois were on-air personalities at the juggernaut sports talk radio station The Ticket in 2022. They both left the station within weeks of each other in spring of that year. Realizing there were limited opportunities to move...
Swanson Joins 2024-25 CSC Academic All-America Track Team
BVM Sports
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July 15, 2025
Emily Swanson has been named to the 2024-25 CSC Academic All-America second team, recognizing her exceptional achievements both academically and athletically at the University of Sioux Falls. The standout heptathlon and pentathlon athlete...
2025 LegAAC Previews: Cincinnati Bearcats take on Big 12 Media Days
Underdog Dynasty - Louisiana
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July 11, 2025
The Cincinnati Bearcats took the stage in Frisco, TX at Big 12 Media Days to usher in their third year in the conference. The Bearcats were previously a power in the American Athletic Conference, becoming the only AAC team to ever crash the...
10 New Pieces Purchased For State Art Collection
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - South Dakota
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PIERRE — The South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) recently purchased 10 new pieces for the state’s public art collection through the Art for State Buildings program. The artworks were selected by a five-member advisory committee to the SDAC, which...
Rapid City fireworks readied for Friday show
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 3, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The annual Rapid City fireworks show is scheduled to light up the sky Friday night around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, J&M Displays Inc. was busy setting up the more than 800-shell, 20-plus minute show at the Executive Golf Course in...
Rapid City Prepares for America’s 250th Birthday
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 3, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D.— Next year's Independence Day will be a milestone for the United States, and Mayor Jason Salamun wants Rapid City to be a premiere destination for the celebration. At a press conference Thursday in front of the statue of Thomas...
How to survive an outdoor music festival
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
With summer in full swing, more outdoor festivals are coming to or near Sioux Falls, including Lallycooler, Rock the Country, Tacos & Tequila, etc. I will be going to Lallycooler to see Pitbull, which I am so excited about. Anyway, these shows are...
Badlands featured on FOX Nation's TV show 'Park'd'
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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One month after the Badlands made national news as one of USA Today’s Most Treasured Views in America, Fox Nation host Abby Hornacek was spotted effortlessly climbing the park’s Notch Trail ladder on TV. “Park’d with Abby Hornacek,” as part of Fox...
South Dakota Mines Hardrocker Football Recognized as RMAC’s Top Academic Team
BVM Sports
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July 3, 2025
The South Dakota Mines Hardrocker Football team has made history by earning the Brechler Award, recognizing them as the top academic team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) for the 2024-2025 academic year. This award, given for the...
Kristi Noem faces social media backlash for portrait post amid Texas flood tragedy: ‘Who cares??’
Mint
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July 10, 2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem drew fierce criticism online after she asked her Instagram followers to help choose a Western-themed portrait of herself to be displayed in the South Dakota State Capitol — just as devastating floods in...
South Dakota Job Corps program under threat of closure
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 3, 2025
NEMO, S.D. – As a teenager 25 years ago, David Goodwin's future appeared bleak. Goodwin was smart, but for some reason he couldn't find his footing in the Rapid City public school system and had been held back two straight years as a high school...
Have camera, will travel: Local photographer brings art to Brookings Summer Arts Festival
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By John KubalThe Brookings Register BROOKINGS — Art and the joy of adventure: that’s the theme the photographs of Casey Goodwin is bringing to booth No. 119 at the 2025 Brookings Summer Arts Festival. “I’d like to say that every print in there has...
South Dakota Mines research team to use AI to lower disinfection chemicals in treated drinking water
Black Hills FOX News - South Dakota
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July 3, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - A South Dakota Mines assistant professor and his team of researchers will be using artificial intelligence to better understand and reduce disinfection byproducts in treated drinking water. Tao Ye and his team were...
South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation holds annual gala
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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South Dakota Cattlemen's Foundation SIOUX FALLS — On June 21 during the 12th Annual Prime Time Gala, the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation presented a donation to Feeding South Dakota, on stage at the Denny Sanford Premier Center, in the amount...
Rapid City Sports Complex survives Legal & Finance Committee
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 3, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Legal & Finance Committee voted 4-1 on Wednesday to advance a multi-faceted funding plan for a new sports complex, slated to be built on the north side of town on Seger Drive between North Lacrosse Street and Tish...
TCA alum Anna Willis shines in freshman year at University of South Dakota
KOAA News 5 - Colorado
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July 5, 2025
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Anna Willis, a 2024 graduate of The Classical Academy, has completed an exceptional freshman year of pole vaulting for the University of South Dakota. The class-3A record holder finished fourth place at the NCAA...
Rushmore Little League hits 40-year milestone
The Globe - Minnesota
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July 15, 2025
RUSHMORE — Summer is a time for fun and friends for most kids, and slowpitch softball is a combination of both. Luckily, Rushmore has it covered. Starting back in 1985, Dave Bruns saw his boys and some of his friends playing pickup games of...
Sioux Falls Drivers Face Detours As Closures Pile Up
B102.7 - South Dakota
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July 2, 2025
Driving in Northeast Sioux Falls has already been a nightmare for the past few months, with the intersection of Veterans Parkway and Arrowhead Parkway closed until the fall of 2026 for a major renovation of the two roadways. Now, a bad situation...
McFeely: Forum Communications makes bid for South Dakota high school state tournaments TV contract
InForum - North Dakota
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July 4, 2025
FARGO — Forum Communications Co. is trying to make an even bigger media imprint in South Dakota. The Fargo-based company — whose flagship properties are The Forum, WDAY-TV and the InForum.com website — made a bid in May to televise the South...