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The year 2021 marks an anniversary of sorts. Prior to 1991, the late Frank Belrose conducted extensive research on the ingesting (eating) of lead shot by ducks. He found that we were losing a large number of ducks though lead poisoning, and his conclusions brought about the mandated use of nontoxic shot beginning with the 1991 duck season.
Read moreU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to accurately compensate some producers who already applied for the program. Producers who are now eligible and those who need to modify existing applications due to these updates can contact USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) between Jan. 19 and Feb. 26. Some of these changes are being made to align with the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 while others are discretionary changes being made in response to ongoing evaluation of CFAP.
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We have a New Year’s tradition at South Dakota Magazineto make resolutions on traveling South Dakota. As you can imagine, our staff knows the state pretty well.
Read moreBROOKINGS, S.D. - South Dakotans’ apprehension of an impending drought has been growing, and rightfully so, says Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension State Climatologist.
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Instructors Connie Kaufman, Trisha Deurmier and Steph Cuka spent four hours providing hands-on training to 22 members of both the Wagner and Dante Fire Departments for re-certification in CPR.
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Batherine “Bea” Feather (St. Pierre) 95, of Pendleton, OR died Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, WA. Funeral services were Thursday, January 21 at Peters Funeral Home in Wagner.
Read moreMore than 2,100 students at the University of South Dakota are being honored for their high achievement during the fall 2020 semester with the release of the Dean’s List and Academic Honors.
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