DECA releases youth risk behavior survey data The South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs (DECA) has released South Dakota Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) trend data results for the years 1991-2001. South Dakota trends are compared to national trends. South Dakota is one of three states that has … Read Article
South Dakota receives energy assistance funding To help with high heating costs this winter, South Dakota will receive an additional $1.2 million in federal funding to provide energy assistance to low-income households, according to S.D. Department of Social Services (DSS) Secretary James Ellenbecker. The funding is part of an additional … Read Article
South Dakota Public Television presents February Dakota Life The State Capitol, the state's icons and Calvin Coolidge's South Dakota connections are hot topics this month on February's Dakota Life, premiering Thursday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. and encoring on Monday, Feb. 17, at 10:30 p.m. State Capitol Tour The State … Read Article
AAA offers travel quiz, scholarships Despite current events in the Middle East, only one in seven Americans ages 18-24 could find Iraq on a map, according to a recent survey. To help address this problem, AAA has launched the AAA Travel High School Challenge. This nationwide high school competition is … Read Article
South Dakota National Guard units mobilize for active duty South Dakota's most recent National Guard unit to be alerted has now received its order to mobilize. Placed on alert Jan. 16, the 200th Engineer Company, of Pierre, Chamberlain, and Mobridge was activated on Friday, Jan. 24, to support the efforts … Read Article
State settles antitrust suit with Cardizem CD Attorney General Larry Long recently announced a proposed settlement for $80 million involving the popular heart medication Cardizem CD. The 50-state settlement resolves an antitrust lawsuit filed by South Dakota and other states against Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Aventis"), Andrx Corporation ("Andrx") and affiliated … Read Article
USDA announces housing program deadlines Lynn D. Jensen, state director for USDA Rural Development announces this week that March 27 is the application deadline for two Rural Housing Service programs; the Housing Preservation Grant Program and the Farm Labor Housing Loan and Grant Program. Jensen said his agency continues to … Read Article
South Dakota Arts Council announces March 1 grant deadline At its spring meeting in Pierre, the South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) will award grant support to South Dakota artists, arts institutions, and other nonprofit groups producing arts programming. The application deadline for grants is March 1. There are several categories … Read Article
Schott announces retirement, Pratt named ag manager Harlan Schott, vice president ag manager, has announced his retirement from First Dakota Financial Center effective Feb. 21. "This is a decision that is with mixed emotions as I will miss contact with my customers who are in the front lines of agricultural … Read Article
Quilt class offered at Extension office Quilters can make the Posts and Rails quilt at the Clay County Extension office Feb. 22. This unique design is a reproduction of a 100-year-old quilt adapted for today's rotary cutter techniques and machine piecing. An instruction book written by quilt teacher Mary Waller … Read Article
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