(NPN) – Though it was way too much of a good thing, recent snow and rains greatly improved South Dakota’s drought situation. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, heavy and record setting precipitation fell this past week in the High Plains Region. In South Dakota, a blizzard set several snowfall records, including in Rapid City, which had a snowfall measurement of 23.1 inches over a two-day span. ... Read More »
Groundwater depletion of the Ogalla aquifer has made headlines in recent years, but the Dakota aquifer has also gone down significantly since 1900, according to estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey. Read More »
See how the two Dakotas would fare if they chose to expand Medicaid, and who is left out if they do not. Read More »
Farmers across the country face a dilemma as herbicides that once killed off the weeds that compete with their crops lose effectiveness in the face of herbicide-resistant weeds. Read More »
A new electrical transmission line may be coming to the horizon near you. Read More »
Many S.D. landowners likely noticed a significant bump on the valuation of their land in the 2013 tax assessments that arrived in their mailboxes in early March. Read More »
People from rural towns always have the impression that people from the big cities are “unfriendly” because we rarely (if ever) wave to strangers as we drive down the highway. Read More »
See if you can see what bothered me in the first two graphs of the press release that the S.D. Department of Labor released on Tuesday. Read More »
The real Christmas trees that added special magic to this year's holiday season can now find a second purpose by recycling, says SDSU Extension Forestry Specialist John Ball during a recent iGrow Radio Network Interview. Read More »
Winter officially starts Dec. 21, and we'd like to note that with a new photo to serve as the background image on Dakotafire.net. Read More »
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