North Dakota Outdoors: Interesting numbers pertain to ND’s outdoors

Submitted Photo Last year, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department stocked 14 million fish in fishable waters the department manages. Photo from NDGF. I was compelled to jot down some interesting numbers that pertain to North Dakota’s outdoors as Jeb …

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Dense Fog Reduces Visibility in South Dakota’s Black Hills

Dense fog reduced visibility in South Dakota’s Black Hills on May 29, footage published by local officials showed. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office warned motorists to “Travel with caution, slow down and watch for deer.” The National Weather Service …

Despite rains, corn and soybean planting remain ahead of five-year average in South Dakota

May 27, 2025: For the week ending May 25, 2025, there were 2.1 days suitable for fieldwork in South Dakota, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 4% very short, 27% short, 60% adequate, and 9% …

Dakota Marker Game Returning to ESPN

Story Links FARGO, N.D. - The 22nd annual Dakota Marker game between North Dakota State and South Dakota State will be televised nationally for the second straight season by ESPN, the network announced Thursday, May 29. Network and game time will be …

Homeland Security names 7 North Dakota counties ‘sanctuary jurisdictions,’ sheriffs call list incorrect

AMIDON, N.D. — A federal agency has listed seven North Dakota counties as “sanctuary jurisdictions,” a distinction that a group of sheriffs is calling “misinformation and a mischaracterization.” The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published on …

South Dakota names new CIO

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden last Thursday named Mark Wixon as the state’s new chief information officer and commissioner of the state’s Bureau of Information Technology. Wixon replaces Madhu Gottumukkala, who left his position this month to become …

Here's Why Driving Across South Dakota Seems To Take Forever

  Unsplash/Nathaniel Hutcheson Unsplash/Nathaniel Hutcheson Summer is in the air, and we’re thinking about hitting the road for some fresh scenery. That got me wondering: exactly how many miles of paved paradise criss-cross South Dakota and how …

North Dakota tribes ask circuit judges for rehearing of voting rights case

The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Spirit Lake Nation and three tribal citizens this week asked the full 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel’s finding that they lack standing to bring a voting discrimination case against the state …

Polak from Pierre, Chase from Huron area appointed to lead U.S. Department of Ag agencies in South Dakota

The former Executive Director of a state housing program and a former state representative have been appointed to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency and Rural Development offices in South Dakota. As State Director for Rural …