Dennis Daugaard

April 1, 2011 buzz: Empowering unpaid writers; attacks on abortion

2011-04-01 16:36:13

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Daugaard looking for new student regent

2013-05-24 13:37:00

South Dakota’s early citizens thought higher education to be so important that they amended the state constitution in 1896 to establish the Board of Regents �One of the board’s nine seats is reserved for a state university student. � The...

Governor Daugaard calls for special session to discuss new vets home

2013-05-23 08:11:00

PIERRE, S.D. - Governor Dennis Daugaard says he will call the South Dakota Legislature into a special session sometime in late June to deal with cost overruns in the construction of a new State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. � The Legislature earlier...

Special session for Legislature planned in June

2013-05-22 22:58:00

A special session of the state Legislature will be called in late June because estimates to build a State Veterans Home in Hot Springs exceeded initial expectations. �About $41.3 million, including a $23.6 million federal grant was appropriated for...

German visitors mark 10 years of friendship in Webster

2013-05-19 07:54:03

Webster and a German city are getting ready to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a friendship that can trace its roots back nearly three decades to sweat-soaked high school wrestling mats in northeast South Dakota. In 1986, a group of young German...

'Al Neuharth Day' Friday in South Dakota

2013-05-17 01:05:26

NBC's Tom Brokaw, U.S. Sen. John Thune and University of South Dakota President James Abbott will be among colleagues and friends paying tribute to USA Today founder Al Neuharth during a memorial service in Vermillion on Friday. Neuharth died at his...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Lee Schafer column

2013-05-16 08:44:02

The setup at the Dakota Roots kiosk at the Mall of America early this week was a bit like queuing up to see a department store Santa Claus, though in this case it was to spend a few minutes with South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard. Daugaard stood just a...

OUR VOICE: Neighbors can stop crime spree

2013-05-15 23:42:00

If you see something, say something. �That's really all that neighbors in Aberdeen can do to combat a recent wave of vandalism and thefts from cars. �The vandalism is happening in the southeast part of the city, while the thefts are mainly in the...

Target date set for sale of Napa-Platte rail route

2013-05-15 13:45:00

Months after many expected the deal would be completed, the state Railroad Board now expects to sell the old Napa-Platte line to Iron Horse Development Company at the board’s June 19 meeting. � Company representative Tobin Morris and state...

Former state auditor, of Gettysburg, dies

2013-05-14 12:02:00

Betty Larson Casey, a former state auditor who lived in Gettysburg, died Sunday in Rapid City, according to a news release from the state. Larson, 80, served as state auditor from 1961 through 1963. She died at Hospice of the Hills, according to the...

Medicaid Task Force meeting in Rapid City

2013-05-14 05:48:00

RAPID CITY, S.D. - The discussion of expanding Medicaid in the State of South Dakota got underway Monday afternoon in Rapid City.�� During the last legislative session, Governor Dennis Daugaard did not recommend an expansion; which would mean close to 50,...

SD farmers get spring planting break from governor

2013-05-10 21:53:00

South Dakota farmers are being allowed to move over-wide fertilizer application vehicles on roads during nighttime hours through the rest of the month.� �Gov. Dennis Daugaard has issued an executive order extending the hours of travel in response to the...

Bernie Christenson was at the controls during a recent flight for Gov. Dennis Daugaard near Vermillion.

2013-05-11 22:33:00

Support from Wells Fargo was key in securing funding for military youth programming in South Dakota, and Aberdeen Mayor Mike Levsen did his part by declaring April 12 as a special day for military kids. From left are Rodney Kappes of Wells Fargo; Major Trisha Meyer; Levsen; Jordan Grieben, O.M.

2013-04-21 15:04:00

Three Northwestern Area students received letters from Gov. Dennis Daugaard congratulating them on attaining perfect scores on the Dakota STEP during the 2011-12 school year.

2013-03-31 22:12:00