South Dakota
Feeding South Dakota distribution on display in Redfield
REDFIELD, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The non-profit Feeding South Dakota is a massive social service organization that serves each of the state’s 66 counties once a month.
Weather permitting, every South Dakota county gets a visit. The story, by the numbers, was provided by Stacey Andernacht of the Feeding South Dakota organization.
Stacey said, “In South Dakota, nearly 73,000 people are food insecure, and that means that they are unable to have access to the food that they need to have a nutritious lifestyle. Our mobile food distribution is hosted right now in 119 communities across the state, every single month.”
Funding is a big issue with these social service programs.
Stacey continued, “Feeding South Dakota is funded through private donations, along with some grant and foundation opportunities that we apply for. Other than the food items that we receive through the USDA commodity programs, we don’t receive any funding from the state.”
Thursday was the distribution event for Redfield in Spink County. Penny Ihnen is the Co-director of the Tri-County Food Pantry, and she talked about the impact of the program.
Penny related, “We’ve had people say that they couldn’t make it from month to month if it wasn’t for this mobile food truck that comes. It’s a blessing to them.”
Both Ihnen and Andernacht say that the Feeding South Dakota program wouldn’t exist without the incredible volunteers. Leonard Deibert, one of those volunteers, explained how he got started.
Leonard said, “The wife and I were walking down by the Armory one time when the Feeding South Dakota truck come there and they were helping the people and we walked over and asked them, ‘What’s going on?’ And they explained the program to us and we asked, ‘Well, do you need any help?’ and he said, ‘Sure, we can use help,’ and we’ve been going back and helping them probably three or four years now. We enjoy it, it’s a good program, and the people enjoy it.”
Occasionally, the weather gets in the way of this distribution but, for the most part, every county in South Dakota has one of the 119 stops on the Feeding South Dakota route.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Vermillion guard Taylor Reuvers is staying home as the junior announced her commitment to USD via X on Tuesday.
Reuvers earned first team All-State honors as a sophomore, averaging 27.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game. The 2028 graduate led her squad to a 13-9 record for the 2025-26 season.
Oklahoma didn’t suffer any strong wind damage this week, but wind farms in South Dakota certainly did.
Several wind turbines were toppled by the 130 MPH winds that hit the central part of the state Monday morning. They were described as straight line winds and not tornadoes. But the winds compared to those recorded in some tornadoes.
The 131-mph wind was recorded at Holabird in Hyde County at 6:15 a.m. local time.
A picture of the extensive damage showed at least 7 of the wind towers were bent over by the powerful Mother Nature.
According to a report by Energy News Beat, storm chaser Jakob McMillin documented the scene in a widely shared post on X (formerly Twitter), showing multiple wind turbine towers collapsed or heavily damaged, with blades and structural debris scattered across the prairie. In replies to his post, McMillin stated he observed “over 20” turbines destroyed or critically damaged.
The Affected Wind Farm
The damaged facility is the South Dakota Wind Energy Center (also known as the Highmore Wind Energy Project or Highmore Wind Farm), located approximately 10 miles south of Highmore.
- Number of turbines: 27
- Turbine model: GE Vernova 1.5s (1.5 MW each)
- Total nameplate capacity: 40.5 MW
- Commissioning year: 2003 (South Dakota’s first major wind farm)
- Owner/Operator: NextEra Energy Resources (formerly FPL Energy)
- Power purchaser: Basin Electric Power Cooperative
The South Dakota Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at June 29, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from June 29 drawing
10-14-41-53-59, Powerball: 03, Power Play: 2
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Lotto America numbers from June 29 drawing
08-13-29-30-31, Star Ball: 04, ASB: 03
Check Lotto America payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from June 29 drawing
04-25-26-31-36, Bonus: 04
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your prize
- Prizes of $100 or less: Can be claimed at any South Dakota Lottery retailer.
- Prizes of $101 or more: Must be claimed from the Lottery. By mail, send a claim form and a signed winning ticket to the Lottery at 711 E. Wells Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501.
- Any jackpot-winning ticket for Dakota Cash or Lotto America, top prize-winning ticket for Lucky for Life, or for the second prizes for Powerball and Mega Millions must be presented in person at a Lottery office. A jackpot-winning Powerball or Mega Millions ticket must be presented in person at the Lottery office in Pierre.
When are the South Dakota Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky for Life: 9:38 p.m. CT daily.
- Lotto America: 9:15 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Dakota Cash: 9 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 10:15 p.m. CT daily.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a South Dakota editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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