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Former UND offensive lineman Sam Hagen picks South Dakota State
GRAND FORKS – The UND football program has already experienced six players from the 2023 roster enter the transfer portal for FBS opportunities this offseason.
Former UND offensive lineman Sam Hagen won’t be adding to that FBS total, but he’s joining the back-to-back FCS national champions.
On Monday, the rising junior from Fordville, N.D., announced he’ll transfer to South Dakota State, rejoining with former UND offensive coordinator Danny Freund, who’s now the co-offensive coordinator in Brookings.
According to Herald sources, Hagen was deciding his transfer destination between two former UND coaches: Freund and former offensive line coach Joe Pawlak, now at Montana.
It wasn’t the only good news this month for the Jacks, who also heard from starting quarterback Mark Gronowski, who has elected to return to SDSU for another season.
UND’s offseason has included losing three expected starters on the offensive line, leaving Seth Anderson as the lone returning starter up front.
Starting center Cade Borud, a redshirt freshman in 2023, left after spring ball and has announced he’ll transfer to Iowa, while Easton Kilty left after the regular season and is at Kansas State.
Other departures include quarterback Tommy Schuster to Michigan State, offensive lineman Brayden Bryant to San Diego State, wide receiver Jack Wright to Tulsa and defensive end Ben McNaboe to Ohio.
Hagen, who’s 6-foot-6 and 320 pounds, made his college debut as a 19-year-old, starting at right tackle for UND in the season opener at Nebraska in 2022.
Hagen has played both guard and tackle at UND, starting off and on at tackle as a redshirt freshman and consistently at guard as a sophomore in 2023.
Hagen has two years of eligibility remaining.
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.
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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.
Deliberately slowed rush-hour traffic in downtown Sioux Falls is serving as a preview for commuters ahead of a major, yearslong overhaul of the city’s aging viaduct overpasses.
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