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Four Watertown players named to all-tournament teams in Class C and A

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February 27, 2024

MADISON — Men’s teams from Sturgis, Madison and Rapid City claimed championships in the South Dakota Amateur Basketball Association state basketball tournament over the weekend.

Here are the highlights by division:

C Division

In the C Division, Sturgis Legendary Electric outlasted Eagle Butte 78-62 in the championship behind 18 points from Tyler Hohenberger and 17 points from tournament MVP Ryan Garland. Blake Proefrock and Laban Clement added 15 and 11 points, respectively for the champions. Eagle Butte got 14 points from Tyler Ogle and 12 from Nate Peterson.

Joining Garland all-tourney team were Hohenberger, Proefrock and Clement from Sturgis, Ogle and Trenton Pretty Weasel from Eagle Butte, Zach O’Keefe from Parker, Braden Carmody and Braydon Brandreit from Watertown and Caleb Kemeick and Ryan Krog from Elkton.

Class B

In the B Division championship, host Madison took down Mount Vernon 103-81 behind 28 points from tournament MVP Tyler Tappe. Madison also got 21 points from Cody Brown, 13 apiece from Brady Wiebe and Andrew King of Lake Norden and 12 each from Clear Lake native Kellan Benck and Jordan King of Arlington. Mount Vernon was led by Deric Denning’s 17 points and 15 apiece from Reed Rus and Chase Arend.

All-tourney players include Tappe, Brown and Benck from Madison, Skyler Bloch and Phillip Millar from Mount Vernon, Jay Huls and Andrew Siemensma from Sioux Falls, Jordan and Jared Vlastuin from Lennox and Falcon Albers from Brookings-Astoria.

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Class A

In the Class A championship, Rapid City OCETI narrowly defeated Rapid City We Are Farmers 90-85 behind 26 points from Jesse Heart. Eric Swiftwater added 22 points, Austin Kirkie 17 and tourney MVP Mackenzie Casey 10. We Are Farmers got 17 points from Watertown native Solomon Bach, 16 points from Adam Templeton and 12 points apiece from Steven Schaefer and Cedric Collinge.

Joining MVP Casey on the Class “A” all-tournament team were Kirkie and Heart from OCETI, Templeton and Schaefer from We Are Farmers, Kevin Ratzsch from Sioux Falls We Grind, Logan Doyle and Darin Peterka from Sioux Falls Invisible Fence and Kyle Wiesner and Dustin Tetzlaff from Watertown Foothills Contracting.

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Governor Rhoden signs school lunch bill into law

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1 hour ago

March 27, 2026

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Governor Rhoden signs school lunch bill into law

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Governor Rhoden officially signed HB 1082 into law on Friday, March 27.

HB 1082 is a bill that establishes parameters for reimbursing school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students.

Representative Kadyn Wittman, who has worked to pass the bill for several years, expressed excitement and gratitude in a post to Facebook on Friday.

“10,000 kids across our state will now have access to free school meals. No stigma. No barriers. Just the support they need to learn and grow,” wrote Wittman.

“So incredibly grateful to everyone who made this happen. This is a big win for South Dakota families!”

You can see the full bill and its sponsors here.

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Retired Air Force four-star general Maryanne Miller speaks at South Dakota Mines

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March 27, 2026

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Retired Air Force four-star general Maryanne Miller speaks at South Dakota Mines

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Students at South Dakota Mines heard Wednesday from retired four-star general Maryanne Miller about her journey to the highest ranks of the U.S. military.

Miller is a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general. She is the only member of the Air Force Reserve ever to be promoted to this level.

She spoke about finding greatness and living a life of fulfillment. Her stories came from her time in the Air Force and as a volunteer for Saint Teresa of Calcutta’s Missionaries of Charity.

“We so much get focused on what is our next step in life, what’s the next career move, how do we make ourselves better in our career, and we forget about how do we make ourselves better as a human being,” Miller said. “Because they have to go tandem. If it’s not tandem, you’re going to get off track.”

Miller was commissioned in 1981 and rose through the ranks before becoming a four-star general in 2018. She was the only woman serving as a four-star officer in the military at the time. She retired in 2020 after serving for almost 40 years.

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USDA to offer distaster assistance to South Dakota agriculture producers impacted by winter storms

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March 26, 2026

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USDA to offer distaster assistance to South Dakota agriculture producers impacted by winter storms

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering financial and technical assistance to South Dakota farmers and livestock producers who may have been impacted by the recent winter storms.

“I encourage impacted producers to contact their local USDA Service Center to report losses and learn more about program options available to assist in their recovery from crop, land, infrastructure, and livestock losses and damages.” said Richard Fordyce, Production and Conservation Under Secretary.

FSA’s Emergency Conservation Program and Emergency Forest Restoration Program can assist landowners with financial assistance to restore damaged land and conservation structures or forests.

“Our staff will work one-on-one with landowners to make assessments of the damages and develop methods that focus on effective recovery of the land.” said Jessica Michalski, Acting NRCS State Conservationist in South Dakota.

For more information about the disaster assistance program, click here.

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