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SDSU team creates plan for biodegradable grocery bags

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2 years ago

June 15, 2024

SDSU team creates plan for biodegradable grocery bags

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) – A group of SDSU students are back from Kenya this week after competing for a Hult Prize — which is a global program challenging college students to solve the world’s most pressing issues.

Extraordinary things can happen inside a scientific lab. For example, a plastic film made out of soybean hulls and sustainable chemicals. The hope is that one day, it could create entire grocery bags.

“Our product, bAGgy, instead of going into landfill or ocean for 500 years in order to decompose, it takes 60 days for the plastic films to decompose,” Hunter Eide, an SDSU graduate who helped create Agri-Cycle Innovations, said.

It’s a business plan created by four students at SDSU, combined with the research of Dr. Srinivas Janaswamy and his graduate students.

“It’s going to function very similar to your regular plastic bag that for like the consumers at the end, the experience will be the same for them,” Kylie Rosenau, an SDSU student who helped create Agri-Cycle Innovations, said. “So really takes the burden of having to recycle or reuse off of them and puts it on like the manufacturers.”

They call it Agri-Cycle Innovations and it led this team to Kenya for the second round of an international contest. They were picked as one of 360 teams out of 10,000 around the world to advance for the Hult Prize.

“I always like believed in our team and what we put together, but it’s like when you know there’s that many people and so many incredible ideas coming into this, it’s not like we were over-confident by any means,” Rosenau said. “So, it was really just kind of confirmed that, yeah, we’ve put something great together.”

Unfortunately, the SDSU team did not win the one million dollar grand prize, but they are proud of what they created.

“Oftentimes, it seems like the world is in a lot of crisis, there’s a lot of bad things, but you know, what can we as young and the next generation do to help positively change,” Eide said. “And continue to do it in a way to generate business and the economy in order to go forward with that.”

The students say soybean hulls were picked because it’s the part of the soybean that isn’t used for food or animal feed. So, it can be used without farmers having to plant more crop in order to make the bags.

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Pictures of semi-truck, name of woman released in Minnehaha County fatal crash

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3 hours ago

January 11, 2026

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Pictures of semi-truck, name of woman released in Minnehaha County fatal crash

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released the name of the woman who was killed in a fatal crash in Minnehaha County last week.

64-year-old Patricia Archambeau of Mitchell died on January 5 due to her injuries in a crash that took place in the early hours of Saturday, January 3.

Archambeau’s 2012 Chevrolet Traverse was traveling eastbound on I-90 near mile marker 379, about four miles west of Humboldt, when she attempted to pull off on the side of the road.

At the same time, the Traverse was struck by a semi-truck, also traveling eastbound, and pulling a trailer. The truck continued driving east after the crash and has yet to be located.

On Sunday, the South Dakota Highway Patrol released two images of the semi-truck suspected of hitting Archambeau’s Traverse. The two photos were taken on I-29 near 41st Street in Sioux Falls at 2:25 a.m., about 12 minutes after the crash west of Humboldt.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol has released two images of a semi-truck believed to be involved in a fatal crash that took place last Saturday in Minnehaha County.(South Dakota Highway Patrol)

Highway Patrol is seeking more information about a red Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck, missing its passenger-side headlight. If anyone has information, they’re asked to contact Highway Patrol at 605-367-5700.

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South Dakota knocks off Denver 82-72

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January 10, 2026

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VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Cameron Fens scored 23 points as South Dakota beat Denver 82-72 on Saturday.

Fens also contributed 12 rebounds and four blocks for the Coyotes (9-9, 1-2 Summit League). Isaac Bruns scored 20 points while going 8 of 12 and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds. Jordan Crawford went 5 of 11 from the field (3 for 7 from 3-point range) to finish with 13 points.

Gabe Oldham led the Pioneers (8-11, 1-3) in scoring, finishing with 24 points, 13 rebounds and two steals. Denver also got 19 points from Zane Nelson. Carson Johnson also put up 11 points and six assists.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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SD Highway Patrol releases new details on hit and run, asks for public’s help

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January 10, 2026

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SD Highway Patrol releases new details on hit and run, asks for public’s help

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The South Dakota Highway Patrol is continuing to look for the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run near Humboldt, SD.

In a Facebook post, the SD Highway Patrol has released new details regarding the semi suspected of committing the hit and run.

According to police, the semi is a red Freightliner Cascadia semi, missing its passenger-side headlight.

The semi was traveling eastbound from the Humboldt area on I-90 in the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2026.

Police are seeking information, video, or pictures from 2:13 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. along I-90 and I-29 from the public.

If you have any tips or footage, contact the South Dakota Highway Patrol District 2 Office at (605) 367-5700.

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