South Dakota
South Dakota high school basketball scores for Feb. 5
South Dakota high school basketball scores for Monday, Feb. 5, 2024:
Baltic 68, Colman-Egan 38
Bridgewater-Emery 77, Scotland 54
Centerville 74, Irene-Wakonda 42
Dell Rapids St. Mary 80, Arlington 49
Edgemont 69, Oelrichs 36
Hamlin 80, Sioux Valley 48
Lennox 73, Tri-Valley 39
Leola-Frederick Area 71, Ellendale (N.D.) 59
Marty 76, Avon 66
Mitchell Christian 82, Sunshine Bible Academy 54
North Central 75, McIntosh 54
Stanley County 67, Bennett County 39
Tea Area 62, Canton 40
Todd County 67, Mobridge-Pollock 54
Arlington 61, Dell Rapids St. Mary 42
Bon Homme 71, Menno 35
Centerville 67, Irene-Wakonda 28
Colman-Egan 56, Baltic 31
Elkton-Lake Benton 35, Canistota 25
Ethan 61, Mount Vernon/Plankinton 46
Flandreau 71, Garretson 32
Freeman 67, Gregory 30
Lyman 62, Chamberlain 38
Mobridge-Pollock 53, Todd County 38
Sioux Valley 42, Hamlin 37
St. Francis Indian 67, Crazy Horse 12
Sully Buttes 51, Stanley County 30
Sunshine Bible Academy 38, Colome 25
Tea Area 53, Canton 25
Vermillion 71, Madison 42
Viborg-Hurley 56, Alcester-Hudson 44
Wakpala 76, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 39
Wall 83, Newell 43
Waubay/Summit 53, Wilmot 32
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South Dakota
Republican businessman Toby Doeden advances to primary runoff in South Dakota governor’s race
Republican businessman Toby Doeden has advanced to a runoff in South Dakota governor’s race, NBC News projects.
Gov. Larry Rhoden, who replaced Kristi Noem last year when President Donald Trump nominated her to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was battling with Rep. Dusty Johnson and former state House Speaker Jon Hansen for a second spot in the July 28 runoff. The primary will go to a runoff because no candidate eclipsed 35% of the vote.
Trump did not issue an endorsement in the race. Doeden branded himself on his campaign website as “a total political outsider who’s tired of the government’s failure to deliver on its promises” and one of Trump’s “fiercest supporters.”
Rhoden, a former lieutenant governor, agriculture secretary and lawmaker, campaigned on property tax cuts and lowering crime in his bid for a four-year term.
Johnson is the state’s lone representative in the House, where he previously was chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus. Hansen, who was elected to the South Dakota House in 2010, held several leadership positions before he became speaker.
The Republican nominee will be the favorite to win the general election in the solidly red state this fall. A Democrat has not served as governor in South Dakota since the 1970s, and Trump carried the state by 29 points in 2024.
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Agronomist: eastern South Dakota crops hit and miss
An agronomist in eastern South Dakota says corn and soybeans are hit and miss as the growing season begins.
Steven Zemlicka with AgTegra Cooperative tells Brownfield, “We’ve got corn anywhere from V1 all the way up to V4. Biggest stuff’s maybe touching V5. Corn’s coming right along, looks pretty good. A little bit of hail here too, but I don’t think it’s going to be much of an issue. Stands for the most part are pretty good, pretty solid.”
Zemlicka says soybean emergence has been slow due to the wet, cool conditions, and there are a few fields that still need planted.
“People were still working on planting soybeans when we got the recent rain.”
He says recent rain totals ranged from a half inch to as much as four inches in the northeast part of South Dakota; the southern part of the state has been drier.
South Dakota’s corn is rated 61 percent good to excellent, with soybean conditions rated 57 percent good to excellent, according to USDA’s first condition ratings of the season.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The South Dakota Community Foundation is encouraging nonprofits to apply for funding this June.
Beth Massa and Ginger Niemann joined us live with what you need to know before applying.
Watch the full interview above.
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