South Dakota
South Dakota high school basketball scores for Monday, Feb. 12
South Dakota high school basketball scores for Monday, Feb. 12, 2024:
Andes Central/Dakota Christian 48, Menno 37
Bridgewater-Emery 46, Howard 40
Britton-Hecla 62, Waubay-Summit 61
Burke 55, Platte-Geddes 49
Canton 54, Parker 47
Centerville 48, Elk Point-Jefferson 42
De Smet 44, Canistota 42
Elkton-Lake Benton 54, Hills-Beaver Creek (Minn.) 48
Ethan 58, Corsica-Stickney 35
Florence/Henry 64, Langford Area 24
Gregory 56, Colome 39
Hanson 63, Beresford 45
Harding Country 65, Bison 23
Hitchcock-Tulare 41, Aberdeen Christian 32
Lemmon 37, Dupree 33
Parkston 64, Estelline-Hendricks 30
Scotland 37, Freeman Academy-Marion 33
Tea Area 63, Aberdeen Central 35
Tri-Valley 42, McCook Central-Montrose
Vermillion 51, Lennox 40
Viborg-Hurley 66, Baltic 55
Wall 70, Philip 37
Aberdeen Christian 72, Hitchcock-Tulare 42
Aberdeen Roncalli 58, Clark/Willow Lake 35
Alcester-Hudson 56, Sioux Falls Lutheran 43
Andes Central/Dakota Christian 56, Menno 36
Canton 75, Parker 42
Colman-Egan 71, Iroquois/Lake Preston 49
Ethan 66, Corsica-Stickney 64
Freeman Academy/Marion 57, Scotland 37
Hankinson (N.D.) 64, Wilmot 38
Highmore-Harrold 60, Potter County 57
Hills-Beaver Creek (Minn.) 77, Elkton-Lake Benton 50
Lennox 66, Vermillion 46
Marty 69, Lakota Tech 63
Milbank 78, Estelline/Hendricks 58
Parkston 48, Bon Homme 45
Ponca (Neb.) 56, Elk Point-Jefferson 50
Timber Lake 74, Dupree 60
Tiospa Zina 79, Crow Creek 71
Wagner 66, Burke 58
Wakpala 71, North Central 41
Wall 60, Kadoka Area 58
Waubay/Summit 72, Britton-Hecla 34
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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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