South Dakota
South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana earn accolades at PRCA awards night
Nutrena Horse of the Year presented by AQHA
Son Ofa Glo “Junior” ridden and owned by Slade Wood (Steer Roping)
Telle Em PYC “Banker” ridden by Justin Shaffer, Tucker Allen, Jesse Brown, Holden Myers and Jace Melvin, and owned by Justin Shaffer (Steer Wrestling)
Marked Up Cat “Rudy” ridden and owned by Riley Webb (Tie-Down Roping)
Cut off My Spots “Coon” ridden and owned by Coleby Payne (Team Roping Heeler)
Mr. Joes Shadow Bar “Joe” ridden by Clint Summers, and owned by Clint and Darren Summers (Team Roping Header)
Baby Hes Hot “BABY” ridden by Tyler Kraft and owned by Vanessa Kraft (Pickup Man)
DM Sissy Hayday “Sister,” ridden and owned by Hailey Kinsel (Barrel Racing)
Stylish Drifter “Dutch,” ridden and owned by Josie Conner (Breakaway Roping)
John Justin Standard of the West Committeeman of the Year
Austin Curtis
Pendleton Whisky’s Let ‘er Buck Bucking Stock of the Year
Lunatic Heaven, Brookman Rodeo (Bareback)
Virgil, C5 Rodeo Company (Saddle Bronc)
Magic Touch, Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics (Bull)
Photographer of the Year
Click Thompson
Excellence in Multimedia Journalism
John Letasky, Billings Gazette
Excellence in Broadcast Journalism
Randy Taylor
Polaris Remuda Award, Stock Contractor
Brookman Rodeo, Sidney, Mont.
Polaris Remuda Award, Rodeo Committee
Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days
Hesston by Massey Ferguson Sowing Good Deeds
Prescott (Ariz.) Frontier Days
Coors Man in the Can
John Harrison
Barrelman of the Year
Matt Merritt
Veterinarian of the Year
Dr. Leslie Schur
Timer of the Year
Molly Twitchell
Secretary of the Year
Eva Chadwick
Dress Act of the Year
Bobby Kerr
Comedy Act of the Year
John Harrison
Small Rodeo of the Year
Cody (Wyo.) Nite Rodeo
Medium Rodeo of the Year
Black Hills Roundup, Belle Fourche, S.D.
Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year
Rodeo Rapid City (S.D.)
Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year
Pendleton (Ore.) Roundup
Music Director of the Year
Josh Hilton
Pickup Man of the Year
Shawn Calhoun
Announcer of the Year
Anthony Lucia
Stock Contractor of the Year
Frontier Rodeo, Freedom, Okla.
Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award
Tommy Joe Lucia
–PRCA
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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