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"No one has ever become poor by giving," words attributed to Anne Frank.
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Sometimes the little things are the greatest blessings. For Retha Thrun, it's coffee in the morning -- and time to think.
The city commissioners heard the first reading of changes to Madison's 2020 municipal budget that will revise some money earlier appropriated for different uses.
Most people are more than a little tired of 2020. With the number of new COVID-19 cases in South Dakota dropping after a rough fall and vaccines on the horizon, some may boldly choose to celebrate New Year's Eve as they have in years past.
Morgan Koepsell was one rebound shy of a double-double in propelling the Dakota State Trojans to an 82-76 non-conference win over the Briar Cliff Chargers Wednesday night at the DSU Fieldhouse.
A slow start hampered the Chester Lady Flyers at the Huron Holiday Classic on Tuesday. The Jones County Coyotes outscored the Lady Flyers 20-7 after one period and went on to down Chester 67-42.
The Dell Rapids St. Mary Cardinals swept the Chester Flyers in a non-conference basketball doubleheader at Chester on Monday night.
The Howard Tigers picked up two wins during the McCook Central/Montrose quadrangular on Tuesday at Salem.
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SIOX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest in a western Sioux Falls neighborhood.
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials have reported 445 new coronavirus cases and 24 new deaths.
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BISON, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Bison man serving 70 years in prison for kidnapping and later raping his estranged wife at gunpoint.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty to raping a young boy in South Dakota.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Over the summer, people looking to get out of the house snapped up boats, bicycles and patio furniture, figuring they were safer socializing and being active outdoors than inside. Now that temperatures are dropping, they're buying snowshoes, skis, boots and winter coa…
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- One of the Tyson Foods managers fired for betting on how many workers would contract COVID-19 at an Iowa pork plant said the office pool was spontaneous fun and intended to boost morale.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Thousands of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs are snorting and squealing their way across Puerto Rico in what many fear has become an unstoppable quest to eat and reproduce on an island struggling to stop them.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dan Marshall's toy store should be crowded this time of the year with parents and grandparents buying gifts and children trying out games. Instead, only a handful of customers are in Mischief Toy Store at any time, and their visits are short and efficient.
When the sun sets on the 2020 film box office, it'll be difficult to look at the numbers as anything but disastrous.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19, her publicist said. She was 82.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tis the season to be jolly: A record 39 holiday songs have dominated this week's Billboard Hot 100 chart, including nine holiday tunes in the Top 10.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Workers installed 192 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square's New Year's Eve ball Sunday in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration that will lack the usual tightly packed crowds of revelers.
