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Course and scholarship applications are due Sept. 30 for Farm Beginnings, a training program taught by local farmers that provides participants with the support and education needed to launch a profitable and sustainable farm enterprise. Classes begin in November and are held in Sioux Falls.

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Another Oil Leak for TransCanada Oil prices are up again, thanks in part to another shutdown of TransCanada’s Keystone oil pipeline caused by the twelfth pumping station leak on the...	Climbing on the Prairie? Grain elevators have long been a symbol of employment and economic development in small towns and farming communities across the northern plains. The...
Tax Day It’s Tax Day again, and as usual, people across the country are complaining about paying their taxes. Taxes are portrayed as being restrictively high,...	Student Debt in SD As Republicans in Washington threaten once again to cut federal student aid dollars, a new report paints a grim picture for students attending South...
Budget Cuts Slam SDSU South Dakota’s K-12 public schools aren’t the only educational institutions being hammered by the Russell Olson-Dennis Daugaard budget cuts. South...	Health Care Relief for Seniors Multiple studies have shown that health care costs are one of the biggest challenges facing South Dakota’s retired population. However, a new report...

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Andy Janes April 16, 2011 11:41 PM It’s Tax Day Again It’s Tax Day again, and as usual, people across the country are complaining about paying their taxes. Taxes are portrayed as being restrictively high, as an outrageously heavy burden, as the government’s stranglehold around our necks. But this is... Read more	Thomas Mack March 31, 2011 11:48 PM SDPB Funding Cuts Yesterday the Associated Press reported that South Dakota Public Broadcasting will be cut 16 percent by July 1st. Executive Director Julie Andersen could not divulge anymore information because staff have not been fully informed on the cuts. This... Read more
Dale Miskimins March 24, 2011 01:34 PM New Beer in Eastern South Dakota The Deschutes Brewery of Bend, OR recently added several of their beers to the eastern South Dakota market. They are a well-respected brewery and are ranked in the top ten of craft breweries by production. They have received a number of awards... Read more	Mathias Turner March 10, 2011 02:53 PM South Dakota's HB 1217: Politics or Comedy? Those gut-busters in Pierre are at it again. Following the hilarity of their recently proposed tongue-in-cheek handgun legislation, our legislators have decided to keep the laugh-fest rolling with HB 1217, the abortion bill currently sitting on... Read more
Tasiyagnunpa Beth Livermont March 7, 2011 02:06 AM What Would Jesus Cut? What would Jesus cut in federal or state spending? How would the disciples vote? These questions have been around for awhile, but lately, I’ve seen them mostly from those I give a greater ear to, in that it’s from the social justice arena. Read more	Bernie Hunhoff March 1, 2011 06:45 PM Would Ronald Reagan Be A South Dakota Democrat? School funding remains in question as we near the last week of the 2011 session. Schools will have even less money in future years if the administration's new corporate subsidy program becomes law. Read more

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Parker Tornado

Funnel cloud captured on video outside of Parker, South Dakota on May 30, 2011.

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Pierre SD guard Terelle Walker sinks a shot at the buzzer from way deeper than half...

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John Stossel: No Group Has Had More Government Help Than American Indians

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Tax Give-Aways and Medicaid Cuts

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September 14, 2011 10:58 PM Start Your Own Sustainable Farm Course and scholarship applications are due Sept. 30 for Farm Beginnings, a training program taught by local farmers that provides participants with the support and education needed to launch a profitable and sustainable farm enterprise. Classes begin in November and are held in Sioux Falls.... Read more	June 1, 2011 06:37 PM Fighting the Majority A new CNN poll reports that 58% of American's oppose Congressman Paul Ryan's Budget plan. The numbers found that opposition from senior citizens even higher at 74%. Yet despite these new numbers, Republicans doubled down on ending Medicare today by passing a Rule on the Homeland... Read more	April 18, 2011 11:07 PM Climb Worthington: Rocking Climbing on the Prairie? Grain elevators have long been a symbol of employment and economic development in small towns and farming communities across the northern plains. The silos of steel or reinforced concrete tower above the surrounding landscape marking a time when corn and wheat were king. Over the last few... Read more
April 13, 2011 12:08 AM South Dakota Students in Debt As Republicans in Washington threaten once again to cut federal student aid dollars, a new report paints a grim picture for students attending South Dakota colleges and universities. Student loan debt in America is likely to exceed $1 trillion this year, surpassing credit card debt as the... Read more	April 1, 2011 01:06 AM Outrage Over Pipeline Grows Bullying and threats from TransCanada have led seven South Dakota landowners to send a letter to President Obama expressing their concerns about the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. The letter to President Obama and the State Department details examples of TransCanda’s misleading business... Read more	March 28, 2011 09:23 PM Jami Lynn: Sodbusters Editors note: Earlier this week, The Independent Local interviewed local folk standout Jami Lynn. Recently Jami released her second album, "Sodbusters," with fellow musician Josh Rieck. The Independent Local: For any of our readers who haven’t heard your music before,... Read more
March 11, 2011 02:15 PM South Dakota Food Co-op Offering Free Membership to Churches The South Dakota Local Foods Co-op (SDLFC) provides consumers fresh, healthy and local foods. While the group is only in its first year of operation, they’re already seeing positive results—their membership numbers have more than doubled over the past ten months. Now, the local... Read more	March 3, 2011 03:52 PM Dakota Wesleyan University Idol When it comes to singing competitions, American Idol as set the standard. The popular reality television show has also opened up the door for exhibiting talent on one South Dakota college campus. At Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) in Mitchell, the month long event of “Wesleyan Idol... Read more	March 1, 2011 03:37 PM Walker's Losing Battle New polling numbers released from Pew today show that a majority of Americans back the protesters in Wisconsin over the state’s governor, Scott Walker. Roughly 42% of Americans surveyed said they side more with the public employee unions, while only 31% say they side more with the... Read more

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