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Rapid City Hits 100 Degree Mark For 5th Day In A Row
6+ hour ago (176+ words) Dakota News Network Rapid City Hits 100 Degree Mark For 5th Day In A Row (Rapid City, SD) — Rapid City Regional Airport is reporting a fifth straight day where temperatures have hit 100 degrees. The massive heat dome dominating most of the country…...
AI in Agriculture Won’t Replace Farmers: It’ll Upgrade Them
19+ hour, 20+ min ago (577+ words) Artificial intelligence dominates the headlines with promises of disruption and warnings about lost jobs. But when Rob Saik looks at how AI is landing on the farm and ranch, he sees something very different from the anxiety driving those stories....
Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil Discovered In South Dakota Sells For $50M
20+ hour, 8+ min ago (153+ words) Dakota News Network Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil Discovered In South Dakota Sells For $50M (Rapid City, SD) — The Tyrannosaurus rex fossil known as Gus sold at auction for more than 50-million dollars. Gus was unearthed from the Hell Creek Formation in Harding…...
Bear Sighting Reported In Lead
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (146+ words) Dakota News Network Bear Sighting Reported In Lead (Lead, SD) — The city of Lead is warning residents of a recent bear sighting. It happened on the outskirts of town near the Kirk area. According to a post on Facebook, other…...
Heatwave Coming To South Dakota This Weekend
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (144+ words) Dakota News Network Heatwave Coming To South Dakota This Weekend (Pierre, SD) — A widespread heatwave is expected to bake South Dakota this weekend. A ridge of pressure will push out severe storms, but bring the possibility of temperatures that reach…...
State Experiences Double Storm Warnings Compared To 2025
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (134+ words) Dakota News Network State Experiences Double Storm Warnings Compared To 2025 (Pierre, SD) — State meteorologists have been tracking dozens of severe storms throughout South Dakota this year. They say the number of severe thunderstorm warnings are double what they were at…...
The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado
1+ week, 1+ day ago (95+ words) touched down in Huron during the storms on July 2. The tornado produced peak winds of about 90 miles per hour and remained on the ground for approximately five minutes. Weather officials say the tornado traveled about two-and-a-half miles, with an intermittent…...
Harmful Algae Found in Three State Lakes
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (123+ words) Dakota News Network Harmful Algae Found in Three State Lakes (Bismarck, ND) — You may want to avoid some of North Dakota’s lakes this holiday weekend. The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality says three lakes in the state have tested…...
Air Quality In Rapid City Reduced By Regional Wildfires
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (147+ words) Dakota News Network Air Quality In Rapid City Reduced By Regional Wildfires (Rapid City, SD) — Regional wildfires are causing a smoky haze in the Rapid City sky. City officials are keeping the city’s air quality in the moderate range. People…...
Survey Finds Rural Americans Most Concerned About AI Data Centers
2+ week, 2+ day ago (173+ words) Dakota News Network Survey Finds Rural Americans Most Concerned About AI Data Centers Rural Americans are more concerned than their urban and suburban counterparts about the effects of artificial intelligence data centers, particularly rising electricity costs and the loss of…...