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A South Dakota nonprofit hopes to commission a feasibility study for a proposed rail-to-trail project but has paused its plan to seek funding for a five-mile demonstration trail.

A fire in the winter of 1910 destroyed most of Murdo, South Dakota's business district. The town rebuilt quickly.

“We’re Here” brings three drag queens to small towns to foster community and understanding

DeeCort Hammitt of Alcester, South Dakota wrote the state song, "Hail South Dakota," in 1941 for a contest sponsored by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

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Musician Scott Simpson has long had a complicated relationship with religious hymns and sacred music. In 2021, he completed a musical project that had him exploring his shifting relationship toward Christianity while revisiting many of the hymns he first heard in childhood. For today's Moment in Sound he discusses his latest musical release "Hymnautica."

U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson is proposing legislation that would allow states to use unspent COVID relief monies for infrastructure, disaster relief, and housing projects. In South Dakota that would move $375 million into play. Rep. Johnson explains how delays in the federal infrastructure bill process are impacting South Dakota's infrastructure.

On August 9, 2019, a fire in the Tyson beef packing plant in Holcomb, Kan., led to a major disruption in the American beef supply chain. That was followed, in 2020, by the pandemic, when packing house workers fell ill from COVID across the nation, disrupting things further. U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson has introduced the Cattle Contract Library Act.

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