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South Dakota may not be the cheese capital of the world but we do have some of the top quality producers in the Upper Plains and Midwest.

7/30/2008: It was on this day, July 30, 1992 near Golden Valley that the State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired a rare collection of 95 stones. Taken by themselves, these stones were nothing special; similar to any number of rocks found throughout the state. However, left where they were found and undisturbed they formed the shape of a large turtle; twenty-one feet from head to tail and eleven and a half feet wide.

A wall of dust kicked up by wind gusts closed roads in Nebraska, and the unusual storm system brought damaging winds to Iowa, the Dakotas and Minnesota.

A new Farm Bureau report shows that unfilled grain car orders increased by half last year. 50% of unfilled orders were eleven or more days overdue and the labor shortage added to that.

(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a warm front lifts northward across Illinois, our widespread rain this morning will come to an end, with a mostly dry afternoon on t...

Ever wonder how you'll die? If you're like me, I'd rather not know.

(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a second approaching cold front from the Upper Plains quickly dropping down across the Midwest, the original slow-moving frontal s...

The National Weather Service issued an updated flood outlook for the Mississippi River basin and its sub-basins March 10 that showed little change from its previous flood outlook estimate.

News and information on selling and marketing corn, soybeans, wheat and other commodities. Also, best practices for marketing cattle, hogs and other livestock.

The report is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Midcontinent Independent System Operator and Southwest Power Pool.