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3:59 Just when it looked like 40 orphaned natural-gas wells in northwestern South Dakota would finally be plugged, the story took a turn into the realm of cryptocurrency.  A Texas company, Spyglass Cedar Creek, drilled the wells 15 years ago on the vast grasslands in the vicinity of Buffalo.   South Dakota was stuck holding the bag after the project failed, because the state had only required the company to post about $30,000 in bonds. Last fall, the state hired a contractor to plug the wells for about $430,000. The contractor finished seven of the wells before pausing for the winter. ...

House lawmakers are introducing articles of impeachment against Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg for his involvement in a fatal car crash last September.

February 22, 2021 Show 993 Hour 2. In the late 1970s, the founders of the National Conservative Political Action Committee devised new methods of raising

February 22, 2021 Show 993 Hour 2. In a few moments we spend time artist Oliver Jeffers. He's not from South Dakota. But his books help us see ourselves from far away, maybe even from space.  But first ... a little South Dakota history.  The rush of European-American settlers entering Dakota Territory after the Civil War included all kinds of people hoping for a fresh start. And not all of those people had roots in Europe. A small but significant number of Black Americans were among those drawn to the region by various government-backed homestead programs. The lives and times of some of t...

For more than a decade, Sturgis wrestling was arguably the top program in the state. From 1998-2011, the Scoopers were state champions six times in Class A, five of those coming over the span of six years. They also were runner-up three-times as well over this fourteen year stretch. Longtime Sturgis wrestling coach Steve Keszler and former Scooper wrestlers Seth Lange, Nate Oviatt, Josh Keszler, and Caleb Chapman all joined the program to reminisce about this historic run.  Listen