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From independent operators to publicly traded companies, stories on the businesses that fuel South Dakota's economy.
Wind energy expansion in SD to bring 888 more turbines, $3.3B investment
The prairies and rolling hills of South Dakota will soon become dotted with wind turbines after the approval of eight major wind-energy projects that will bring 700 more turbines and an investment of $2.6 billion in the state by the end of 2020.
Two other projects now in
Poor SD residents hit hardest by state debt collection efforts
Thousands of South Dakotans have lost their privileges to hunt, fish, or drive in the state since 2016 because they owe money to government agencies for unpaid fines, fees or even college tuition, but often the people hardest hit by state debt collection efforts are low-income residents who are
SD among worst for ‘brain drain’ as highly educated people continue to flee the state
Despite years of effort to reverse the trend, South Dakota remains among the worst states in the nation in terms of losing its most highly educated citizens to other areas of the country, according to a new report from Congress.
The loss of skilled, educated residents can slow the state’
Damaging debt: College grads stung by broken promises of federal loan forgiveness program
Hundreds of South Dakota residents are caught in financial limbo wondering if the tens of thousands of dollars they owe on student debt — and which they were promised would be forgiven if they entered public-service careers — will actually ever be eliminated.
Those South Dakota residents include teachers, police officers,
Damaging debt: SD college graduates weighed down by heavy student debt
South Dakotans owe more than $1.5 billion to the federal government on loans they took out to finance their educations and many borrowers are finding themselves crushed under the weight of their college debt, even many years after they graduated.
About 52,000 South Dakotans have some debt from
Damaging debt: Three SD grads share stories of struggling to pay college costs
Thousands of South Dakota residents are living under a cloud of uncertainty and worry created by outstanding loans acquired in order to get a higher education. The high monthly payments and seemingly insurmountable principal amounts carry an emotional toll, but also limit their ability to live out their dreams and
Cheese plant violates pollution limits
LAKE NORDEN, S.D. – The newly expanded Agropur cheese plant in Lake Norden faces a possible fine from state regulators after tests showed the plant’s wastewater that is dumped directly into the Big Sioux River violated state pollution limits in four categories.
Tests of the wastewater released in the