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Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota honor some of the area’s most impressive high school seniors each year through the Scholar of the Week program. Every week throughout the school year, the region's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, in partnership with Dakota News Now, select a Scholar of the Week who sets an example of hard work and high academic standards. The weekly winners are featured on Dakota News Now and each student receives a $250 award from their local electric co-op.
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The weather may not have cooperated with those wanting to come out and enjoy the free fishing this past weekend, but it didn't seem to stop them as the shores were lined with anxious anglers hoping to reel in the big one . Photo by Barb Pechous
Read moreThe headlines have been grim. Seventeen bodies piled up in the morgue at a New Jersey nursing home. Fifty-five residents dead in Brooklyn, N.Y. In one week, 104 residents dead in a facility in western Pennsylvania and 102 dead at a home in San Antonio. In Detroit 26 percent of nursing home residents and staff test positive for the coronavirus.
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I recently heard from a column reader who wanted to see more about guns in this column. Because I know that not everyone cares about guns, I’ll write about this fascination in moderation although I think that most everyone will find today’s column interesting.
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South Dakota’s number one industry is agriculture, and for years, farmers and ranchers have been dealing with difficulties including trade uncertainty, low commodity prices and price disparities between what they receive versus what the consumer pays at the grocery store for the product. These issues have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 outbreaks at processing plants have forced them to shut down temporarily, resulting in fewer facilities available for producers to process their livestock. Not only does this affect producers and processing plant workers, it impacts all Americans who rely on a steady food supply chain to put food on the table for their families each day.
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Andes Central Graduation was held Saturday, May 16 . Graduates and their plans are, from left: Angelina Wade plans to study Business at the University of South Dakota, Jaeson Garcia is a member of the Army National Guard and plans to study Environmental Physical Science at Black Hills State University, Ryan Black Bear plans to study Electrical Construction and Maintenance at Mitchell Technical Institute, Annamarie Medicine Horn plans to study Preveterinary at South Dakota State University and Tyler Swanson is a member of the Army National Guard and plans to study Aviation Maintenance at Lake Area Technical Institute .
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