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PETITION DRIVE FOR RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA MEASURE APPROACHING
The deadline to turn in petitions for a recreational marijuana measure is rapidly approaching. Two turn in sites are being held Sunday to collect signed petitions. One in Sioux Falls and the other in Rapid City. Matthew Schweich with …
MAYOR HARRINGTON OUTLINES CONSTRUCTION PLANS
At Monday nights Huron City Commission meeting assistant city engineer Dennis Bennett advised the commission that the SD 37 reconstruction project would begin with a shortened version this year. Huron Mayor Gary Harrington outlines the work this Summer. [audio …
DISTRICT 22 CANDIDATES ADDRESSED LINCOLN DAY DINNER ATTENDEES
A Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner was held last Thursday at the Huron Event Center. Outgoing District 22 Representative Roger Chase hosted the event and introduced SD DANR secretary Hunter Roberts as keynote speaker. The dinner was an opportunity …
SD HIGHWAY 37 RECONSTRUCTION FOR 2024 SCALED BACK – PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 2ND
Plans have been developing for several years on the reconstruction of SD 37 through Huron. The first part of that project from 3rd street north to 9th street south was scheduled for this year. Due to planning delays and …
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- The top U.S. diplomat will return to Israel, an official there said, as tensions between the allies have grown and talks on a cease-fire in Gaza appear stalled.
- A group of about 30 rabbis and peace activists from Israel and the United States were trying to take food supplies into the territory.
- Visits to China by American officials like Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken can bring fame to local restaurants, as well as scrutiny to the dignitaries.
- Jenny Erpenbeck became a writer when her childhood and her country, the German Democratic Republic, disappeared, swallowed by the materialist West.
- Vuong Dinh Hue’s departure comes amid a growing anticorruption push and weeks after Vietnam’s president resigned.
- The U.S. secretary of state and the Chinese leader struck conciliatory notes in Beijing. But there was no budging on, or hiding, their governments’ core differences.
- The birth of the girl, captured on video, brought a glimmer of hope to war-torn Gaza, but she died of respiratory problems after five days, her uncle said.
- The structure is meant to allow humanitarian assistance to enter Gaza via the Mediterranean Sea, bypassing Israeli restrictions on land convoys.
- Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said its fighters fired anti-tank missiles and artillery shells at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed area along the border, killing an Israeli civilian.
- A lab in a Dutch zoo has presented special corals that bred themselves and nestled them in Europe's largest coral reef.
- U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American has rejected a 31 billion pound ($39 billion) takeover offer from BHP Group, saying it significantly undervalues the company and its growth potential.
- Jinichiro Kozuma birdied his first three holes in a bogey-free round of 9-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LIV Series golf tournament in Australia.
- Muslim groups in Australia have criticized the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it created a perception of a double standard and further alienated the country's minority Muslim community.
- Enzo Fernandez has undergone surgery and will miss the remaining six games of Chelsea's season.
- Almost five years after Elijah McClain died after being put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine, three of five Denver-area first responders prosecuted in the Black man's death have been convicted.
- A selection of South African artworks produced during the country's apartheid era which ended up in foreign art collections is on display in Johannesburg.