SEASIDE, California, Aug. 30 (TNSawa) -- California State University issued the following news: By Mark C. Anderson There are two types of people in the world: Those who know what athletic directors do and those who don't. At different times in his life, Kirby Garry fit into both categories. When he was a football player at University of North Dakota and a coach at University of South Dakota, he was mostly oblivious to what the job involved. Now that he's entering his ninth year as A.D. for   more

MADISON, South Dakota, Sept. 3 (TNSres) -- Dakota State University issued the following news: Just like everyone else, small businesses around the country face cybersecurity threats. This includes the almost 90,000 small businesses in the state of South Dakota. According to a survey from the Small Business Administration (SBA), 88% of small business owners felt their business was vulnerable to a cyberattack. And these attacks are expensive. According to the FBI's Internet Crime Report, the cos  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Kristi Noem's unpopular, anti-choice agenda is so extreme that she'd rather run away from voters than defend it. Moments after arriving at a campaign stop this week, Kristi Noem ran away from South Dakota voters who confronted her over her support of the state's near-total abortion ban. The Daily Beast: "Within minutes of touching down for an appearance at a virtual golf facility in Sioux Falls, the to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: South Dakota GOP Governor Kristi Noem is out of step with her constituents when it comes to her extreme views on gun safety and abortion access. A new poll by the South Dakota News Watch found that a majority of South Dakota voters support commonsense gun control measures like raising the minimum age requirement to purchase AR-15's -- a semi-automatic rifle designed for military combat -- to 21 years ol  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 30 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2022: Governor Kristi Noem sent a letter to the South Dakota State Legislature, thanking them for their continued emphasis on free and fair elections in South Dakota. In the letter, Governor Noem promised to continue working with legislators on election integrity in the upcoming legislative session. "It is our duty as elected officials to deliver free and fair elections -- the peopl  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 31 -- The South Dakota Department of Revenue issued the following news release: The Department of Revenue's tax collections at the 2022 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally are currently at $1,544,471. The revenue sum from temporary vendors in the Black Hills was down 14 percent compared to 2021. The state sales tax accounted for the majority of the collections with $902,399. At this time last year, the department collected $1,038,561 in state sales tax. The department's 2022 co  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Sept. 2 (TNSpar) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: South Dakota Mines has been accepted into the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). KEEN includes more than 50 colleges and universities across the United States. The institutions in KEEN's national partnership focus on one mission: to reach all of their undergraduate engineering students with an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create personal, economic  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Over the last decade, agriculture research has become more and more advanced--in large part because of unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as drones. At South Dakota State University, drones have become integrated into a variety of research activities but have arguably been the most impactful in agricultural research. Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang, an assistant professor in the Department of  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Aug. 31 (TNSpro) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: The South Dakota State University School of Design will be hosting artist Ali Hval during the Stuart Artist-in-Residence program this September. A public lecture from Hval will be held Sept. 20 from 1-2 p.m. at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center in Founders Recital Hall on the SDSU campus, followed by an open studio event Sept. 29 from 4-6 p.m. at the Ritz Gallery in Grove Hall. With an   more