WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following statement on Nov. 9, 2022: * * * NRSC Chairman Rick Scott released the following statement on Senator John Thune's re-election victory in South Dakota. "Congratulations to Senator John Thune on his re-election victory tonight in South Dakota. "Senator Thune has put the people of South Dakota first and fought to preserve the values that make his state great. "I look forward to continuing to serve alongsi  more

ABERDEEN, South Dakota, Nov. 8 (TNSper) -- Northern State University issued the following news: Northern State University Vice President of Enrollment, Communications and Marketing Justin Fraase has accepted a Senior Director of Strategic Communications position at the University of Iowa. Fraase has been at Northern since 2017, leading the Communications and Marketing Department for six years. In 2020, he added enrollment to his portfolio and was named Vice President of Enrollment, Communicati  more

ABERDEEN, South Dakota, Nov. 10 (TNSpar) -- Northern State University issued the following news: A partnership between Northern State University and Aberdeen's One-Legged Pheasant has resulted in a new brew that is raising scholarship funds for NSU students. But the creation of Alpha Lager has also provided an experiential learning opportunity for Northern's science students. That includes NSU senior Kennedy Davis of Fairfax, Va., who is interning at One-Legged Pheasant. "It's a very rewardi  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Nov. 8 -- The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has received numerous questions regarding its permitting jurisdiction related to the proposed Gregory County Pumped Storage Project. The PUC has determined that under current law no permit can be required from the PUC for facilities within the boundary of the proposed project. The project -- a partnership between Missouri River Energy Serv  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Nov. 9 (TNSawa) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Katie Grayson, professional academic advisor in the Ness School of Management and Economics, was recently selected as the recipient of the 2022 Walt McCarty Award for Excellence in Academic Advising in recognition of her efforts as an outstanding undergraduate student advisor in the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES). "It was an honor t  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Wildfires pose a significant risk to residents living in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) in the American West, and a South Dakota State University assistant professor hopes his research can help make resort towns and other communities with high transient populations safer. * * * Wildfires on the rise Wildfires, due to an increasingly hot and dry climate, have become more prevalent. So far   more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Nov. 9 (TNSconf) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: More than 150 students from South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering will present solutions to real-world problems at the 28th annual Senior Design Conference on Nov. 22. Seniors from the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering will present solutions to problems provided by representatives from industry, government and academia. This year's conference speaker is Jai  more