WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winner * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) congratulated Congressional App Challenge winner Nana Kwame Dwomoh from Brookings, South Dakota. Nana Kwame coded an app called "WorkWellness." "Congratulations to Nana Kwame on being selected as this year's Congressional App Challenge Winner from South Dakota," sa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Signs Rounds' Wounded Knee Bill into Law * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today issued the following statement after President Trump signed Rounds' bill, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, into law. "President Trump has officially signed the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site A  more

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, Dec. 23 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: * * * St. Olaf Choir to tour the Midwest and Texas * The St. Olaf Choir, conducted by Anton Armstrong '78, will embark on its 2026 national tour of the Midwest and Texas starting in mid-January. The ensemble's 75 singers will perform in 12 cities from Saturday, January 24, through Monday, February 9. They will present concerts in some of the nation's finest churches and concert halls in a six-state tour of Minnes  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump Guts Protections for Greater Sage Grouse in Eight Western States * WASHINGTONThe Trump administration released final plans today that strip protections for the imperiled greater sage grouse on about 50 million acres of federal public lands across eight Western states. Previous proposals over the past decade were intended to prevent extinction of the iconic dancing bir  more