HIRAM, Ohio, Sept. 11 -- Hiram College issued the following news: Hiram College has been recognized as a top college according to the newly released 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Hiram was ranked number 14 among Midwest Regional Colleges in U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges rankings. The Midwest Regional category includes institutions from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Additionally, th  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following op-ed on exempting refineries from biofuel requirements, which was provided to the Pioneer Press: The following op-ed by Governor Tim Walz was published last week in the Pioneer Press, after Governor Walz and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem sent a joint letter to President Donald Trump urging him to take action to support Midwest farmers and biofuel producers. Farmers are used to dealing with unpredictability wh  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 9 -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg today announced that South Dakota is joining with 50 attorneys general in a multistate, bipartisan investigation of tech giant Google's business practices in accordance with state and federal antitrust laws. The coalition is being led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The bipartisan coalition announced plans to investigate Google's overarching c  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem today appointed Margo Northrup to serve as judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit. "Margo is honest, empathetic, and trustworthy," said Noem. "Her commitment to justice will equip her well to serve the people of the Sixth Circuit. I am confident she will be an excellent judge." "Serving the judiciary is an important honor and a grave responsibility," said Northrup. "I beli  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 11 -- The South Dakota Legislative Research Council issued the following news release: The Legislature's Government Operations and Audit Committee will hold the sixth meeting of the 2019 interim on September 18, 2019. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. (CT) in Room 414 of the State Capitol in Pierre, South Dakota with an additional digital data network location in Room FADM-145 at the Community College for Sioux Falls. The Government Operations and Audit Committee  more

VERMILLION, South Dakota, Sept. 12 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: Shana Cerny, B.S., M.S., O.T.D., associate professor in the Occupational Therapy (OT) Department at the University of South Dakota, has been appointed to the Population Health and Occupational Therapy Committee of the American Occupational Therapy Association. This committee advocates for and advises the national organization on matters related to the nation's health disparities, health outcomes of   more

VERMILLION, South Dakota, Sept. 11 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: The University of South Dakota School of Law hosts Gregory P. Magarian, an expert in constitutional law, on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at noon in the USD Law courtroom. The lecture is titled "Free Speech and Modernity: One Hundred Years of the First Amendment." Magarian, a former law clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Louis Oberdorfer of the U.S. District Court for the  more

VERMILLION, South Dakota, Sept. 9 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: The University of South Dakota hosts Charles H. Rose III, dean and professor of law at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, for a lecture on storytelling and persuasive advocacy Sept. 13 at noon in the USD Law courtroom. The lecture will focus on using the art of storytelling to enhance the emotional and logical persuasiveness of advocacy. "It is a joy to bring Dean Rose to share his expe  more