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Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative members will elect five directors to its board of directors at the organization’s 73rd Annual Meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Wall Community Center in Wall, SD.

On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act, which provides more work opportunities for 14- and 15-yearolds. Currently, teenagers are not permitted to work past 7 p.m. during months when school is in session and are limited to 18 hours of work per week. As a teen, Johnson worked as a retail clerk, a Taco Bell shift manager, bowling alley snack bar attendant, and a car detailer at a Ford dealership.

The day started with a mass, and military services followed, ending with a potluck dinner in Paxton on Sunday, May 25, 2025. Memorial Day Services were held at the St.

rairie plants to know Blanketflower A native showy perennial that grows between 1-3 feet tall with single to multiple stems. Leaves are alternate and variable in shape from spatulate to lanceolate and may or may not be lobed or toothed.

For the week ending May 18, 2025, there were 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 10% very short, 35% short, 50% adequate, and 5% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 19% very short, 38% short, 42% adequate, and 1% surplus.

Ever since soil moisture was fluid (unfrozen), healthy soil bugs have been busy reproducing and preparing soil mineral nitrogen to be completely available to healthy native grass plants. Likely the most unrecognized source of income to a rancher is the nitrogen made available through functioning soil. The average ranch might have 80 pounds available, when the potential is 100 – 140 pounds of plant available nitrogen without any inputs. Grazing management through biologically - effective grazing strategy can do this, making for more nutrient dense feed for a livestock business.

On February 20, 2025, the Cattle Plaintiffs in the Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation against JBS, Tyson, Cargill, and National Beef received preliminary approval of an $83.5 million settlement with JBS. The settlement was reached in the class action antitrust lawsuit filed in 2019 by R-CALF USA, four individual ranchers, and the National Farmers Union. The litigation against Tyson, Cargill, and National Beef continues.

Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA Recently, a colleague from the sheep industry, Carson Jorgensen, and I met with White House officials to discuss our plan for rebuilding and expanding our shrunken cattle and sheep industries. Our mission was not only to keep our message simple but also to provide compelling evidence showing that the policies we’ve been subjected to for the past few decades have been a complete failure.

The original Carlock Hotel, a historic structure dating back to 1904, was burned down on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Built by Milton Bektoe, the hotel saw several ownership changes, passing to Milo Carrey in 1906 and then to James Cornell in 1907.