South Central Storm 7 - Colome Chaos 4 South Central Storm snatched the lead late in the game in a 7-4 victory over Colome Chaos on Tuesday, July 19, at home in the team’s last game of regular season play. The game was tied at one with South Central Storm batting in the bottom of the sixth when Hunter Van Niewenhuyse doubled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run.

The South Dakota State Fair recently announced that Agtegra has committed to donate to the DEX: Dakota Events CompleX. The DEX is a new, multipurpose livestock and equestrian complex under construction at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Huron. Agtegra’s donation supports its community involvement goal of making a difference on farms, in communities, and on rural peoples’ lives.

Patients enrolled in South Dakota’s medical marijuana program will have their first opportunity to buy cannabis from a state-licensed facility this week. It has been a year and a-half since state voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana.

The National Weather Service says severe weather so far this year in South Dakota has been an anomaly. The weather service issued 561 severe thunderstorm warnings in the state as of July 5.

While attending college in pursuit of an Agricultural Education degree, I had to take some psychology and sociology courses. They didn’t seem very necessary when I was looking at the required course list, but they did turn out to be interesting and they have caused me to look at human nature and why we react the way we do. Recently I have been thinking about belief persistence and the effects it has on the cattle industry. Belief persistence means holding on to your beliefs even when the facts would suggest otherwise.

The sister of a St. Louis man who died while hiking in the Badlands of South Dakota said Friday, July 22, that he was camping as part of a trip to celebrate graduating from college and got lost trying to find his way back to his car.