ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $10 million contract to Three Oaks Construction Inc., from North Sioux City, South Dakota, to construct a protective island upstream from the embankment at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minnesota, Sept. 24. The goal of the Lock and Dam 2 protective island is to safeguard the existing embankment on the upstream, wind  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Small nonfarm businesses in 13 South Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at t  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: * * * The DOE has developed a program of study for elementary and middle school students that uses the experiences of prominent South Dakota figures to help children develop life skills. * * * The South Dakota Department of Education (DOE) is proud to announce a new program of study to encourage the development of life skills necessary to thrive in today's worl  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. South Dakotans in Davison, Lincoln, Turner, and Union counties impacted by this summer's severe storms have one week remaining to apply for federal disaster assistance. The deadline is October 15, 2024. How Individuals can Apply for Disaster Assistance Go online to DisasterAssistance.gov for English, or DisasterAssistance.gov/es for Spanish.Us  more