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What's in a name?  Kobe Bryant.

A leadership program that targets girls from middle school age through college expanded into South Dakota in April 2024. Fanchon Stinger is the founder of Grit & Grace Nation.

The first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice

Selected to be the first teacher in space.  Her life ended tragically in the space shuttle Challenger disaster.

The 96^th annual South Dakota State FFA Convention will be held April 18-20, 2024, in Brookings. State FFA Reporter Gabrielle Rebelein can’t believe her year as an officer is coming to an end.

Many ranchers in Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma have been impacted by devastating wildfires are in need of grazing acres and hay resources to sustain their herds while they work over the coming months to restore their operations. Steve Dick, State Executive Director for the USDA Farm Service Agency in South Dakota says emergency haying and grazing has been approved to try to help those producers.

It's the start of baseball season.  We have some interest facts about America's past time.  

Grace Brewster Hopper, Navy Rear-Admiral and Computer Scientist.

In March 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the United States Patent and Trademark Office released a report delving into the accuracy of the claims companies made about the seeds they sell to grow agricultural crops. During the 2024 National Farmers Union Convention, U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack talked about the “More and Better Choices for Farmers: Promoting Fair Competition and Innovation in Seeds and Other Agricultural Inputs” report.

We're all familiar with Ellis Island.....Now learn about Angel Island near San Francisco.