CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, June 2 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: * * * Agricultural Groups Call for End to Countervailing Duties on Phosphate Fertilizers Author: Bryan Goodman Sixty-five state and national groups, including the National Corn Growers Association, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick today calling on him to end countervailing duties placed on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco to ease the pain felt by farmers as fertilizers prices reach new highs. The announcement come more PR

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Alight Solutions for Disability Discrimination * Federal agency says Illinois company failed to accommodate employee's diabetes, including in use of electronic attendance monitoring systems, and then fired him CHICAGO -Alight Solutions, an employee benefits administrator headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois, violated federal law when it discriminated against an employee by denying him a reasonable accommodation for his d more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, June 1 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Great Plains Restorative Services joins Sanford Health Equip * Addition expands access to care across western North Dakota BISMARCK, N.D. -Sanford Health Equip has expanded its footprint in western North Dakota with the addition of Great Plains Restorative Services, a trusted home medical equipment provider serving Bismarck, Dickinson and surrounding rural communities. This transition enhances access to essential home medic more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 1 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Hard Hat ceremony added to Order of the Engineer on graduation weekend * Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University graduated a total of 260 undergraduate students May 9 with 71 of them also participating in ceremonies to honor the professionalism of their new career. (The spring graduates also included 19 with a doctorate and 78 with a master's degree.) There were 62 graduates who participated in the Order of the  more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 1 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Jackrabbit in the Spotlight / Hatkin's interest in linear controls lands him a Bullseye * Brady Hatkin knows his way around a hockey arena. A roping arena? That's a different story. But the fact that the electrical engineering major is more comfortable on ice skates than on a quarter horse didn't keep Hatkin from being a major contributor to an award-winning project to create an autonomous team roping dummy. The Bullseye autonomous roping d more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 1 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Liu tabbed as fellow for engineering education * Yucheng Liu, head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University, will be inducted as a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education at the group's awards luncheon June 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Each year, up to one-tenth of 1% of the society's members are selected for induction into the American Society for Engineering Education's Academy of Fel more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 1 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Nguyen receives teaching honor * Phuong Nguyen, an assistant professor in the construction and concrete industry management program at South Dakota State University, has been honored by his educational peers. On April 16, he received the Associated Schools of Construction Region 4 Teaching Award at the 62 nd annual ASC International Conference in Shell Beach, California. This award is given annually to early- to mid-career faculty, who have more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, June 1 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University posted the following news: * * * Regional Champion N.C. A&T Men's Club Basketball Finishes in National Tourney Top Four * EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 1, 2026) - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's men's club basketball team is celebrating a dynamic season, having claimed the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) regional championship and advancing to the national tournament in Madison, Wisconsin, wh more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, June 1 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Bemidji names interim Chief Medical Officer * As a leader at Sanford Bemidji, Dr. Corser has played a key role in advancing healthcare access and services across northern Minnesota. Throughout his career, he has provided expertise in emergency medicine, trauma care, addiction medicine, family medicine and geriatrics, with a strong focus on improving care for rural and underserved communities. "Dr. Corser is a truste more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 1 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * SDSU Department of Dairy and Food Science celebrates Dairy Month with new degree program * The South Dakota State University Department of Dairy and Food Science encourages everyone to celebrate Dairy Month by enjoying their favorite dairy foods like milk, cheese, butter and the famous SDSU ice cream. For those who want to turn their love of dairy into a career, the department is adding a new two-year degree program to its offerings. "Dairy M more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 1 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * The future of agriculture * How South Dakota State University researchers are using cutting-edge technologies to move the agricultural industry forward. Editor's note: This article was featured in SDSU's research magazine, STATE of Discovery. It's a mild early spring morning at the historic Cottonwood Field Station in western South Dakota, and a herd of 150 Angus steers are scheduled to move to a new pasture rotation. Moving cattle can be t more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 2 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on June 1, 2026: * * * Attorney General McCuskey leads coalition to stop activist groups from blocking permitting process before it begins A federal appeals court recently handed activist groups a powerful new tool: the ability to sue and halt any federal permitting project before the responsible state agency has even had a chance to review it. West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 21 states to more PR

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Rural Hospitals Across America Welcome Senate Passage of Welch-Supported Legislation to Extend Rural Hospital Program * Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) provides lifeline to rural communities BURLINGTON, VT - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, shared that over a dozen rural hospital leaders from Vermont and across the United States are praising the Senate' more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, June 1 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Wild Hare Racing reaches new level of success * Building more time into the testing cycle for the race car that Wild Hare Racing club team members built for this year's contest allowed the team to place the best it has in at least eight years. The South Dakota State University team competed in the internal combustion engine division of the Formula SAE contest at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, west of Detroit and Ann Arbor, finis more PR

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * WOW.DHS.GOV: DHS Adds Another 5,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens to "Worst of the Worst" Website * Nothing will slow ICE down from arresting the worst of the worst across the country and removing them from our communities WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the "Worst of the Worst" (WOW) website, WOW.DHS.gov, has been updated with yet another 5,000 criminal illegal aliens. This brings the total more PR