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Colder weather on horizon, Farm and Rural Stress Hotline and PUC approves new leadership structure | Nov. 07

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November is here, and while temperatures are dipping, the state seems primed for its first taste of 2025 winter weather.

From federal trade policies to the weather, farmers and ranchers are well-versed in uncertainty. But that stress can take its toll. The Farm and Rural Stress Hotline is a resource to help ag producers cope with the many challenges of the job.

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, the state’s regulatory body over utilities, agrees to leadership changes. These come at the request of Chairman Gary Hanson.

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Jackson Dircks is a Freeburg, Illinois, native. He received a degree from Augustana University in English and Journalism. He started at SDPB as an intern before transitioning to a politics, business and everything in-between reporter based in Sioux Falls.