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    Dagaard Rotary Watertown

    Listen above to hear Governor Dennis Daugaard speak at the Watertown Rotary noon luncheon.

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    Matt varilek

    Listen above to hear Matt Varilek Democratic candidate for Congress in South Dakota who visited KXLG on Wednesday.

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    ducks unlimited

    Listen above to hear Don Aarstad talk about the State Ducks Unlimited Banquet in Watertown This Weekend

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    Holly Hoffman

    Listen above to hear Holly Hoffman on KXLG talk about day one of Survivor Milbank!

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    lake pelican vandalism master

    Listen above to hear Codington County Sheriff Toby Wishard talk about the vandalism that happened at the Lake Pelican State Park.

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    BOB FAEHN AWARD

    Listen above to hear Governor Daugaard present Bob Faehn of KXLG with this year's 2012 A H Pankow Award.  The A.H. Pankow Award recognizes a member of the broadcast media, print media, or public relations industry who has shown superior interest in and coverage of the South Dakota visitor industry. The 2012 recipient was honored at the South Dakota Tourism Banquet in Pierre Thursday evening.

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    Trevor Johnson

    Listen above to hear Trevor Johnson with his fishing tips and techniques.

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    mayor williams

    Listen above to hear Watertown Mayor Gary Williams.

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    Lake Poinsett flood 2011

    Listen above to hear Hamlin County Conservation Officer Brook Brown.

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  3. Soccer Madison to start accepting registrations
    Soccer Madison organizers will crank up the youth soccer program's second year in February when player registration forms are distributed among the public schools in Lake ...
  4. City to review update for electrical plan
    The Madison City Commission will consider authorizing a professional-services agreement on Monday so that engineers can update a long-range plan created for the city's electrical system during ...
  5. A son is born
    A son, Jackson Gerald, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz., was born on Jan. 24 to John and Elizabeth Molstad of Ramona. Grandparents are Bob and Patty Vanhove of Madison, Dwayne and Lynette Gorder of Estelline, ...
  6. Lady Bulldogs drop heartbreaker
    The Madison Lady Bulldogs lost a heartbreaker to Harrisburg on Thursday night in front of the home crowd. The Tigers won the Big 8 Conference game 48-36. Madison slips 3-11 overall and 1-6 in Big 8 ...
  7. FDA detains OJ imports after finding fungicide
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has detained several shipments of imported orange juice after finding traces of an illegal fungicide. The government says the juice is safe to ...
  8. Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic ...
  9. S. Dakota House Passes Academic Bible Study Bill
    The South Dakota House approved a measure on Wednesday to put an academic study of the Bible back in the state's public schools. The non-binding ...
  10. City to hold West Sioux neighborhood meeting
    The city of Sioux Falls is holding a community meeting for residents of the West Sioux neighborhood from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Rooms 8-10 of the Convention Center, 1101 N. West ...
  11. Hy-Vee fires disabled worker over 20 cents
    An Iowa-based grocery store chain that fired a 43-year-old mentally disabled man over 20 cents in bottle deposit receipts has offered him another ...
  12. Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets on sale today
    Tickets are $32.50, $45 and $55, all reserved seating, available at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 or the Arena box ...
  13. Lawmaker continues dispute with S.D. House leaders
    A member of the South Dakota House has been moved to a new seat and has lost the privilege of speaking on the House floor as a result of his continuing dispute with legislative ...
  14. Click Rain moving to new downtown office
    Digital marketing firm Click Rain Inc. is moving to a space that gives the growing business room to expand, president Paul Ten Haken ...
  15. New events center committee established to promote citizen input
    Over the next six months, this Facility/Tenant Committee will meet regularly with the ...
  16. Food giveaway moved to Monday
    The Prairie House is postponing today's food giveaway at the fairgrounds until Monday, Jan. 30 due to the Farm Show going on. The giveaway will start at 4 p.m. on Monday and will resume its ...
  17. Sather appointed to South Dakota's GFP Commission
    PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Gov. Dennis Daugaard has appointed Sioux Falls businessman Duane Sather (SAY'-thur) to the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks ...
  18. SD authorities searching for missing parolee
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota authorities are searching for a parolee who walked away from a minimum-security portion of the state penitentiary in Sioux ...
  19. SD officers were justified in shooting suspect
    PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Three law officers involved in the shooting of a suspect after a vehicle chase in the Rapid City area have been cleared of any wrongdoing after an ...
  20. Monday is Women 4 Women Day in Pierre
    The South Dakota Advocacy Network for Women hosts the gathering, which offers women an opportunity to participate in the committee process, watch the House and Senate in action, and visit one-on-one ...
  21. Project to move SD train depot gets money boost
    The state Department of Transportation Commission has approved a $500,000 allocation from the ...
  22. Tired and broke, Santorum heads home to do taxes
    Santorum says he would rather spend his Saturday sitting at his kitchen table doing his taxes than campaigning in a state where the race for the Republican presidential nomination has become a ...
  23. Power fully restored to 4,200 in northeast SD
    The Thursday outage affected people in Stratford, Warner and Aberdeen, and included Northern State University. Electricity was fully restored after about ...
  24. Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries
    The additional flexibility announced Thursday is likely to raise fears that ...
  25. SD students combat Native American stereotypes
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- They're powerful words routinely used to describe people living on American Indian reservations: poor, violent, alcoholic and ...
  26. SD airman pleads not guilty to child sex crime
    ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- An airman stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in southwestern South Dakota has pleaded not guilty to a child sex crime in the northeastern part of the ...
  27. Dakotas officials wary of proposed defense cuts
    North Dakota officials are worried about the proposed elimination of the C-27J Spartan cargo aircraft. The state National Guard is to get some of the planes next ...
  28. Icon Lounge hiring 65 for March opening
    The new Icon Lounge in downtown Sioux Falls will hold a job fair Saturday and Monday to fill at least 65 ...
  29. Get ALL the news
    The Madison Daily Leader has, since 2000, posted some of its content for free on MADISONet.com. That content, however, is only about 5% of what's in the printed newspaper each day. To get ALL ...
  30. Bader, Oakland top South Dakota State men 92-87; Wolters just shy of triple-double
    Travis Bader scored 37 points and set a school record with 10 3-pointers to lead Oakland, Mich., to a 92-87 victory over South Dakota State on Thursday ...
  31. Skyforce acquire former Oakland University player Keith Benson
    The Skyforce on Thursday acquired a player who is plenty familiar with their home venue: center Keith Benson.The 6-foot-11, 230-pound professional rookie from Detroit helped Oakland University win ...
  32. Percussion group hosting pancake fundraiser
    Groove Inc., a youth percussion organization, will hold its eighth annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser and silent auction from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 12th Street ...
  33. Charter revision panel moves meeting to 3 p.m
    The Sioux Falls Charter Revision Commission has moved up the time for its Friday meeting. The meeting, which was scheduled for 3:30 p.m., instead will start at 3 at the Carnegie Town Hall, 235 ...
  34. Craion, Oral Roberts pound South Dakota 97-64
    Mikey Manghum scored 18 points, all on 3-pointers, and Steven Roundtree 17 for the Golden Eagles (19-4, 11-0), whose winning streaks reached 19 at home and 18 in the Summit League. Warren Niles ...
  35. Police searching for culprits in copper caper
    The copper, as well as some hand tools, were reported missing Thursday from three different buildings and a van at the business at 701 E. 48th Street ...
  36. S. Dakota lawmakers aim to adopt state flag design
    PIERRE, S.D. — At least 80 South Dakota lawmakers say it's time the state fly more than just its official seal. They want a separate design for a flag. Rep. Bernie Hunhoff announced ...
  37. Power outage affects 6,000 in South Dakota
    ABERDEEN — Electricity is being restored to about 6,000 NorthWestern Energy customers in Aberdeen, Warner, Mellette, Stratford and the surrounding ...
  38. Wyo. man charged with attempted murder in SD
    RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A Wyoming man who was shot by law officers following a vehicle chase in the Rapid City area has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and six other felonies ...
  39. Interim president named for DSU
    PIERRE -- Dr. David B. Borofsky, provost and chief academic officer of Westwood College, has been named the interim president at Dakota State University. Borofsky will begin his duties on the ...
  40. Bunger retires as Lake County's FSA office executive director
    Lake County's executive director for the Farm Service Agency has taken advantage of an early retirement program. Marcia Bunger's last day with the local FSA office is Friday. In lieu of an ...
  41. Large grain elevator soon to open in Tulare
    General Manager Jeff Gottman tells the American News that the elevator will start receiving grain April 1. It has the capacity to store 2.2 million bushels. Construction began in late 2010 and will ...
  42. Starbucks 1Q profit up 10 percent
    SEATTLE (AP) -- Starbucks Corp.'s fiscal first-quarter profit increased 10 percent as the coffee company added stores, customers and new ...
  43. Pitt to attend New Orleans homebuilding group gala
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Talk show host Ellen Degeneres and "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson are hosting a star-studded gala in New Orleans to benefit Brad Pitt's Make It Right home ...
  45. Ex-Boston Mayor White, led in turbulent '70s, dies
    BOSTON (AP) -- Former Mayor Kevin H. White, who led the city for 16 years including racially turbulent times in the 1970s and was credited with putting it on a path to prosperity, died Friday, a family spokesman said. He was 82....
  46. Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials....
  47. Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political....
  48. Student charged in Utah school bomb plot
    ROY, Utah (AP) -- The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane....
  49. 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years
    SEATTLE (AP) -- After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore - the infamous "Barefoot Bandit" - says he's lucky to be alive....
  50. Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May....
  51. Long road ahead for Conn. home invasion survivor
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- How does a man move on with his life after losing his wife and daughters to two ruthless home invaders who tormented, then killed them?...
  52. Many Mo. farmers shut out of federal flooding aid
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Farmers whose land was damaged by Missouri River flooding expressed frustration Friday that a missed deadline will keep them from sharing in $215 million from one federal disaster program....
  53. Probe of NYPD boss' son puts DA in spotlight, too
    NEW YORK (AP) -- While the city's powerful police commissioner faced questions Friday about a rape allegation against his TV-anchor son, the probe has also put the district attorney in a delicate position....
  54. Army chief lays out Army cuts in Europe
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon's decision announced Friday to take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 will not necessarily force NATO allies to shoulder more of the load if ground forces are needed for a large-scale conflict in the region, Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, said Friday....
  56. Abbott breezes to big lead at skating nationals
    SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Jeremy Abbott was still savoring his monster score when one fan yelled out, "You're awesome!"...
  57. Manning, Irsay insist they are on same page
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Peyton Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay insist they are just fine after a week filled with complaints and comments suggesting a rift had developed following one of the most miserable seasons in team history....
  58. James, Wade lead Heat over Knicks, 99-89
    MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James scored 31 points, Dwyane Wade scored 28 in his return from a sprained right ankle, and the Miami Heat beat the 3-point-obsessed New York Knicks 99-89 on Friday night....
  59. Broncos hire Jack Del Rio as defensive coordinator
    DENVER (AP) -- John Fox and Jack Del Rio are together again....
  60. US women's soccer team qualifies for Olympics
    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- In the end, what matters is that the U.S. women's soccer team is going to the Olympics. What the players won't soon forget is how hard they had to work get there....
  61. Pats' line has tough job against Giants' pass rush
    FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Tom Brady felt the power of the New York Giants' pass rushers when he was sacked five times in their first Super Bowl confrontation....
  62. Coll. of Charleston's Cremins takes medical leave
    CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Bobby Cremins' assistant says the veteran basketball coach hasn't looked well the past few weeks and Friday evening the College of Charleston announced Cremins will miss the rest of the season because of a medical problem....
  63. Stanley takes lead at Torrey Pines
    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The tougher South Course at Torrey Pines suited Kyle Stanley just fine Friday in the Farmers Insurance Open....
  64. Djokovic wins marathon match to set up Nadal final
    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- If anyone knows how Novak Djokovic feels after sweating and scrapping for almost five hours in the Australian Open semifinals, it's his next opponent - Rafael Nadal....
  65. Woods, McIlroy in contention in Abu Dhabi
    ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Maybe those swing changes are paying off for Tiger Woods....
 

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