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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Health
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Rep. Dusty Johnson speaks to students in Vermillion about moves being made in Washington
VERMILLION, S.D. (KCAU) — This week, South Dakota's representative stepped away from Capitol Hill to speak with students in Vermillion. Wednesday morning, Representative Dusty Johnson answered questions from students at the University of South Dakota. The students are members of the American Legion Auxiliary's Girls State Program, which helps girls get involved in government and volunteering. Story continues below Top Story: Midwest Honor Flight still raising money for June 3 trip Lights & Sirens: Officials searching for Monona County resident after going missing on Missouri River Sports: Dell Rapids claims SDHSBA Class B title with 5-4 win over Dakota Valley in eight innings Weather: Get the latest weather forecast here While Johnson was visiting, many of the same topics were brought up, including concerns about cuts to Medicaid. He said most folks won't be impacted. 'If you're on the program [as] an illegal alien, you're going to have a problem. If you are an able-bodied, young person without dependence at home [or] if you're a 27-year-old who can work but chooses not to, yes. Our work requirements are going to require you to volunteer, go to school, get in a training program, or go to work, and we do that because we want you to improve your life,' Rep. Johnson said. South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden also answered questions from the students at USD on Wednesday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Hindustan Times
10-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
US founder calls out Indian techie for abusive LinkedIn message: ‘Absolutely horrible behaviour'
A US founder took to X to share a screenshot claiming it shows an abusive message from an Indian developer. Lee Calcote alleged that the techie sent him the message after his friend failed to qualify for the 2025 GSoC (Google Summer of Code). In his initial post on X, Calcote called out the developer and shared that he had no idea why he received such a message on LinkedIn. However, he addressed the matter with humour and wrote, 'I give him: 4 out of 10 for creativity, 3 out of 10 for accuracy (I will die someday and I am ginger), 0 out of 10 for grammar, 0 out of 10 for effectiveness.' In a later update, Calcote claimed that the Indian techie sent the message on behalf of his friend and that the techie and his friend are banned from GSoC. The screenshot Calcote posted shows a threatening message riddled with Hindi abuses. An individual posted, 'Students from India used to be the torchbearers of GSoC back in the day. I am really sorry that you had to face this.' Another added, 'Wow, this is horribly racist and sexist. I am so sorry you had to face this, Lee. This is unacceptable. Sending you lots of love, for all the good that it does.' A third remarked, 'You should post a formal message on LinkedIn as well. This type of behaviour should not be tolerated in any kind of organisation. He will learn his lesson.' A fourth wrote, 'Absolutely horrible behaviour, this is never acceptable under any condition or circumstance. Really sorry you had to deal with this.' According to his LinkedIn profile, Lee has a bachelor's degree in computer science from California State University. He started his career as a computer science instructor at the University of South Dakota in 1997. Over the years, he assumed various roles in different companies, including Cisco. In 2020, he founded his own company.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
An American pope: How will US Catholics respond?
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – An unprecedented reveal: Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, became the first American Pope to the Catholic Church on May 8- surprising many across the U.S., including local historians. 'I've never had conversations with people anticipating that there would be an American Pope,' David Burrow, associate professor of history and chair of the department of History for the University of South Dakota (USD), said. Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV, signifying the start to his journey in global leadership. But what does the pope's historic election mean for America as a global superpower? Bishop Kettler pleased with Pope Leo XIV's first message 'I think it depends on whether you think that the present American leadership- which seems to be taking the U.S. out of its the global role that it's held since 1945, since the end of World War II- whether [Pope Leo's] in alignment or opposition to that,' Burrow said. According to Burrow, the U.S. support for Pope Leo could be broken down in two ways: Whether he leads the church to embrace refugees and immigration, or if he stays in alignment with the Trump administration's view of immigration. Burrow said recent circulations of social media posts from Prevost before he was named pope could suggest that he will continue in the steps of his predecessor, Pope Francis, in favor of supporting refugees and immigrants across the world. An X account under the name Robert Prevost created tweets criticizing the Trump administration for justifying its crackdown on illegal immigration on the basis of faith. Even further, the Prevost account reposted content against the administration for deportations in the U.S. 'He is a Pope who is going to continue to stand against some of the anti-immigrant, anti-refugee, and against the kind of nativist vision of Catholicism that some of those people articulate,' Burrow said. Pope Leo's first words mentioned a church that builds bridges, open dialogue, and open arms for everyone. Burrow said this mimics the teachings of Pope Francis, whom Pope Leo mentioned several times in his speech. Pope Francis made Prevost a cardinal back in 2023. Injured Nobles County deputy recovering in rehab center When Prevost emerged as the new pope in 2025, he didn't speak English, but rather Italian, Spanish, and Latin- which Burrow called conspicuous. Prevost knows five different languages. 'It's interesting to see how in the long-term, Catholics in the U.S. are going to respond to this Pope,' Burrow said. During the two-day election, Burrow believes Prevost was seen as more than just an American, crediting Prevost's missionary work and dual citizenship in Peru. 'I think within the church, he's viewed as a more global figure- someone associated not coming from the United States, but also associated with the global South, the way that Pope Francis was associated with Argentina,' Burrow said. Despite his excitement for an American Pope, Burrow said Prevost should be recognized more for his career and missionary work in Peru, which started in 1988. Before his career, Prevost graduated from the Villanova University in Pennsylvania with a degree in mathematics in 1977. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Politics
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Poll: South Dakota Republicans support Trump but policies mixed
This story is reported by , a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at . SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (SDNW) — Nearly three-quarters of Republican voters in South Dakota approve of President Donald Trump's leadership in the first 100 days of his second White House stint, but there are pockets of discontent with some of his policies, according to a poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch. The survey of 500 registered GOP voters showed that 73% approve of Trump's presidential leadership so far in 2025, while 25% disapprove. The statewide survey was also co-sponsored by the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota. When asked if they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Trump, a question about general political popularity, 68% of Republican voters said favorable, a rating higher than any South Dakota politician. What goes into getting an honorary degree in SD? 'He said what he wanted to get done and he's setting out to do it,' said Lee McInroy, 84, of Dell Rapids, a Trump supporter who attended Republican Jon Hansen's campaign kickoff event for governor on April 24 in Sioux Falls. 'People voted for Trump to get in the White House and do these things (immigration crackdown and tariffs), and now he's doing them and the other party is going after him for it.' Trump's popularity is strongest in South Dakota's rural areas, matching a national trend. Of the state's two highest population centers, Republican voters in the Sioux Falls metro area responded with 64% approval, while West River (Rapid City) was at 62%, both below the national average for Trump's favorability among Republicans. Mason-Dixon Polling and Strategy conducted the poll April 9-11, using random selections from a telephone-matched state voter registration list that included both landline and cellphone numbers. The poll also included a survey of South Dakota registered voters regardless of party, with a breakdown of 255 Republicans, 126 Independents and 119 Democrats. Those voters showed mixed support for Trump administration policies, including fewer than half (49%) who approve of the efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut federal spending under the direction of billionaire Elon Musk. The poll showed that 48% of overall South Dakota voters disapprove of the efforts, which have led to cuts in programs involving the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, tribal initiatives, nonprofit organizations and other agencies. There's a stark party breakdown, with 70% of Republican voters supporting the DOGE spending cuts, as opposed to 45% of registered Independents and 7% of Democrats. The poll showed that men (54%) are more supportive than women (44%), which Michael Card, emeritus professor of political science at the University of South Dakota, said could be attributable to DOGE's potential impact on schools and public health. Musk said recently that he'll be spending less time in Washington slashing government costs and more time running Tesla after his electric vehicle company reported a big drop in profits. Trump carried South Dakota with 63% of the vote in the 2024 election, consistent with his 62% showings in 2016 and 2020. But one of the president's signature policies, tariffs, is less popular in a state whose reliance on agricultural trade makes it more susceptible to the risks of trade wars with China, Canada and Mexico. The News Watch poll showed that 50% of South Dakota voters support Trump's tariff policies, compared to 47% who disapprove. The party breakdown of support was 73% Republican, 45% Independent and 6% Democrat. Trump has imposed hundreds of billions of dollars a year in new import taxes — some of them partially suspended — while launching a trade war against China and pledging to wrap up deals with other countries that are temporarily facing tariffs of 10%. Financial markets are swinging with every twist and turn from Trump's tariff pronouncements. 'There's a balance between wanting to negotiate strong trade agreements and asking those countries to come to the table to negotiate in good faith while they're being slapped with tariffs,' DaNita Murray, executive director of South Dakota Corn, told News Watch. Card said much of the unease in South Dakota likely stems from Trump's first term, when China retaliated with a 25% tariff that greatly reduced farm exports to that country. 'If you're in corn, soybeans and hogs, it's very clear because you have a memory from less than a decade ago of what happened to your market,' said Card. 'And even though it's a subsidized industry, those protections are going to be gone unless they get bailed out again, and it's not clear that's going to happen this time around.' When it comes to confidence in elections, Trump's victory over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in 2024 appears to have changed some perspectives. The News Watch poll showed that 82% of South Dakota voters were confident in the accuracy of the 2024 election vote count, including 55% who said they were very confident. Of Republicans polled, 59% said they were very confident, compared to 56% of Independents and 46% of Democrats. It's a sharp contrast from a November 2023 poll co-sponsored by News Watch and the Chiesman Center, which showed 56% of South Dakotans confident in the accuracy of American elections, including 20% who said they were very confident. Just 7% of Republicans in that poll said they were very confident, and nearly half (49%) said they did not accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, when Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden. 'There's plenty of recent experience to show that the losing party is sort of inoculated to believe that the elections aren't fair, and vice versa,' said Card. As for general outlook of the country, 68% of overall poll respondents said they were optimistic in the future of the United States, including 22% who were very optimistic. Nearly 9 in 10 Republicans (89%) said they were optimistic, compared to 60% of Independents and 33% of Democrats. Madison rally planners to emphasize due process Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Sport
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Nicholson promoted to Dakota Wesleyan head coach
MITCHELL, S.D. (DWU) — Dakota Wesleyan University promotes Sam Nicholson to head men's basketball coach. Dakota Wesleyan University is proud to announce the promotion of Sam Nicholson as the next Head Coach of the DWU Men's Basketball program. Nicholson becomes the 22nd head coach in program history, following two impactful seasons as the team's Assistant Coach. Dakota Wesleyan Athletics will host a press conference on Wednesday, April 30, at 4:00 p.m. in the Sherman Center. The event is open to the public and all media members and will also be streamed, with details to come. Nicholson's elevation to head coach comes after a successful tenure as an assistant, where he played a pivotal role in developing talent and advancing the program. During his two seasons on staff, the Tigers made a National Tournament appearance and produced seven All-Conference selections, as well as one Freshman of the Year. A Look at Coach Nicholson's Journey: A native of Blair, Neb., Nicholson joined the DWU staff in the summer of 2023 after gaining coaching experience throughout the region. Before DWU, he served as an assistant coach at non-conference rival Dakota State under veteran coach Gary Garner, contributing to recruiting, scouting, and player development. He also spent time at NCAA Division II Concordia University, St. Paul as a graduate assistant, and began his coaching journey as a student assistant at the University of South Dakota. During his four-year stint at USD, he was part of the staff during the Coyotes' 2017 Summit League Championship run. Nicholson earned his bachelor's degree in Elementary and Special Education from the University of South Dakota in 2020, and later completed his Master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia-St. Paul in 2022. DWU Director of Athletics Ross Cimpl shared his excitement about Nicholson's promotion: 'I am so grateful to be able to fill this position with Coach Sam Nicholson. I am so excited for Sam and the DWU Men's Basketball program. Sam has earned this opportunity with his work ethic and his ability to build meaningful relationships with players and recruits. The future of DWU Men's Basketball is very bright. I look forward to watching Coach Nicholson and our program grow. We have very high expectations and goals, and I'm confident we have the right leader in place to achieve them.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
