The new Governor Larry Rhoden has announced some staffing changes to his administration. Rhoden was formally sworn in Monday morning after former Gov. Kristi Noem

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Er

In a social media post, President-elect Donald Trump announced Luke Lindberg, president and CEO of South Dakota Trade, as his nominee to run Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs at the USDA.

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

Initially, the IRS made Direct File available only to government employees in 12 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington State and Wyoming. It was later made available to private-sector taxpayers.

The Jacks are 16-3 this year, with impressive wins over Creighton, Wisconsin and Oregon, and losses to Duke, Texas and Georgia Tech. They've won six in a row but have been tested by a few Summit League foes already. They had to rally for an 83-76 road win at St. Thomas on Wednesday.

During the Senate voting, the Republican lawmakers unanimously supported Noem’s bid and even got support from seven Democrats

According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, a 50-year-old woman from Fargo was driving a Dodge Journey west on 7th A

Here’s where the Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha men and women landed in the NCAA's latest NET rankings: As of the morning of Jan. 27 Creighton: No. 34 Nebraska: No. 32 Omaha: No. 261 Creighton: No. 39 Nebraska: No. 63 Omaha: No. 202 Manage Omaha Subscription Activate Digital Subscription

A GRIP ON SPORTS • It’s hard to turn the mind off, even in the middle of the night. It is some of those 2 a.m. sports thoughts I’m sharing today. The ones about the Super Bowl that popped in between 3 and 4?

Your prior year return will give you a good starting point for figuring out what documents you need to have handy to fill out your 2024 return, said Tom O’Saben, director of tax content and government relations at the National Association of Tax Professionals.