Jeff Harkness

A South Dakota community is getting some big money to build an outdoor track.

The Gayville-Volin school district is getting a $25,000 grant from State Farm Insurance to build the new facility

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Former O'Gorman High School standout Connor Schaefbauer is the Freshman of the Week in Ben Ten Conference baseball.

Schaefbauer, a second baseman for Minnesota, hit .313 against North Dakota State and Iowa last weekend

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For the first time in the history of professional sports in the United States, an active member of a team has come out as gay.

Veteran NBA Center Jason Collins, in an article he wrote for Sports Illustrated says:
I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport.

But

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There appears to be a shakeup coming in the front office of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and former Sioux Falls Skyforce, and Wolves Head Coach Flip Saunders, may be heading back to the Twin Cities

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Earlier this month, the Nebraska football team inspired the nation with the emotional touchdown run cancer patient Jack Hoffman during the Cornhuskers' spring football game.

Now the leader of 'Team Jack' has been honored on the floor of the United State Senate

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South Dakota State co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Jay Bubak has resigned after nine seasons to pursue other interests outside of coaching.

Bubak was the longest-tenured assistant on head coach John Stiegelmeier’s staff, joining the Jackrabbits in 2005 as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach

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As school shootings become more and more of a threat in the world today, a number of different solutions have been proposed to try and make our schools safer in the United States.

In South Dakota, the legislature pass

Golf season will be here (eventually) in the Upper Midwest, and ESPN 99.1's Jeff Harkness talked with Todd Kolb from USGolfTV.com about a wide range of topics from the links, starting with the late winter weather we're having and what effect it will have on spring golf.

It is also going to be an

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U.S. News & World Report is out with its annual rankings of the top public high schools in the nation, and one Sioux Falls school is in elite company.

Roosevelt High School is the Top Ranked Public High

The numbers are in  - and they're big!

Last month's, Summit League Basketball Championships shattered attendance records at the Sioux Falls Arena, and brought some serious money to the local economy.

The 2013 tournament - the si

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