Todd Epp

While not in the bottom 10 states nationally for obesity, South Dakota - in the middle of the Northern Plains - has an obesity rate of 28.3 percent of the population, with Iowa a slim 0.2 points behind S.D. in fatness.

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(NPN) – Northern Plains states—including the Dakotas—have lower home foreclosure rates than most of the nation, according to a new report.

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(NPN) -- South and North Dakota and other Northern Plains states rank well in a new study examining household financial security across the United States.

The study by Washington-based Corporation for Enterprise Development ranked North Dakota second and South Dakota 12th in household financial security

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(NPN) -- It’s probably not too hard to believe that even unpopulated states like North and South Dakota might have economies the size of Kenya.

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(NPN) -- While Washington, D.C. had the highest Payroll to Population rate in the country in 2013, at 55.7 percent, a cluster of states in the Northern Plains -- North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa and South Dakota -- all made the top 10.

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One of the issues voters will consider on the April 8 Sioux Fall City election ballot is something called 'Shape Places,' a change in the city’s zoning law.

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(NPN) -- Two organizations representing the nation's dairy farmers and dairy companies urge state lawmakers in South Dakota to reject efforts easing regulations surrounding raw milk sales directly to consumers

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(NPN) -- South Dakota’s tobacco prevention funding should be nearly tripled, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control.

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Need to fill up the gas tank? If you live in South Dakota, you might want to wait until Wednesday.

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Rates for long-term unemployment in North and South Dakota are five to nine times the “official” unemployment rates.

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