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SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) today announced that it will host an investor conference call on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. eastern time to review its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company also plans to issue a news release detailing its year end 2012 financial results the morning of February 14, 2013, before the market opens. The conference call will be...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation, the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, announced today that Rich Battista will depart as President, CEO and director of the Company as of January 16, 2013. Frank Elsenbast, the Company's CFO, and James Naro, the Company's General Counsel, have been appointed interim co-CEOs. (Logo:...
Fewer than Half of Americans Vaccinated for Flu Last Season WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new review of flu vaccination trends and policies issued by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) found fewer than half of Americans ages 6 months and older were vaccinated against the flu in the last two flu season (2010-11 and 2011-12). For the first time during the 2010-11 flu season, CDC recommended that all Americans ages 6 months and older receive the flu...
Carsforsale.com has teamed up with 37 Auto Sales to launch a new dealer websites, mobile site, dealership inventory listings and a platform of additional marketing tools. Sioux Falls, SD and Wichita, Kansas (PRWEB) December 24, 2012 37 Auto Sales has recently teamed up with Carsforsale.com to launch their new custom dealer website. The 37 Auto Sales site includes an upgraded dealer website, mobile site and dealership inventory listings on Carsforsale.com’s inventory site, as well as, a...
Daily weather forecast and wrap-up provided by redOrbit meteorologist Joshua Kelly. redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from December 18: Low pressure along the East Coast has been bringing plenty of showers and colder weather to the region. Also, a snow swath pushed through the Northern Plains yesterday dumping upwards to 4 inches in South Dakota and western Minnesota. Our big winter storm also started to get rolling in the Southwest and this is going to be the...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- South Dakota ranks 11th in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) South Dakota currently spends $4 million a year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 35.4 percent of the $11.3 million recommended by the U.S. Centers...
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lindquist & Vennum announced today that it was voted "2012 Best New Business" by readers of the Sioux Falls Business Journal and the Readers Choice Awards. The firm was also the runner up in the "Best Law Firm" category. The Sioux Falls Business Journal's Readers Choice Awards recognize readers' favorite area companies and business professionals. Business Journal readers cast more than 500 ballots in the eighth annual...
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Today's Special Storm Report focuses on two major weather systems in the United States. The first is in South Dakota and the second involves Hurricane Sandy. SOUTH DAKOTA - A strong area of low pressure moved just to the southeast of South Dakota on October 24, 2012. This low pressure was the same low pressure responsible for the tornadoes in California that occurred a few days earlier. The storm took a southern route out of California and then...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthWestern Corporation, d/b/a NorthWestern Energy, (NYSE: NWE), reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Net loss was $3.8 million, or $(0.10) per fully diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, compared with net income of $14.9 million, or $0.41 per fully diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. "Our core business continues to perform to expectations. However, we...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, announced today that Michael Bennett has been promoted to Senior Director of Sales. In this role, Bennett will provide management oversight to all field sales efforts, including gaming, in the Hospitality sector. Previously, Bennett served as...
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Wind Cave National Park is located in South Dakota in the United States, only ten miles away from the town of Hot Springs. The park holds 33,847 acres of cave system, and was the first national park of its kind. European explorers and Native Americans that traveled through the area knew that the cave was there, but there has been no existence of habitation found within the cave. Although the Lakota people spoke of a scared cave that produced wind, the first recorded discovery of the cave...
Badlands national Park is located in the southwest region of South Dakota. It holds 242,756 acres of land, with 64,144 acres comprising a protected wilderness area. The park was designated as a national monument in 1929 and established in 1939, but attained national park status in 1978. The Stronghold Unit area of the park is managed by the National Park Service and the Oglala Lakota tribe and holds many sights including those used for Ghost Dances in the 1890’s, a bomb and gunnery range...
Tyrannosaurus, meaning “tyrant lizard,” was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period (68 to 65 million years ago). It was among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist prior to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event. Perhaps the most famous Tyrannosaurus species, T. rex, was named in 1905 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Teeth belonging to Tyrannosaurus were first discovered in 1874 by A. Lakes near Golden...
The Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) is a seabird from the tern family, Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races that mainly differ in bill color and minor plumage details. S. d. dougallii breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America, and winters south to the Caribbean and West Africa. Both the European and North American populations have been in long term decline, though active conservation measures have reversed the decline in the last few years at some...
