South Dakota Business News

With the hunt for alternative sources of Omega-3s in full swing, Canadian health officials are considering genetically modified soybeans adapted to produce the essential fatty acids. Omega-3s, most commonly found in fish, are important for cardiovascular health and brain development...

A jury found a former Agriprocessors Inc. executive guilty on 86 felony fraud counts related to sales records at the meat company's plant in Postville, Iowa. The Des Moines (Iowa) Register reported Friday Sholom Rubashkin , a former Agriprocessor vice...

The former manager of an Iowa kosher meat empire faces back-to-back trials on allegations of bank fraud and harboring illegal immigrants, officials said. Jury selection was to began Tuesday in the bank fraud trial of Sholom Rubashkin, charged with allegedly...

No one goes so far as to declare West Nile virus no longer poses a public health threat in South Dakota. Still, cases involving the mosquito-borne disease suddenly have dwindled, nearly as quickly as the deadly epidemic of West Nile...

Developers of a $1.6 billion electric power plant in northeastern South Dakota abandoned the project Monday, saying they were unable to recruit other investors after one of the principal utility backers pulled out. The Big Stone II plant, planned for...

The nation's largest producer of corn-based ethanol said it has slashed the cost of producing cellulosic ethanol from corncobs and that it would be able to compete with gasoline in two years. Poet LLC, which currently produces 1.5 billion gallons...

Lower Brule tribe gets grant from Minn. tribe The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has been selected to receive a grant of $940,000 from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Prior Lake, Minn. The money is for economic...