Elkton News

Coming off a banner year for net farm income and net cash, farmers will go into 2012 with a big stack of chips on the table but also realizing the stakes in their game are getting higher.

Coming off a banner year for net farm income and net cash, farmers will go into 2012 with a big stack of chips on the table but also realizing the stakes in their game are getting higher.

Firefighters often put themselves directly in the path of danger when they respond to a call.

Services for Edna Marie Hart, 87, of Littlefork will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Littlefork Lutheran Church, Littlefork.

Low interest rates and high commodity prices have helped to triple farm land values in South Dakota the past decade - a trend that probably can't be sustained but shouldn't create chaos if and when the bubble finally bursts, agriculture officials say.