Scotland News

The old joke about cellulosic ethanol -- biofuel made from lignocellulose, the tough, woody, hard-to-break-down structural elements of plants -- is that it is always five years away from commercial deployment, and has been for the last 20 years, at least.

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: UNEMPLOYMENT SD's October unemployment rate rises PIERRE, S.D. New figures show South Dakota's October unemployment rate was 5 percent, up from 4.8 percent in September.

Authorities say a Lesterville man involved in a rollover accident in northwest Yankton County died from his injuries.

A man involved in an early morning rollover near Scotland died in a Sioux Falls hospital, according to a release by the South Dakota Highway Patrol.

The faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln soon will go 3-D. This fall, crews from Scotland and California will shoot laser beams at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial as part of a project to create from all angles a digital three-dimensional model of the iconic South Dakota mountain carving.

Sioux Falls-based Poet's first corn cob collection of 2009 is complete, as the ethanol producer continues to work with agricultural equipment manufacturers and farmers to find the most efficient and affordable way to harvest cobs.

The Old Time Fiddlers will be back by popular demand for the fifth year Sunday, July 12 at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center.

Eyebrows were raised when South Dakota State University President David Chicoine accepted a position with Monsanto's board of directors earlier this year.

SIOUX FALLS) - Severe storms that crossed South Dakota dropped hail in many areas and packed damaging winds.

Winds up to 90 miles per hour caused damage all over the area on Thursday. Everything from houses, to cars, to crops were hit.

Action News Reporter Kent Erdahl shows how a tree ended up on a home in Scotland, South Dakota.

It's really odd to see how the damage in Scotland really changes from the west side to the east side.

Two decades ago, a Minnesota farm boy with a business degree set up residence in a boarded-up ethanol plant in the small South Dakota town of Scotland.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 06/21/2009 8:49 AM Sibby and the Mitchell Republic bring us this story first; that Sioux Falls paper and DWC come toodling after: State Senator Frank Kloucek is proposing legislation to put some serious limitations and oversight on the ability of our university presidents to serve as highly paid corporate board ...

Sioux Falls-based ethanol maker Poet announced Wednesday the creation of a new division devoted to managing corn cobs, waste wood and other feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol.

POET CEO, Jeff Broin, announced a new division for the company this morning at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop.

With photographs of her seven grandchildren hanging in the background, Pat Thuringer, 75, looks forward to retiring from the Spencer Family YMCA's child care center she's greeted youth at over the last 35 years.

A dozen members of the Siouxland Peace Coalition gathered in front of the federal courthouse in Sioux City Tuesday evening, holding signs and banners.

Saddle up your horse and ride the last days of the open range as the History & Heritage Book Club discusses "Cowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip" at its next meeting.