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Jonathan Ellis
Jan 25, 2026
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A family-owned South Dakota bison operation is alleging that it’s the victim of modern day pirates.

Dakota Pure Bison had a contract with a transportation logistics company to get bison meat and a meat dicer hauled to its Rapid City warehouse.

But the trucker hired by Oris Intermodal — a legitimate business operating out of Ontario, Canada — to deliver on its contract for its South Dakota clients turned out to be bogus, according to a lawsuit alleging Dakota Pure Bison never got the goods it had ordered from a Wisconsin supplier.

South Dakota leaned into 2025 tourism headwinds

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Jan 25
South Dakota leaned into 2025 tourism headwinds

PIERRE – In 15 years leading the South Dakota Department of Tourism, Jim Hagen has weathered recessions and a once-in-a-century pandemic that crippled the entire world’s economy.

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