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Northern Plains News Northern Plains News is a digital news service providing timely and free news and information to Upper Midwest news outlets and the public.

NPN is an affordable alternative or supplement to traditional news services. Using all the tools of digital media, NPN provides news and information that media outlets and individual scribers require. It is owned, edited and reported by journalist, writer, lawyer and entrepreneur Todd Epp. Todd's has been a reporter, anchor, producer, executive producer and manager at KTWU-TV (PBS/Topeka), SD Publ

ic Broadcasting, KSFY-TV (ABC/Sioux Falls) and KDLT-TV (NBC/Sioux Falls). He has also been the Brookings, SD correspondent for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader (SD) and a freelancer for the Mitchell Daily Republic (SD). His freelance writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Washington Post, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, South Dakota History, Kansas History, the Washburn Law Journal and South Dakota Magazine.

Yes, we've been through this before.
09/26/2025

Yes, we've been through this before.

National parks could close, crop insurance claims could pile up, Social Security checks would continue

Surprising?
09/25/2025

Surprising?

Thinks science should guide drug and medical decisions

The Special Legislative Session gets personal.
09/23/2025

The Special Legislative Session gets personal.

The omission comes a day after Hansen vowed to oppose the $650 million plan over transgender inmate care

Read the red cap carefully.
09/21/2025

Read the red cap carefully.

Flash fiction about how sometimes a red cap is not THE red cap

Here's Johnny!
09/19/2025

Here's Johnny!

Even The King of Late Night would be in Trump's sights

The story that just won't die. Unlike Cricket.
09/18/2025

The story that just won't die. Unlike Cricket.

Cricket is dead, but the story is not

Utility mergers: Good, bad or indifferent?
09/17/2025

Utility mergers: Good, bad or indifferent?

In Brief: The $15.4 billion deal creates a utility giant based in Rapid City. Wall Street cheered, but South Dakota regulators will decide if ratepayers see savings or hikes.

The is coming!
09/16/2025

The is coming!

NWS says expect rain most of the rest of the week

Your pork chops come with a human cost.
09/16/2025

Your pork chops come with a human cost.

In Brief: S.D. labor leaders express concern

The hair. It's always about the hair.
09/15/2025

The hair. It's always about the hair.

This week: Belgian co***ne, hurricane blowback, FEMA suspensions, $30 million in “savings,” Granite State fury, and… hair. Always hair.

The internal lives of standard poodles!
09/14/2025

The internal lives of standard poodles!

This is a prototype of a possible children's book story or collection of stories based on the author's two standard poodles

Release the hounds!
09/13/2025

Release the hounds!

In Brief: The Game, Fish and Parks Commission adds new areas for dog-assisted hunts and drops a permit rule in Custer State Park, while keeping the harvest cap at 60 lions or 40 females

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