KGFX Beyond the Mic Podcast

John Hayes went from Texas Ranger catching outlaws across the Wild West to the first elected Sheriff of San Francisco.

On this episode we recap the Daytona 500 and some NFL news in the first 22 minutes of the show. Then we dive into the Men's & Women's hockey dominance at the Olympics along with some Curling Controversy from our neighbors up north. We also dive into what a fun college basketball season this has been and how great the NCAA Tournament is about to be. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner!

Tiger Talk is back this week for episode 22 with your host, Matthew Givone. With the high school basketball regular season winding down, it's time to start thinking about the playoffs, and this week Matthew Givone was joined on the phone by Justin Cowart, the Sports Director of Dakota Radio Group, to talk about this basketball season and the upcoming playoffs. If you're a Mobridge-Pollock high school fan or a South Dakota high school sports fan, you are not going to want to miss it. Tiger Talk, live every Wednesday at 7 P.M. on Star 99, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!

Welcome to the very first episode of Teen Talk with your host, T.F. Riggs High School freshman Cortana Mancuso. Teen Talk is dedicated to highlighting the Fine Arts, fundraisers, and fun things happening inside the halls of high schools around central South Dakota. On Teen Talk, we talk to students, post-grads, teachers and more about their high school experiences, what they enjoyed, what they would do differently and how to navigate all that comes with it. On this pilot episode, we chat with Matt Mancuso who gives his perspective on his learned life experience. Welcome to Teen Talk!

On this episode we talk to Darren Boyle, who has been covering SD High School Basketball since 1992! We dive into each classification on both the girls and boys side, look at the top teams in the state who have been playing lights out this season. We also look at some of the dark horses in each class that could make some noise this postseason. We cover it from A-Z on this episode of Players Perspective!

Awareness about treatment options for depression, anxiety and other mental health concerns is increasing across Rural America, but awareness about the options to treat brain health issues such as concussions, brain fog, dementia or Alzheimer's Disease aren't as prevalent. Tiffany Hoeft is a speech-language pathologist, board certified neurofeedback specialist, certified brain injury specialist and owner of Minds Matter in Aberdeen. In this episode, she talks with DRG Media Group, Pierre, News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra about being able to prevent damage caused by dementia if you start early enough. Hoeft received the “Healthy Rising Star Award” from South Dakota First Lady Sandy Rhoden during an awards luncheon in January 2026. You can find more information about the work done by Tiffany Hoeft and her team by calling 605-725-2828 or going to www.mindsmatter.life.

They may frustrate us, we teach children when they're young but it took the Navy to make zippers catch on. 

Tiger Talk is back this week for episode 21 with your host Matthew Givone. With the warm weather we've had the past few weeks, a lot of people are starting to think about the Rodeo, and this week Matthew Givone sat down with Easton Eisemann to talk about his experience at the Wrangler SD High School Rodeo Showcase. If you're a Mobridge-Pollock high school fan or a South Dakota high school sports fan you are not going to want to miss it. Tiger Talk, Live every Wednesday at 7 P.M. on Star 99, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!

The Women's Ag Network (WAN) is a statewide program dedicated to connecting, elevating, and supporting women in agriculture, conservation, and related fields across South Dakota. In this episode, WAN Founder Rebecca Blue shares more about how the program helps women grow their network and some upcoming Hub Launch events being held around the state.

The Seahawks are Super Bowl Champions. We break down every aspect of the game, the play from both teams leading up, the dominant play up front from the Seahawks, the halftime show, the whole breakdown of the game and more. At the 40~ minute mark we talk about the thrilling finish to the Waste Management Open and some of the WORST fans of all time. at the 51~ minute mark we breakdown the horrendous arrest of Falcons edge-rusher James Pearce Jr. Then we look ahead to USA Hockey in the Olympics. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner!

It took Thomas Jefferson more than two weeks to craft the Declaration of Independence but the words still resound almost 250 years later.

The U.S. is heavily dependent on Canada for potash and China and Mexico for fertilizers. Building a nitrogen fertilizer production facility is capital-intensive, sometimes costing as much as $5-billion. Development of a potash or phosphate mine is expensive and can take up to a decade to complete. In this episode, chief economist at The Fertilizer Institute Veronica Nigh talks about the affect tariffs and political tensions had on global fertilizer supplies in 2025.

The big game is officially upon us! The Seahawks and Patriots will battle for the Lombardi on Sunday and we cover all aspects. To start the show, we talk about the NFL's 2026 international schedule. After that, we talk all the fun (and crazy) prop bets until about the 30-minute mark. We close by talking about the game itself, what former Pierre Governor Grey Zabel has done so well, and how both teams can come away with the trophy. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner!

Tiger Talk is back this week for episode 20 with your host Matthew Givone. With the winter sports season rolling on Matthew sat down with Wyatt Ziegler, Kalib Keller, and Dora Bonen, three members of the Mobridge-Pollock wrestling team, to talk about the season, and get an in depth look into how they compete. If you're a Mobridge-Pollock high school fan or a South Dakota high school sports fan you are not going to want to miss it. Tiger Talk, Live every Wednesday at 7 P.M. on Star 99, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!  

He wasn't just a founding farther or the country's first president, George Washington also had the nickmane "Bullet-proof George.

Neil Diamond's Coming to America isn't just a classic song; it's autobiographical.

On this episode of Players Perspective we are joined by three Oahe Capital seniors on both boys and girls varsity teams ahead of their Pink the Rink event coming February 7th. On this show we talk with Ayden Behm, Dylan Dodson and Bridger Babcock from the boys varsity team. From the girls team we have Addison Hunsley, Emily Nemec and Micah Buffalo. Pink the Rink Day is this Saturday, February 7th with games starting at 8 AM all the way up to 8 PM!

Sorghum is an ancient grain, a nutritional powerhouse and a great source of protein. It's one of the top five cereal crops grown in the world, yet many people know little or nothing about it. The Sorghum Checkoff is working on changing that. In this episode, Sorghum Checkoff Executive Director Norma Ritz Johnson talks about the versatility of the crop in the field and as a food.

We're down to one final game in the NFL season (sadly), however, we still have a week and a half before the season's end! This week we recap the two great games between the Pats and Broncos and the Rams and Seahawks. We also get the news of the Buffalo Bills head coach hire live on the show. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner

We are back! We dive into the NFC & AFC Divisional action, recapping every game from Saturday & Sunday. Within that, we break down the utter mess that the Bills front office and ownership have created for themselves. We recap the thrilling National Championship game between Indiana and Miami. Then, we preview both the NFC & AFC Championship games on Sunday. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner!

Tiger Talk is back this week for episode 19 with your host Matthew Givone. Arguably the largest sporting event of the year for Mobridge took place this past weekend with the 2026 Mobridge Ice Fishing Tournament. Over $250,000 in prizes, 576 two person teams, and this week Matthew Givone sat down with Jesse Konold the Tournament Chair to talk about the history, planning, and impact of this event. If you live in or around the Mobridge area you are not going to want to miss it. Tiger Talk, Live every Wednesday at 7 P.M. on Star 99, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!

After a year of facing criminal charges connected to a federal land lease that's been in place for several decades, the United States government announced in April 2025 (April 29, 2025) that it had dropped the charges against South Dakota ranchers Charles and Heather Maude. In this episode, hear what Charles had to say on January 12, 2026, during a pre-legislative session property rights rally held in the South Dakota State Capitol Building in Pierre. The Maude family ranch is located approximately 20 miles southeast of Rapid City, near Caputa in Pennington County.

The Hilton chain of hotels, known around the world for luxury and comfort, started out renting rooms in 8 blocks in the Texas oilfields.

the NFL Divisional Round kicks off on Saturday with the Bills in Denver and the 49ers visiting the 12th man in Seattle. On Sunday the Patriots take on the best defense (maybe ever) in the Texans, and the Rams have to handle the cold in Chicago. We also preview the National Championship game on Monday night between Indiana and Miami. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you. So come on into Cowart's Corner!

Tiger Talk is back this week for episode 18 with your host Matthew Givone. With the winter sports season rolling on Matthew sat down with Kale Knudson, Shooter Frederick, and Easton Eisemann, the captains of the Mobridge-Pollock basketball team, to talk about the season, and get an in depth look into this years team. If you're a Mobridge-Pollock high school fan or a South Dakota high school sports fan you are not going to want to miss it. Tiger Talk, Live every Wednesday at 7 P.M. on Star 99, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!

The NFL Wild Card Weekend is officially in the books! The weekend started off hot, but slowly slowed down to what we saw on Monday night. Either way, we recap every single game from an awesome first weekend of playoff football. We also quickly look at the CFB National Championship game coming up Monday. Miami outlasts Ole Miss and Indiana dominates once again. Our Haywire Headline comes from the PGA Tour that is making Brooks Koepka pay DEARLY to join back. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner.

Thomas Paine, author of the American Revolution era publication Common Sense.

The playoffs have arrived! Along with the College Football Playoff Semi-Final, NFL Wild Card Weekend is here! We preview each and every game getting you set for an awesome weekend of football. We also dive into the deterioration of college football due to NIL and the transfer portal with the latest breaking story about UW QB breaking his contract. And we discuss all the firings, expected and surprising, across the NFL. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner.

Tiger Talk is finally back after our winter hiatus for episode 17 with your host Matthew Givone. With the winter sports season rolling on Matt sat down with Tegan Konold & Blake Thompson, two members of the Mobridge-Pollock girls basketball team, and talked to them about their college commitments. Tegan will attend The University of Mary, and Blake will attend Black Hills State University. If you're a Mobridge-Pollock high school fan or a South Dakota high school sports fan you are not going to want to miss it. Tiger Talk, Live every Wednesday at 7 P.M. on Star 99, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!

And just like that, the NFL regular season is in the books. Week 18 is always weird, teams resting starters, teams jockeying for playoff positioning and teams just flat out not caring. We had some history made, some awesome games and everything in between. We recap all the action from NFL Week 18 on this Monday episode. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner!

South Dakota's float in the 2026 Rose Parade® (Jan. 1, 2026) won the Americana Award for being the “most outstanding depiction of national treasures and traditions.” Among the South Dakota agriculture-related treasures and traditions shown on the float or used as materials to cover the float were bison, pheasant, grouse, corn, forestry and rodeo. In this episode, retired florist Dave Engelmeyer from Burke, SD, chats with DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra about his experience helping to decorate the float. Travel South Dakota's “Carved in Stone; A Legacy of Teamwork” entry showcased Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a vibrant landscape, thundering bison and the Dignity: Of Earth & Sky sculpture. South Dakota's natural beauty and heritage were brought to life through more than 40,000 floral elements, including corn, wheat, sunflowers, light blue iris petals and palm bark. The 2026 parade marked Travel South Dakota's second appearance in the Rose Parade, following its first entry in 2016, and served as a national kickoff to America's 250th anniversary celebration.

The transformation of Buffalo Bill Cody

Amy Nofziger is the Senior Director of Victim Support for the AARP Fraud Watch Network. In this episode of Agriculture In-depth, she chats with DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra about some new variations on old scams, the tactics criminals are using to exploit vulnerabilities during the holiday season and why it's important to report scams to law enforcement and advocacy organizations.

We are now down to just one regular season weekend left in the NFL. We recap every game from NFL Week 17 going back to Christmas day, the two great Saturday games and the full slate from Sunday. We also look ahead to the four College Football Playoff games starting New Year's Eve followed by the three New Year's Day games. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner.

Haym Salomon, a forgotten hero of the American Revolution, kept Washington's forces supplied.

Beef Logic Inc., and the South Dakota CattleWomen are working together on a beef-focused nutrition education program for middle and high school students. In this episode of Agriculture In-depth, Beef Logic Director of Nutrition Holly Swee shares some info about their "Beef in the Classroom Experience" program. To learn more about Beef in the Classroom Experience or Beef Logic Inc., visit www.beeflogicinc.org.

During the war for Independence, Gen. George Washington makes the fateful decision to cross the Delaware River on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! We dive into the mess that was the first round of the College Football Playoff that raised serious questions about the committee's criteria. We also talk about the dire state of college quarterbacking and how it bleeds into the NFL. We also recap all the NFL Week 16 action and preview our three Christmas Day NFL games. if you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner!

We are officially coming down the final stretch of the NFL regular season as we enter Week 16. We start the show with Haywire Headlines and talk about how poorly Diego Pavia handled the selection and ceremony, and how likeable Fernando Mendoza is. Then we dive into all the action for a massive slate of Week 16 games, starting tonight with the NFC clash between Seattle and Los Angeles. The Vikings look to keep up the momentum against the Giants, the Bears and Packers face off again for the second time in three weeks, and every other upcoming game this weekend. We also talk a little College Football Playoff on the back end of the show. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you, so come on into Cowart's Corner!

Tiger Talk is back for episode 16 with your host Matthew Givone. In our last episode before Christmas and the new year, this week Matt talked about the start to the winter sports season for Mobridge-Pollock high school, some national sports stories that have implications and lessons for the high school level, and he was even joined by a surprise special guest. If you're a sports fan you are not going to want to miss it. Tiger Talk, Live every Wednesday at 7 P.M. on Star 99, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!

Week 15 is in the books, and the playoff picture gets a little clearer. Vikings and "Nine" look like Vikings fans hoped they would in the first weeks of the season, the Bills cover up a 21-point deficit to take down the Pats in a T-shirt and Hat Game. The Broncos win another against the Pack and the Bears dominate the Browns. All that and every other game from Week 15. We also come up with a solution to fix college football amid the Bowl Game walkouts. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner.

Tariffs and trade wars, lower crop commodity prices, rising input costs, increased price of beef in the retail meat case and general political dysfunction in Washington, D.C., all contributed to another roller coaster year for economics connected to agriculture. In this episode, National Farmers Union President Rob Larew, who was one of the speakers during the 2025 South Dakota Farmers Union Convention in December 2025, chat with DRG Media Group News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra about what he sees as priorities for his organization and its members heading into 2026.

As transportation shifted from rails to wheels and wings, one railroad tried a novel combination.

Another wild week of sports with Michigan's head football coach Sherrone Moore getting fired and arrested. We break down all the information that has been released. We preview South Dakota's date with Montana in the quarterfinals on Saturday, and preview every game from NFL Week 15. If you love talking ports, this is the show for you! So, come on into Cowart's Corner!

Tiger Talk is back for episode 15 with your host Matthew Givone. Over the past week throughout the state two different Olympians, DeAnna Price and Chris Nilsen, have been going around to different schools talking to students about Beef Logic's Build Your Base Program. DeAnna Price was able to join Matt for Tiger Talk over the phone this week to talk all about her Olympic career, and how the Build Your Base Program has helped her throughout her career. If you're a sports fan you are not going to want to miss it. Tiger Talk, Live every Wednesday at 7 P.M. on Star 99, brought to you by Dacotah Bank!

Chris Nilsen is an Olympic Medalist in Pole Vaulting, holds multiple USD records & multiple American Indoor records. Chris is travelling across South Dakota sharing his journey on becoming an Olympic athlete with students, showcasing his medals and highlighting the Build Your Base program, and the importance of having high-quality protein like beef as a part of their training and healthy lifestyle.

The Beef Checkoff program in the United States will turn 40 years old in 2026. The cattle industry has changed over the years, but the job of the Cattlemen's Beef Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be stewards of those dollars remains the same. In this episode, CBB CEO Greg Hanes and DRG News and Farm Director Jody Heemstra talk about the program and what Hanes sees coming in 2026. Incidentally, Hanes will be speaking Dec. 11, 2025, during the South Dakota Farmers Union's 110th annual convention in Huron.

NFL Week 14 helped clear up the playoff picture for a lot of teams, but also spelled disaster for others. We recap all the Week 14 action and look at what teams are playoff bound and which teams need to get it together. We break down how congested this playoff race is and how there might not be enough seats at the table. Before we talk NFL, we look at the final College Football Playoff bracket as the 12-teams are set and of course there is controversy. We also take a look at USD's dominant 47-0 playoff win and what made them so successful on Saturday. All of that, and more on this Tuesday show! If you love talking sports, then this is the show for you! So come on into Cowart's Corner.

The story of train engineer Casey Jones.

The Lane Kiffin debacle leaving Ole Miss for LSU highlights the true issues with college football as a whole, we dive into everything that has unfolded with Kiffin's controversial decision. We preview the FCS playoff matchups for SDSU and USD this weekend, and preview every game from NFL Week 14 starting with TNF tonight and a massive NFC matchup between the Cowboys and Lions. We also dive into all the other crucial games with playoff implications this weekend on this episode. If you love talking sports, this is the show for you. So, come on into Cowart's Corner!