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1 day ago | dakotanewsnow.com | Rachel DePompa

(InvestigateTV) — A recent Bankrate study found that 33% of Americans owe more on their credit cards than they have in their emergency savings account, making many question whether to prioritize paying down debt or adding to their savings. Kionnie Epps, a financial educator from the website and YouTube channel The Responsible Homegirl, said this is not an either-or situation: it’s both.

1 day ago | dakotanewsnow.com | Eric Horng

CHICAGO (WLS) – A man died in Chicago after jumping into the cold waters of Lake Michigan. Chicago Fire Department fivers mounted a desperate search in the chilly waters off 31st Street Beach, where an afternoon on the lakefront turned deadly. Jose Vasquez runs a charter boat business near the beach. He said he was in the area when the apparent drowning happened. “It’s very sad. To go against that current, it takes a lot. Even the strongest swimmer will probably go down in that water,” he said.

1 day ago | dakotanewsnow.com | Molly McBride |Amanda Alvarado

LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A homeowner said roughly 200 teenagers broke into her home and threw a party while she was out of town. On Saturday around 10:30 p.m., Jamie Lewis said she got a call from Las Vegas Metro Police asking if she was having a party. “Of course I said no, and to be fair, I really thought it was a fake call,” she said. Lewis said it was not until her husband got a call from neighbors that she realized what was happening in their home.

2 days ago | dakotanewsnow.com | Will Weissert |Amanda Seitz

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll sign an executive order on Monday that, if implemented, could bring down the costs of some medications — reviving a failed effort from his first term on an issue he’s talked up since even before becoming president. The order Trump is promising will direct the Department of Health and Human Services to tie what Medicare pays for medications administered in a doctor’s office to the lowest price paid by other countries.

3 days ago | dakotanewsnow.com | Parker Brown

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakota is making efforts to combat a shortage of teachers in the state. While there is no perfect, all-encompassing solution, one program is providing an alternate path to the classroom. For Stacie Becker, teaching is in her blood. She comes from a family of educators. Her love for her students is evident to those around her. However, she has yet to be a teacher full-time.