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Sioux Falls, SD: Midco Sports Network® earned two regional Emmy® awards at the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 2015 Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Awards Gala on October 3.

Midco Sports Network, which broadcasts local and regional sports in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, received 12 award nominations in six categories. Midco SN^® was the most-nominated network/organization in South Dakota.

“These honors demonstrate how hard the MidcoSN team – including on-air talent, hosts, producers, videographers, editors, engineers and reporters – works to bring quality sports programming to our region,” says Mark Powell, who is VP of Business Solutions and leads MidcoSN. “From live games to original programming, we give our best, because that’s what the athletes we cover deserve and what our viewers expect.”

Midco Sports Network won the following Emmys:

Sports – Program Series (Outside of News): Dakota Destinations – Midco Sports Network

Dan Hammer, Producer/Host/Editor

Darren Lien, Producer/Photographer, Editor

Mike Derman, Coordinating Producer

Eric Vasgaard, Executive Producer

Editor – Sports: This is Cyclocross – Midco Sports Network

Josh Munce, Editor

This is the third year Midco Sports Network has earned Emmy awards.