OMAHA, N.E.(DRGNews)- The US Army Corps of Engineers updated 2024 calendar year runoff forecast for the upper Missouri River Basin– which is the part of the river above Sioux City, Iowa– is below average. National Weather Service Hydrologist Kevin Low (like cow) says the current mountain snowpack is well below normal. Low says ice freeze… Read more »

MADISON, S.D.(KELO)- A Moody County Grand Jury has indicted murder suspect Joseph Hoek on First Degree Murder and Eluding charges. Hoek was back in court to hear the charges Friday, which were announced by Attorney General Marty Jackley. Hoek will be back in court next month. In the meantime he’s being held without bond. Attorney… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(SDBA) – A legislative hearing convened with the intention of discussing cuts to the state’s “Future Fund” quickly evolved into a harsh critique of the current administration’s handling of the fund’s resources. Lawmakers voted by a single vote margin to defeat a proposal aimed at reducing the fund’s allocation by one-tenth of a percent.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(SDBA) – The South Dakota House’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed a bill that would ban select foreign countries from purchasing farm land in South Dakota. House Bill 1231, carried by Rep. JD Wangsness of Miller, would ban six countries deemed to be hostile from purchasing land in the Rushmore State. Those… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- This Saturday, the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the second of three cracker barrel sessions scheduled for this year.  Aberdeen lobbyist Julie Johnson will be the moderator. Legislators from Districts 1, 3, 23 are all invited.  They will discuss what’s happening in Pierre and some of the bills they are sponsoring.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — House committee members Thursday defeat another attempt to speed the filling of legislative vacancies. On 10 to 0 votes, the House State Affairs Committee dispatched two bills to the 41st legislative day that would have had the governor pick from a list of three names from the vacant legislator’s party’s central committee.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — The South Dakota Legislature honored slain Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Prorok this afternoon with a commemoration read on the Senate floor. Republican Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree from Madison read SC807 at 1 p.m.–the same time as the funeral service for Deputy Prorok was starting in Madison. Sen. Crabtree… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The run to 10-thousand is on at Pierre Regional Airport.  That is the number of enplanements required for an Essential Air Service airport to continue to have the program and to make an airport eligible for federal subsidies for airport improvements.  Airport Liaison to the Pierre City Commission Jamie Huizenga says January 2024… Read more »