PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Cleanup from the mid-March bomb cyclone that hit South Dakota and much of the Upper Midwest hadn’t finished when another similar system hit the same area last week. Gov. Kristi Noem says damage from both storms will be combined in the state’s request for a federal disaster declaration. Most state… Read more »
News Year: 2019
Regents President shares thoughts on tuition increase
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents voted to increase tuition at state universities next fall by 3.4 percent. Board President Kevin Schieffer says they wait until the legislature wraps up to see what type of state dollars they can work with. Schieffer says they left more cuts on the table. Schieffer… Read more »
Jim Woster to speak Thursday at Agtegra Innovation Center
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – South Dakota Hall of Fame member Jim Woster will be speaking in Aberdeen on Thursday, April 18. The Aberdeen Chamber’s Ag Committee will host the well-known agriculture expert at 1 p.m. at the Agtegra Innovation Center. Woster began his career with the Sioux Falls Stockyards in 1962. He was the stockyards… Read more »
Latest storm cost will be in the billions
RAPID CITY, S.D. (DBE Radio Group) – As they collect and tally losses and statistics from Storm Wesley, Governor Kristi Noem said Friday that there wasn’t an end to the previous event – for which they are still collecting information – so the emergency declaration that she signed a few weeks ago will cover this… Read more »
Sioux Falls mayor keynote speaker at Community Prayer Breakfast
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken will be the keynote speaker at the 34th Annual Aberdeen Community Prayer Breakfast. The event takes place from 6:45 to 8:05 a.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Ramkota Hotel Convention Center. TenHaken established a reputation as a leader in marketing technology prior to becoming mayor of… Read more »
Farmers Union leaders meet with policy makers in Washington
HURON, S.D. (Press Release) – Presidents of South Dakota and North Dakota Farmers Union, met with policy makers in D.C. to discuss commodity transportation costs, crop insurance alternatives and renewable fuels on behalf of family farmers and ranchers. “Times are tough throughout production agriculture, so we are working to do what we can to make… Read more »
Are we On? (Dave Vilhauer blog)
There are times when circumstances have a way of slowing you down. In a world where we often demand more, better, faster, it’s sometimes refreshing to be able to take a step back and exhale. Unless of course, those times are forced upon you like this past week’s blizzard which brought nearly everything to a… Read more »
State digging out from latest snow storm
RAPID CITY, S.D. (DBE Radio Group) – Well, it’s calm and most places the snow has stopped. Eric Helgeson at the National Weather Service office Rapid City reviewed the storm which started Tuesday night and switched over to snow pretty quickly. He said there are still awaiting totals for many places. Weekend weather is still… Read more »
Thune addresses robocalls at hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator John Thune, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, convened a hearing titled, “Illegal Robocalls: Calling All to Stop the Scourge.” Saying they have become major irritants. Thune says there are some automated calls that are… Read more »
Weather causes power outages in southern South Dakota
MARION, S.D. (WNAX) – The freezing rain, sleet, snow and high winds are combining to drop power poles and lines across the area. Brad Schardin, Manager of Southeastern Electric based in Marion, says they are seeing it all across their system. Schardin says outage numbers have gone up and down. Schardin says they are using… Read more »