PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – A 26 year-old Pierre woman is arrested Friday after leading law enforcement on a three county vehicle pursuit. Pierre Police Captain Bryan Walz says Central South Dakota Communications dispatched a traffic complaint to Pierre police around 6:40 p.m. Officers eventually located the reported vehicle and noticed it had a brake light… Read more »
News Year: 2019
Sanford researcher to speak at Northern Tuesday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – A Sanford researcher whose work examines cell trafficking defects in kidney and brain diseases will speak at Northern State University. Dr. Indra Chandrasekar will be the keynote speaker at the 2019 NSU Research, Scholarship and Creativity Forum, set for Tuesday, March 19, in Northern’s Beulah Williams Library. The event is… Read more »
Tea Area School District ‘bursting at the seams’
TEA, S.D. (AP) — Elementary schools in the Tea Area School District are “bursting at the seams” 16 years after the district was formed, according to the district superintendent. The district will open a third elementary school, expand another and has plans for a fourth, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported. The district recently decided… Read more »
Noem wraps up main legislative session as new governor
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem closed out the main part of her first legislative session as governor with a major funding boost for nursing homes, groundbreaking anti-pipeline protest legislation and a victory over supporters of industrial hemp who made a strong push to legalize cultivation of the crop. Lawmakers voted this… Read more »
Last week’s conditions featured perfect storm
AMES, Iowa (WNAX) – A powerful storm with near 100 mile per hour winds slammed across the northern plains last week, bringing widespread blizzard conditions, then heavy rain that triggered massive flooding. Dennis Todey with the Midwest Climate Hub (in Ames Iowa) says it was almost perfect conditions. Todey says there were several inches of… Read more »
Gov. Noem signs emergency declaration following blizzard, flood
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Governor Kristi Noem has spent the last few days touring the state, looking over damages from blizzards and flooding. At her stop in Yankton on Friday, County Commission Chairman Dan Klimisch says they are still adding up the damage that can be seen. Klimisch says a lot of work went into… Read more »
Johnson to be in Redfield today
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will attend and host events in Redfield on Monday, March 18. Johnson will be at the Redfield Energy Tour, 38650 171st St. at 9:30 a.m. He will also have Office Hours with Dusty from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Leo’s Good Food, 602 N.… Read more »
Cellisimo to perform Thursday at Civic Theatre
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The cello duo, Cellisimo, will be performing at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Aberdeen Civic Theatre as part of the Aberdeen Community Concert Association (ACCA) concert series. This is the fourth of five concerts in the series. While most of the concerts take place at the Johnson Fine Arts… Read more »
Numerous DWU Hoopsters Earn All-American Awards
(DWUAthletics.com) – Following their second-consecutive trip to the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship Semifinals, the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team landed three players on the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball All-American Teams. Kynedi Cheeseman (Alexandria, S.D.) was tabbed to the First Team, Sarah Carr (Huron, S.D.) was named Second Team and Rylie… Read more »
NSU Sees 62 Student-Athletes Make NSIC All-Academic List
BURNSVILLE, MN (NSUWolves.com) – The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference released Friday morning the 2019 Winter All-Academic Teams. A total of 62 Wolves were honored, with 34 being named to the All-Academic Team of Excellence. To be eligible for the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence, a student-athlete must have a 3.60 cumulative GPA or higher (noted… Read more »