PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota senators have approved a bill to legalize industrial hemp a day after it faltered on the chamber’s floor.The Senate voted 21-14 Wednesday to endorse the proposal, which Gov. Kristi Noem has opposed. Changes made there must be debated in the House before it could head to Noem’s desk. The… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Many of the so called “nonsense bills” in the South Dakota legislature were voted down during the session, but may not be totally dead. Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton says he thinks legislators are hearing from the folks in their districts. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/07080702/Ryan-Cwach-306a.mp3 Cwach says no bill every totally goes away until… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Sioux Falls School District is apologizing for allowing a high school play performance that included student actors dressed in Ku Klux Klan clothing.District administrators say the production of “The Foreigner” at Roosevelt High School last weekend was not properly vetted. A local social advocacy group Establishing Sustainable Connections raised… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Both the federal debt and deficit continue to rise, with no slowdown in sight. The federal budget deficit is projected to be over $900 billion by the end of the fiscal year in September, and the federal debt is now over $16 trillion. South Dakota Senator John Thune says it is… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Third Annual Handmade Market will take place Saturday, March 23 at the Dakota Event Center. Rachael Craymond, Director of Sales at the DEC, provides details of the event. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/06135825/Handmade-Market-1.mp3 She said that Saturday’s Handmade Market will be the biggest one, yet. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/06135830/Handmade-Market-2.mp3 Craymond said that more than 35 vendors will… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The House Education Committee passed a bill dealing with civics education. However, it’s a drastically changed bill. Senate Bill 52 started as a measure to require an extra half-credit of civics education in South Dakota schools. It was hoghoused by the bill’s original sponsor and now requires a survey to “determine… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Drug court is a diversion program offered to offenders in an effort to help them off drugs and avoid prison time. Circuit Judge Tami Bern helped start a drug court in the First Judicial Circuit in Yankton in 2013. She says they continue to see what the program can do. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/06150938/Tami-Bern-306a.mp3… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Eastern South Dakota is bracing for spring flooding, but it’s anybody’s guess how bad it will be. The ground is hard because it’s been such a cold winter so that means the melting snow will run off instead of sinking into the ground, but much of the snow has been… Read more »

SISSETON, S.D. (KXLG) — Interim acting Sheriff Barry Hillestad will continue as sheriff in Roberts County until the 2020 election. Hillestad was appointed to the position by the Roberts County Commission Jan. 7 pending the outcome of a trial involving then elected Roberts County Sheriff Korey Ware of Sisseton. The 28 year-old Ware was a… Read more »