INDIANAPOLIS, IN (NSUWolves.com) – Northern State University sophomore Tanner Berg will represent Wolves track and field from the NCAA Indoor Championships, as released by the NCAA Tuesday. Berg qualified for the weight throw, which will take place at 4:55p on Friday, March 8, from the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, KS. The Watertown native… Read more »
News Year: 2019
Parks, Rec and Forestry Summer Jobs Fair Tuesday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The annual Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department Summer Jobs Fair is set for Tuesday, March 5 at the ARCC, 225 Third Ave. S.E. The event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. Gene Morsching, Recreation Superintendent, talked about the details. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/02/26143333/Summer-Job-Fair-1.mp3 He said there are a variety of positions available. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/02/26143338/Summer-Job-Fair-2.mp3… Read more »
Threat of spring flooding increasing
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – Recent heavy snows coupled with an extended cold streak has raised the threat of spring flooding on many rivers. Mike Gillispie, service hydrologist at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, says the current weather pattern is stuck. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/02/26110558/Mike-Gillispie-225a.mp3 Gillispie says a sudden warm up later in March would be… Read more »
Civics test passes Senate Education Committee
PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The Senate Education Committee passed the Governor’s Civics Test. It requires all South Dakota high school students to pass a U.S. Citizenship Test before graduating. It started out as a 50 questions, but was amended in the House to 10 questions from the U.S. Citizenship Test. The Committee Tuesday passed an… Read more »
Port Yankton supporters will consider petition drive
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Backers of the Port Yankton project will now consider a state-wide petition drive to put a constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot. The state Senate defeated an amendment resolution Monday on a vote of 22 to 13. Yankton Area Progressive Growth C.E.O. Nancy Wenande says their planning committee will meet again… Read more »
Tickets on sale for Knight for a Princess
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) — The Aberdeen Public Schools Foundation is excited to announce the seventh annual Knight for a Princess event to be held April 13, 2019 at Aberdeen Central High School. This special event is for girls ages 4-12 to experience a fantastic evening including appetizers, cupcakes, magic, princess activities, a photo moment,… Read more »
Indiana individuals arrested during major drug bust near Eagle Butte
EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. (KCCR) – Tribal law enforcement made a major drug bust in Dewey County last week. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Police officers made a traffic stop for speeding in a U-Haul truck around 1:30 Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 212 near Eagle Butte. During the stop, drug detection K-9 was deployed and alerted… Read more »
Farmers Union leader opposes candidate for Farm Credit board
CONDE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Farmers Union is opposing the nomination of Rodney Brown, a California bank executive, to the Farm Credit Administration Board. President Doug Sombke says they’re asking the Senate Ag Committee to oppose Brown for that position. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/02/27075036/Doug-Sombke-227a.mp3 He says if Brown’s nomination is approved it’ll just add to the… Read more »
Johnson among Republicans who supported effort to block national emergency declaration
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson is among 13 House Republicans who supported a Democratic effort to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.The House’s vote of 245-182 Tuesday fell well below the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override what would be… Read more »
GFP extends deadline for fish house removal
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Because heavy snow and wind have made driving on lakes difficult in many areas of the state, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks has extended the deadline for when anglers must remove their fish houses from lakes. GFP has not set a hard deadline for fish house removal at this… Read more »