PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – An interim South Dakota legislative committee studying illegal drugs decided more treatment options are needed but kept drug ingestion as a felony. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg says he told the committee that dropping ingestion to a misdemeanor wouldn’t slow the spread of drugs. Ravnsborg says more treatment options has to be… Read more »
News Year: 2019
Game, Fish and Parks holds roadside compliance check
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, held a roadside compliance check this week. GF&P District Supervisor Tim McCurdy says it was set up on U.S. Highway 12 near Summit for a six hour period on Monday. He says a total of 39… Read more »
Rapid City looking at changing snow removal boundaries
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA News) – Efforts to extend the snow removal boundaries passed at Rapid City Public Works committee on Tuesday and will go before council on Monday. Snow removal is controversial in so many ways, and this is no different. An ordinance amendment would extend the western boundary to West Boulevard to better… Read more »
One killed in crash north of White
WHITE, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died Thursday morning in a one-vehicle crash north of White. The name of the one person involved is not being released pending notification of family members. A 2001 Chevrolet Malibu was southbound on 478th Avenue when the vehicle left the roadway and eventually hit a tree. The 18-year-old… Read more »
Aberdeen man arrested after gun discharges during altercation
ABERDEEN, S.D. (APD Facebook) – At approximately 1:53 a.m. on Nov. 14 officers responded to the east alley of the 100 block of S Main Street for the report of a shot fired. Investigation revealed that an altercation between males occurred that led to the removal of a shotgun from a vehicle. It was reported… Read more »
Noem extends hours of service for delivery of propane products
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem has signed an executive order granting extended hours of service for commercial delivery of propane products in South Dakota. The order declares a state of emergency and exempts delivery of propane from federal motor carrier regulations on drivers’ hours of service. Noem said South Dakotans are currently… Read more »
Northern apologizes to author whose work was criticized by former student
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Northern State has apologized to a young adult author whose work was criticized by a former student. Northern tweeted an apology to author Sarah Dessen on Tuesday. That was the same day the Aberdeen American News published an article looking at the 10 years of the school’s Common Read program, in… Read more »
State budget on track due to reduced spending
PLATTE, S.D. (WNAX) – Taxes and spending, as always, will come together for the 2020 South Dakota legislature. House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte says ag leads the way good and bad. Qualm says the state budget is on track mostly due to reduced spending. A change in federal law will eliminate state taxes… Read more »
Man convicted of killing stepfather wants name change
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man sentenced to 90 years in prison for killing his stepfather has petitioned the court in Minnehaha County to change his name because he wants a fresh start. Thirty-five-year-old Daniel Charles was 14 when he was sent to prison in 2000 for first-degree murder in Meade County. He was… Read more »
Search for former Aberdeen woman turns up ‘areas of interest’
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police say a search for the remains of a woman missing for 45 years has turned up “areas of interest.” Police used two dogs Wednesday to search an area along the Big Sioux River for the remains of Ellabeth Lodermeier, formerly of Aberdeen. Lodermeier was 25 when she… Read more »