PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota wheat growers are wrapping up their winter wheat seeding. South Dakota Wheat Commission Executive Director Reid Christopherson says: He states it’s been a difficult year for planting and harvesting with the snow and rain that began in the fall of 2018. Christopherson says once the winter wheat planting is… Read more »
News Year: 2019
Seiler working to clean up Fort Pierre code violations
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Fort Pierre’s efforts to clean up municipal code violations and rundown properties are off to a good start under the guidance of Randy Seiler. Seiler, the Fort Pierre resident and former U.S. Attorney for South Dakota, has agreed to a contract with his hometown to help city officials clean up… Read more »
Mount Marty College experiencing continued growth
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Mount Marty College President Marc Long says they saw continued growth in student numbers this year and anticipate that continuing. Long made a presentation at the “State of the Community” meeting in Yankton this week. Long says enrollment on the Yankton campus is now at 600, with 100 students each at… Read more »
Cattlemen’s President says latest bill will help producers
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson and co-sponsors have introduced the Livestock Risk Management and Education Bill. The measure provides funding to certain state land grant universities to better equip livestock producers with risk management training. South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association President Steve (ohl-uh-rick) Ollerich says the bill will be helpful for cattle… Read more »
Sturgis Police increasing patrol in hopes of curbing burglaries
STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – Sturgis Police are increasing saturation patrols in hopes of curbing a string of burglaries that have been reported this month. Police Chief Geody VanDewater says at least five businesses have been broken into, as well as numerous homes and garages around town. He says a recent burglary involved the theft of… Read more »
State and Dakota Rural Action reach settlement
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — Governor Kristi Noem has agreed not to enforce a key, but controversial part of her new law aimed at violent pipeline protests. It’s a settlement of the ACLU’s lawsuit on behalf of Dakota Rural Action. It’s the so-called ‘riot boosting’ part of the law that the state has promised not to… Read more »
Inmate facing execution objecting to state’s choice of lethal drug
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota prison inmate facing execution next month is objecting to the state’s choice of lethal drug to use on him. Sixty-three-year-old Charles Russell Rhines wants the state to follow the lethal injection law that was in place when Rhines was sentenced to death in 1993. The Argus Leader… Read more »
Major equipment failure cause of Pierre power outage
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The Pierre City Commission was updated this week on a power outage last week that caused around 3,000 people to go without power for up to two hours. City Utilities Director Brad Palmer says a major equipment failure caused the outage. The Evans Street substation is offline for major upgrade work.… Read more »
Johnson says impeachment hearings being handled differently than others
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says he understands why his fellow Republicans are upset with the impeachment inquiry going on behind closed doors in the Capitol. He says these hearings are being handled differently than impeachment proceedings against Presidents Nixon and Clinton. Johnson says he has asked to be included in… Read more »
Two top Democratic Party officials resign
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two top officials in South Dakota’s Democratic Party resigned Wednesday in the wake of a federal report that showed continuing financial problems. Chairwoman Paula Hawks and executive director Stacey Burnette stepped down after the Federal Elections Commission report that found the party’s federal campaign committee owes nearly $47,000 and has… Read more »