PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem today announced that South Dakota received three grants totaling almost $2 million to help South Dakota school districts prevent and address threats of violence. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety (DPS) received the grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s STOP School Violence Program. The program… Read more »

CLARK, S.D. (KXLG) —A Fargo woman was killed Tuesday morning in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 212, two miles east of Clark in northeastern South Dakota.   An SUV driven by 29 year-old Brittany Ann Monson was westbound, crossed the center line, and collided with an eastbound pickup truck.   Monson was dead at… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Officials are continuing to search for a plane that went missing last Wednesday. The missing aircraft is a single-engine Cessna 172, white with light blue markings. It had one person on board. Authorities believe the missing aircraft has an emergency locator beacon but no signal has been detected. Civil Air… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Weather permitting beginning at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the following road will be reduced to one lane for utility work.   North Dakota Street from 24th Avenue NE to 28th Avenue NE Work is expected to be completed by the end of the day on Wednesday. Motorists… Read more »

KENNEBEC, S.D. (Press Release) – A Shenandoah, Iowa man died Friday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash east of Kennebec, S.D. A 2008 Dodge Ram pickup was westbound on Interstate 90 when the driver, 70-year-old Clarence Wilson, lost control and the vehicle went into the ditch. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at approximately 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, water will be off in the following areas to repair a fire hydrant: South Dakota Street from 14th Ave. S.E. to 15th Ave. S.E. and 14th Avenue S.E. from South Dakota Street to Royal Road The Public Works Department suggests that… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an airman stationed at the Ellsworth Air Force Base. Col. David Doss says the active-duty military member was assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing stationed at the base. The airman was found dead on Monday at an off-base residence. The airman’s name has not… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is among those frustrated by the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump in the U.S. House. The governor says those, “important things” include taking a vote on the USMCA trade agreement. Reading those documents is something Governor Noem says she’s done. At issue are President Trump’s… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Several South Dakota legislative interim committees are dealing with segments of mental health services this year. One of those is titled: “Redefine Acute Mental Health Hospitalizations.” Committee member, Senator Craig Kennedy of Yankton says it is a targeted topic. The committee met for the first time last week and Kennedy said… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The recently released report cards for South Dakota schools show about 54 percent of kids in grades three through eight and high school juniors were proficient in reading and writing, hit 47 percent in math and only 40 percent in science. Governor Kristi Noem said she was disappointed in those scores.… Read more »