PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem said Wednesday that she would take no action against Minnehaha County’s top prosecutor despite an investigation that found he might have a drinking problem. Noem asked the attorney general to investigate after Aaron McGowan was absent from work without explanation from mid-July through mid-September. She called Attorney General… Read more »
News Year: 2019
Pierre passenger numbers highest in decades
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Passenger numbers for September at Pierre Regional Airport are some of the best the airport has ever seen. Pierre City Commissioner Jamie Huizenga presented the enplanement numbers to the Pierre City Commission Tuesday night. Huizenga says the timing for the big numbers worked out, too. Huizenga says Pierre should easily pass… Read more »
Tips offered as part of National Fire Prevention Week
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – As part of National Fire Prevention Week, the Yankton Fire Department held its annual open house Wednesday night. Assistant Fire Chief Larry Nickles says the onset of cold weather this week will have lots of people turning their furnaces on for the first time. Nickles says people will also soon be… Read more »
Winter weather to push harvest further behind schedule
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — Winter storms and fall harvest work are not a good combination, but that’s what South Dakota producers will be dealing with over the next several days. Parts of the state could see a foot or more of snow at a time when producers are anxious to get their beans and corn… Read more »
Qualm said leaders looking at ways to help counties
PLATTE, S.D. (WNAX) – Several rounds of flooding mixed with some strong storms has created major problems for a number of counties. At least 58 of the state’s counties are included in at least one disaster declaration. House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte says they have been talking about the tough financial situation many… Read more »
Residential pheasant hunting starts Saturday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The residential pheasant hunting opener takes place on Saturday, Oct. 12. The non-resident (or regular) opener is a week from Saturday, Oct. 19. Nick Cochran, Conservation Officer with the Game, Fish and Parks, said that this weekend’s hunting is only allowed on public-owned land. Hunting is allowed from Noon to sunset… Read more »
Schools continue to deal with vaping issues
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – School districts across the state are dealing with kids and vaping in one form or another. Yankton School Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they are seeing the problem, too. Kindle says they are approaching it through education. Some districts are starting to use electronics to detect vaping use in restrooms. Kindle says… Read more »
Jewett Science Center open house postponed to Oct. 17
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The open house for Northern State University’s new Harvey C. Jewett IV Regional Science Education Center is being postponed due to weather. The event is now scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the science center, located at the corner of Twelfth Avenue Southeast and South State Street. Self-led… Read more »
Teenager charged in death near Sturgis
STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – The 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with the death of a young girl made his initial court appearance before Judge Kevin Krull this morning. The state is charging Michael Gavin Campbell with murder in the second degree. His name is being released because he is being charged as an adult. Judge… Read more »
Two dead following crash into lagoon in Huron
HURON, S.D. (AP) — Two men have died in a crash into a wastewater lagoon in Huron. Police say the men were in a car that veered off a road, went into a ditch, crashed through a fence and into the lagoon. The vehicle was discovered Monday when someone noticed the fence was damaged. The… Read more »