RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A former South Dakota Indian Health Services pediatrician accused of child sexual abuse has been convicted on all eight counts. Jurors deliberated for about four hours Friday before finding Stanley Weber guilty of sexually abusing Native American children while he was a doctor on the Pine Ridge reservation. He faces… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Brookings police say they are investigating a fight between a 15-year-old boy and a 37-year-old man that left the adult dead from a stab wound. KELO-TV reports the teenager fled from the scene but surrendered to police later. Police say the stabbing happened Saturday night. The victim, Justin Proctor of Brookings,… Read more »

CANTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents reported fall enrollment down just over three percent at the six state universities. Senator Jim Bolin of Canton is a member of the Education Committee and says it appears a number of high school students are bypassing the university system. Bolin says the rising costs… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Department of Transportation is getting its supplies and snowplows ready for winter. Tony Ondricek, an engineer with the department in Pierre updated the Transportation Commission this week on their winter plans, first touching on the snow moving budget. Ondricek says they watch their equipment carefully. Ondricek says they… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Annual Youth Career Expo, put on by the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Workforce and Education Committee, will take place Thursday, Oct. 3. The event runs from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Barnett Center on the campus of Northern State. Gail Ochs, Chamber President, said approximately 1,400 students from… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – A tornado that damaged a Sioux Falls hospital could end up being a benefit to the Human Services Center in Yankton. The Avera Behavioral Health Center was severely damaged in the tornado that struck earlier this month. Many of their staff and patients have been moved temporarily to the Human Services… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — Vaping cartridges continue to make the news both regionally and nationally. This week, authorities in Anoka County, Minnesota seized 75,000 cartridges that  investigators believe came from out of state for distribution. Earlier this month, two men were arrested in Watertown after a search warrant uncovered 200 TCH-laden cartridges and more than… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – All four of the James River bridges maintained by Yankton County are still closed following the record flooding earlier this month. County Commission Chairman Dan Klimisch says the bridges will be inspected Saturday. Klimisch says the engineers will also be looking under the bridges. Klimisch says they have not yet begun… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.— A sad story out of Watertown on how drugs can claim lives. Watertown police say they’re investigating the death of a 41 year-old woman who was injecting methamphetamine. Police and medical personnel were called to the 10-block of 5th Street Southeast just after 2:30 Thursday morning on a medical distress call. The woman… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019 the following road will be closed to thru traffic for work on the Railroad Crossing: North State Street from 1st Avenue NE to Railroad Avenue SE Work is expected to last a couple days and will be completed as quickly as… Read more »