OACOMA, S.D. (KCCR) – Officials from the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held the first of two public information meetings on invasive zebra mussels in Oacoma Wednesday night. The Aquatic Invasive Species or A-I-S was found at Big Bend Dam in Fort Thompson this summer. G-F… Read more »
News Year: 2019
Attorney for Sisseton man seeks dismissal of charges in pipeline riot case
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for a South Dakota man says DNA evidence found on a cigarette butt doesn’t prove his client participated in a riot during the Dakota Access pipeline protest three years ago. The Bismarck Tribune reports attorney Bruce Nestor on Monday filed a motion in state court seeking dismissal of the… Read more »
Grandmother sentenced to prison for accessory in death of grandson
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A grandmother has been sentenced in South Dakota to 9½ years in prison for being an accessory to the beating death of her 2-year-old grandson. Federal Judge Jeffrey Vixen gave 51-year-old Sonya Dubray a sentence longer than guidelines recommend on Tuesday afternoon in Rapid City. Viken asked Dubray how she… Read more »
Attorney General to investigate Minnehaha Co. State’s Attorney
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general will investigate Minnehaha County’s top prosecutor over his absence from work. Gov. Kristi Noem sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg requesting an investigation of State’s Attorney Aaron McGowan. McGowan was out of his office starting in mid-July. He returned to work Sept. 9, telling… Read more »
Congress looking at another continuing resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The new federal budget is supposed to start on Oct. 1. It again looks like Congress will have to approve another short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says its an embarrassing situation. Johnson says continuing resolutions have become crutches. Johnson says it looks like… Read more »
Attorney General completing term as Commander of Army Reserve Battalion
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is completing his term as Commander of an Army Reserve Battalion. He says its been just over two years. He has been in command of the 394th Combat Services Support Battalion with units in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Missouri. Ravnsborg says he will… Read more »
Wet conditions likely to impact harvest activity
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The wet conditions will probably lead to a delay when it comes to harvest activity in the northeast part of the state. Laura Edwards, State Climatologist, said that things are pretty much at a standstill right now. She said the moisture will probably lead to a later harvest of corn this… Read more »
Producers should check with crop insurance agents about potential losses
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Fields in Yankton County have standing water following recent James River flooding. Yankton County Farm Service Agency Executive Director Dave Charles says while it’s been slow moving, the flood waters have drenched a lot of fields and it will be a challenge for producers to get things dried up enough to… Read more »
Hughes County Commission approves drone purchase
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The Hughes County Commission have given the go-ahead for Emergency Manager Rob Fines to purchase a drone. Fines says the cost of the drone is being covered by grant funding. The drone comes with two high-quality cameras. Fines says while there are drones around central South Dakota owned and operated by… Read more »
Governor declares Sept. 23 Falling Prevention Awareness Day
BROOKINGS, S.D. (Press Release) – Falling is not a normal part of growing older. Falls cost our Nation an estimated $95,000 per minute in 2015, totaling $50 billion. Factors that increase fall risk are well known and strategies to prevent falls are well documented. Despite this knowledge, South Dakota was ranked fifth in the nation… Read more »