BATH, S.D. (Press Release) – Northern Electric Cooperative will hold a drive-in annual meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the cooperative’s headquarters office on U.S. Highway 12 in Bath. Due to COVID-19 members are being asked to attend and participate in the meeting from their vehicles. The cooperative’s 73rd annual meeting will be like a… Read more »
News Year: 2020
FBI offers reward in 2016 slaying in Eagle Butte
EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for leads in an unsolved South Dakota homicide from 2016. The Minneapolis Field Office of the FBI is offering the reward for information about the murder of Jessie Wallace Cook in Eagle Butte. The FBI hopes new… Read more »
East River Electric presents proposal for substation north of Pierre
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – A public hearing before a joint meeting of the Hughes County Commission and Pierre City Commission brought no comment on a proposal by East River Electric Power Cooperative to build a substation north of Pierre. The roughly eight acres of 160 acres of land owned by the City of Pierre sits… Read more »
Rounds says Democrats did not want to bring stimulus bill to floor
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Senate negotiators are trying to pick up the pieces of the failed negotiations over another economic stimulus bill. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says they had a bill that Republicans could support but Democrats rejected. Rounds says Democrats didn’t want to bring the bill to the floor. Rounds says he hopes… Read more »
Economy showing signs of recovery, still work to do
OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – While the Mid America economy is showing continued signs of recovery, more help is needed. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group, says progress on COVID-19 is critical. Goss says many businesses are having a hard time getting the supplies they need. Goss says a large part of the… Read more »
West coast fires causing haze in Midwest
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — If the skies seem a little hazy this week, or the sun doesn’t seem quite as bright, there’s a reason for that, according to National Weather Service forecaster Travis Tarver. He says you might notice it early in the morning or in the evening with some brilliant colors around sunrise and… Read more »
Interim joint committee looking at use of CARES Act funding
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Interim Joint Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee of the South Dakota legislature held the first meeting to talk about the use of the CARES Act funding the state got from the federal government. Committee Co-Chair, Representative Thomas Brunner of Nisland says they have been talking with Governor Kristi Noem. Brunner… Read more »
Timing important when getting flu shot
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – Health care professionals are telling us this is a critical year to get a flu shot. Mark List, a family medicine physician with Avera Health in Sioux Falls, says timing is important with getting the vaccine. List says the next couple of weeks will be peak time for a flu… Read more »
One killed in tractor-sprayer crash near Ipswich
IPSWICH, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died Monday afternoon in a tractor/sprayer crash near Ipswich. The name of the person is not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 1987 Custom C70 tractor/sprayer was westbound on 132nd Street, which is a gravel road. The driver attempted to miss a deer in the… Read more »
Noem praises Lake Area Technical College during Governor’s Luncheon
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem praised the work of Lake Area Technical College in educating students in high demand areas of the workforce during her speech at the 18th annual Governor’s Luncheon Monday. She says the country is taking notice. The governor says filling those high demand areas in the workforce… Read more »