YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Democratic Party is actively recruiting candidates at all levels for next year’s election cycle. Executive Director Berk Ehrmantraut says they want to find more legislative candidates. Erhmantraut says they have potential candidates looking at statewide races. There are well funded republican incumbents in all of the statewide and Congressional offices.… Read more »

FORT PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Three members of the Fort Pierre Fire Department are headed west to help with wildfires that raging out of control Oregon, California, Washington, Montana and Idaho.  Assistant Chief Ty Odden says Fort Pierre’s Type Six apparatus was picked up and assigned to a fire roughly 30 minutes after the department made it… Read more »

GROTON, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Corn has had a change in leadership.  Long-time executive director Lisa Richardson and legislative and marketing director Teddi Mueller have both resigned.  This comes after they were put on administrative leave on July 19.   The Council has formed a search committee led by President Grant Rix of Groton to find a… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The struggle of businesses to find enough workers has been well documented but for many, that shortage is hitting the bottom line. Dave Owen, President of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry, says a number of his members have been losing business for some time due to the shortages. Owen says… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)  Coming up the City of Aberdeen in conjunction with the Aberdeen Convention & Visitor Bureau will be the host of the MVPA 2021 Yellowstone Trail Convoy. Aberdeen CVB executive director Casey Weismantel told the Aberdeen City Council more about it on Monday. Weismantel tells us the agenda for tonight. Weismantel talks about the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- This past Monday was Americans with Disabilities Act Day in South Dakota and across the US. Eric Weiss is the director of the state Department of Human Services Division of Rehabilitation Services. He says the ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, telecommunications and state and… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D,(DRGNews)- Nine members of the Pierre Volunteer Fire Department’s Rescue Squad spent the weekend in the classroom and in the water learning current techniques in rescue and recovery. Steve Wilson is an instructor with Dive Rescue International out of Fort Collins, CO. He says rescuers have to start with what they know and work… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB) – The Sturgis City Council meets tonight, and on their agenda, a surprising request from the Buffalo Chip Campground. Sturgis City Manager Daniel Ainslie says Chip owner Rod Woodruff has reportedly reached out to the Rural Meade Ambulance District and asked to be included in the district’s ambulance response area. This follows the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The State of South Dakota rolled over eighty-six million dollars into a special reserve fund at the end of the fiscal year on June 30th. That was a combination of increased tax revenues and under budget spending. The state now has over three hundred million dollars in all reserve funds. The state got… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The State of South Dakota recorded a big jump in sales taxes in the fiscal year that ended June 30th. State financial analysts, appearing before the Joint Committee on Appropriations called the increase, “historic”. Nathan Sanderson, Executive Director of the South Dakota Retailers Association, says not all of his members shared in that… Read more »