RAPID CITY, S.D.(KBHB) – The Rapid City Fire Department says they experienced a higher than normal call volume over the Fourth of July weekend. In a release, the department says they responded to a total of 220 calls for service. Included in those calls were 35 separate fires reported from 7:00 a.m. July 3rd until… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(Press Release) – Agricultural producers with crop insurance can hay, graze or chop cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment. Previously, cover crops could only be hayed, grazed or chopped after November 1, otherwise the prevented planting payment was reduced by 65%.… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(Press Release) – Today, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman announces the closure of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) program, signed into law by President Joe Biden as part of the American Rescue Plan. The program provided much needed economic aid to restaurants and other establishments struggling to make ends meet as a… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Beginning at approximately 7:00 AM on Wednesday, July 7th, 2021, the following intersection will be closed to replace water main.   2nd Avenue NE & North Lincoln Street Both North/South & East/West traffic will be impacted, motorists are advised to take alternate routes until the work is completed.  The intersection is expected… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- At least two fires in the Aberdeen area were apparently caused by fireworks Saturday night. At 9:57 p.m., the Aberdeen Rural Fire Department was called to a vegetation fire at 12864 W. Pleasant Valley Drive. Pleasant Valley Estates is along 129th Street west of U.S. Highway 281 as it leads to… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The body of a teen age male drowning victim was recovered from Lake Yankton, below Gavins Point Dam, about 8:35 Sunday night, following several hours of searching. The call for help came in about 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Dive teams from Yankton, Mitchell and Sioux Falls were involved in the search. Also assisting in… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(WNAX)- Congressional republicans are pushing back against trillions of dollars in proposed spending by the Biden Administration. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says he could support what he calls “a reasonable plan”. Johnson says he can support a targeted infrastructure plan. Johnson says he is willing to compromise when necessary. The US House is… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The Joint Committee on Appropriations of the South Dakota legislature got a report on the approximately eleven billion dollars in federal funding the state has received since early last year. Committee Co-chair, Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, says they want to track where the money is going and what has been funded. The… Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D.(WNAX)- Mid-summer means planning is underway for the start of university classes late next month. University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring says they are getting good hints for fall enrollment. Gestring says the pandemic last year may have led some students to take a gap year. Universities are planning on a normal start… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Key Lime Air doing business as Denver Air Connection began their two-year stint as Pierre’s Essential Air Service provider Thursday.  Five passengers left Pierre on the morning flight and four on the afternoon flight.  Thirty people arrived in Pierre Thursday afternoon including Justin Dilges of Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Dilges says he isn’t aware… Read more »