YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- People who live in rural areas of South Dakota face a higher energy burden. Heidi Urlacher, with the Center for Rural Affairs, says they have done some studies of rural energy users. Urlacher says much of that is related to lower incomes in rural areas. Urlacher says rural residents can benefit by taking… Read more »
News Year: 2022
Independent candidate Brian Burge address the issues he’s running on
BERESFORD, S.D,.(WNAX)- Legislative candidates are working quickly to connect with voters with less than two weeks to the general election. Brian Burge of Beresford is running as an independent for the District 16 Senate seat. He says there are several issues he is running on. Burge says he has problems with a 1990s law that… Read more »
Yankton School District move ahead with new early childhood education center
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Yankton School District is moving toward construction of a new, early childhood education center. The school board approved paying six hundred thousand dollars for about twelve acres of land in the northeast part of the city for the new building. Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they are working with a construction budget. Kindle… Read more »
SDDOT prepping for the winter season
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Transportation Commission got an update on the winter maintenance plans for the state D.O.T. Operations Manager Craig Smith says they got results of a survey of their performance from winter drivers. Smith says they will have the same snow plow hours as in past years. Smith says they have about… Read more »
IM 26 Oversight Committee met in Pierre Tuesday
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR & WNAX)- The I-M 26 Oversight Committee held it’s second meeting Tuesday at the State Capitol in Pierre. One area that brought discussion about South Dakota’s fledgling medical marijuana program was the use of so-called pop-up clinics to help patients get cards that will permit someone to use marijuana for medical treatments. Pierre… Read more »
Property taxes due Monday
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Property taxes for the 2nd half of 2022 are due Monday. Brown County Treasurer Patty VanMeter talks about the ways to make payments for them.
U.S Army Corps of Engineers held public meetings in Fort Pierre
FORT PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The U-S Army Corps of Engineers brought it’s series of annual fall public meetings on the Missouri River basin to Fort Pierre Tuesday. Kelly Serr from the National Weather Service in Aberdeen says the forward outlooks don’t bring much improvement for the river basin. Mike Swenson with the Corps of Engineers says… Read more »
Counties prepping for the upcoming November election
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- County auditors across South Dakota are running coordinated election counting and reporting tests. State Election Director, Kea Warne, says each auditor will run batches of mock ballots. Warne says the counting machine results are moved manually to another computer for reporting. Warne says none of the ballot counting machines are directly connected to… Read more »
Yankton County Commission reject all bids to replace Stone Church Bridge
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Yankton County Commission was forced to reject all the bids for replacement of the Stone Church Bridge over the James River. The lowest bid was double the estimate for new bridge construction. Commission vice chair Cheri Loest says they will ask for more state funding next year. Loest says there may be… Read more »
South Dakota State Historical Society Museum to open new exhibit in November
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – The South Dakota State Historical Society Museum in the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre will open its new exhibit titled “The Great and the Small: Selections from the Collections” on Sunday, Nov. 6. The exhibit runs through Memorial Day weekend in 2023. Historical Society Museum Director David Grabitske (gra-bit-skee) says this… Read more »