SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) – Christmas didn’t pause vehicle thefts in Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls Police say since Friday, at least 20 vehicles have been stolen off Sioux Falls’ streets.  That’s over three a day. The Police say most of them were running with the keys in the car.  Sgt Sean Kooistra says to take… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – As the city of Sturgis wraps up 2019, City Manager Daniel Ainslie says they are closing the books on what has been a really good year. He says construction valuations continue to rise. As for sales tax: However, flooding in 2019 hit Sturgis hard, and Ainslie says repairing damaged infrastructure will… Read more »

VEBLEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Names have been released of the two people who died Monday morning in a one-vehicle crash near Veblen. A 2004 Chevrolet Impala was westbound on 101st Street, which is a gravel road, when the driver lost control. The vehicle went into the ditch and hit a tree. Samantha Shortman of… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) – The South Dakota legislative session begins January 14th. One of the issues lawmakers will tackle this session is an ongoing disagreement between the state’s municipal utilities and rural electric cooperatives over who should be allowed to provide electrical service to customers of newly-annexed areas of a city. It’s an issue that… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) – Forecasters are keeping an eye on a storm system that will impact eastern and central South Dakota this weekend. National Weather Service forecaster Aaron Dye says snowfall amounts are still somewhat uncertain. As for the timing of the storm:  It appears likely that travel will be impacted by the snow and… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Executive Board of the South Dakota legislature heard reports from most of the summer study committees this week. The Government Operations and Audit Committee had the Department of Education in front of them several times during the interim, and Committee Chairman, Senator Ryan Maher of Isabel, says they got a… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Congress approved and President Trump signed another short-term continuing resolution that keeps the federal government funded and open for another month. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds voted “no”. Rounds says the CR covers only a small part of the entire federal budget. Rounds says passing a CR has costs, pointing to… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers says releases from Gavins Point Dam will stay at eighty thousand cubic feet per second through November, and may go higher if necessary. Mike Swenson with the Corps water management office in Omaha says flood storage is still high in the upstream reservoirs. Swenson says Lake Francis… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – The possible loss of accreditation of the Bramble Park Zoo remains an important issue for city of Watertown officials.  Dan Miller, who is the zoo director at Bramble Park Zoo, says that the lack of a quarantine building for animals that are sick and need to be separated from others is… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT) — When Kristi Noem was elected governor of South Dakota, she made it clear that one of her priorities was to clean up the meth problem in the state. Nearly one year into her term in Pierre, she says good progress is being made. She says a statewide anti-meth media campaign will… Read more »