WASHINGTON, DC (WNAX Radio): Time and other issues may work against Congress in making progress on next year’s federal budget. South Dakota Senator John Thune says budget negotiators from the House, Senate and the White House have been meeting. Thune says both sides have budget wants and needs. Thune says the September 30th deadline for… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — The complete Arc of Dreams now gracefully rises over the Big Sioux River in downtown Sioux Falls. The second half of the stainless steel arc was installed on Thursday. The installation was briefly delayed by a big storm with high wind, but once the storm roared away, the work crews… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SD Dept of Public Safety):  For a group of South Dakota high school students, this week is a chance to learn what being a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper is all about. The eighth annual Youth Trooper Academy is being held at the Mickelson Law Enforcement Training Center in Pierre. It is sponsored… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, SD (Dakota Radio Group): Five million dollars in Connect South Dakota grants to eight recipients will leverage more than $11.4 million in broadband, high speed internet projects in the state. Gov. Kristi Noem says the greatest need found was for funding in some of the outer rings around communities that don’t have the… Read more »

BROOKINGS, SD (WNAX Radio): The South Dakota Board of Regents held what they are calling a “conversation” about intellectual diversity at their meeting at SDSU in Brookings. (today – Wednesday) The Board must implement a new policy on diversity mandated by the legislature. Representative Sue Peterson of Sioux Falls was one of the prime sponsors… Read more »

YANKTON, SD (WNAX Radio):  Farmers and ranchers with expiring Conservation Reserve Program contracts may now re-enroll in certain C-R-P continuous sign up practices, or if eligible select a one-year contract extension.  Offers are also being accepted from those who want to enroll for the first time. The signup is open until August 23. South Dakota… Read more »

KBHB Radio (STURGIS, S.D.):  A public hearing has been set for July 1st to discuss a controversial decision to allow open containers at an upcoming youth wrestling event at Harley Davidson Rally Point in Sturgis. The city council earlier this month approved lifting the city’s open container ban for the Rumble at the Rally Point… Read more »

WNAX (Sioux Falls, SD):  The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation Prime Time Gala held over the weekend raised $263,000 for Feeding South Dakota. Foundation President Ryan Eichler says that surpassed their expectations of $150,000. He says counting this year’s event, the Gala, now in its sixth year has raised over $1.2 million. Eichler says their partnership… Read more »

SD DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (ELKTON, S.D.): One man died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash west of Elkton. Names of the deceased and the other person involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 2004 Ford F150 pickup was westbound when it made a U-turn at the intersection of 484th… Read more »

The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city wide spraying for Wednesday, June 26, 2019 between the hours of 8:30 pm and 1:30 AM. The Adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph.  The mosquito control trucks are identified and travel with a flashing yellow light. To ensure spray effectiveness during the spraying operations,… Read more »