ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Beginning at 7am on Thursday, May 18th, the following road will be closed to thru traffic and water will be off in the following areas for water main replacement: Goodrich Ave. SE from S. McCoy St. to S. Wells St. And S. Rock St. from 6th Ave. SE to Prospect Ave. SE… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – Northern State University is helping South Dakota solve the teacher shortage by creating a flexible, low-cost pathway for educational assistants (para-educators) who are working in schools to become teachers. The South Dakota Department of Education opened applications for the Teacher Apprenticeship Pathway to thousands of para-educators working in accredited school districts… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Hughes County State’s Attorney Jessica LaMie (la-me) is resigning to take a job with the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office. LaMie will start next month (June 9, 2023) as an assistant attorney general for the Consumer Protection Division. LaMie began her legal career at the South Dakota Legislative Research Council in Pierre. She… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- Tegra Group updated Watertown City Council on the Prairie Lakes Ice Arena project. Mike Van Klei representing Tegra, presented the new updates. “Enhancements” have been made. Construction started in October of 2022 and is still projected to be able to take occupancy by December 2023. The project is also still tracking on budget… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(KMIT)- South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds earlier this week questioned Gregory Becker, the former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, whose collapse was the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history.  Rounds says it was a basic banking failure. Rounds pointed out that regulators issued MRIA’s, matters requiring immediate attention, and MRA’s, which are matters requiring… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(WNAX)- As republican House leaders met with President Biden to negotiate a debt ceiling increase and budget reform, South Dakota Senator John Thune was making a speech pointing out the debt issues. Thune says servicing the national debt could overwhelm the federal government. Thune says there are no easy answers. The President will cut… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Beginning at 8:30 am on Wednesday, May 17th, the following road will be closed to thru traffic for sanitary sewer repair: Railroad Ave. SE from Court St. to S. Kline St.  The road will be closed until 5 pm Wednesday, May 17th.  Motorists are advised to take alternate routes until the work… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- With the approval of language for their petition seeking to repeal the sales tax on groceries, “Dakotans for Health” will rapidly mobilize. Co-founder Rick Weiland says they are getting their teams put together. The group is also working on a constitutional amendment assuring abortion rights. Weiland says he believes the sales tax… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Rapid snowmelt last month led to high water and flooding on a number of regional rivers. Kevin Low with the Missouri River Basin Forecast Center says the heavy plains snowpack disappeared rapidly. Low says the James River will stay high and out of its banks for some time. Low says some minor flooding… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(Press Release) – On Tuesday, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act to preserve a section of the land where hundreds of Lakota Indians were massacred by the U.S. Army. “The Wounded Knee Massacre is a stain on our nation’s history,” said Johnson. “The Wounded Knee… Read more »