ABERDEEN, S.D.(WNAX)- Economic development agencies used to focus on landing that next big manufacturing plant with hundreds of jobs. Mike Bockorny, Chair of the Aberdeen Development Corporation, says a lot has changed. Bockorny says development has to be more broad based. Bockorny says that is where the new “Economic Development Professionals Association” can help out.… Read more »

CANTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Veteran republican Senator Jim Bolin of Canton won re-election this week to his fourth term from District 16. He says this will be his last term in Pierre. Bolin says he wants to change committees in the upcoming session. Bolin says legislators will have a number of big issues to consider. Bolin, a… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Board of Regents approved changes to their facilities in Sioux Falls, creating USD at Sioux Falls, with a new mission and classes. Jay Perry, the USD vice president who heads up the Sioux Falls campus was in front of the interim Appropriations Committee of the Legislature. He says they… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Former U.S. Senate candidate Brian Bengs reflects on his campaign against the incumbent Senator John Thune & Libertarian candidate Tamara Lesnar. This was the first political campaign Bengs has done and as it turned out he was not quite as prepared as he thought he would be. Bengs talked about his travels across… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Incumbent republican Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson was easily re-elected to another six-year term with a sixty nine to thirty one percent margin over democrat Jeff Barth. Nelson says he spent a lot time on the road. Nelson says he had to explain to many voters how the PUC operates. Barth had made… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will let utilities take the lead in electric vehicle policies. The federal government set up a requirement that each state decide on how to handle that technology. Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says there are lots of details with electric vehicles. Nelson says each utility has a unique… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB)  – The first reading of a shooting range ordinance was met with some suggestions from the public but in general, was viewed as a good start to establish a legal guideline through which shooting ranges can operate in the county. The Meade County Commission, at its Nov. 8 regular meeting, approved the first… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- It wasn’t our imagination; the Halloween displays in many stores were cleared out quickly to set up for Christmas. South Dakota Retailers Association Executive Director Nathan Sanderson says that was deliberate. Sanderson says while people may plan to spend the same this holiday season, it will buy less. Sanderson says retailers still face… Read more »

MILBANK, S.D.(Press Release) – A Fargo, N.D., woman has been identified as the person who died Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash west of Milbank. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2008 Econoline Van was eastbound on U.S. Highway 12 when it crossed the centerline into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a westbound… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The suspect in Sunday’s homicide in Yankton made his initial appearance in court Wednesday morning. During the initial appearance it was announced Trevor Wayne Harrison of Yankton is facing a charge of homicide as murder in the first-degree and, in the alternate, homicide as murder in the second-degree. Harrison can ultimately only be… Read more »