PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Governor Kristi Noem last week announced immediate pay raises for most correctional officers. Their pay will rise from twenty dollars an hour to twenty three fifty, with the potential to go to twenty eight dollars an hour. Senator Reynold Nesiba of Sioux Falls has been vocal in calling for better pay. Nesiba says… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Many republican candidates for office this year are finding voters from their own party are the most critical. South Dakota Senator John Thune says he is hearing it. Thune says he expects most republicans will stick with him. Thune says former President Trump does cast a shadow over the fall elections. Thune faces… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- As kids return to school late this summer, there is some concern that Covid-19 will also come back. Liz Healy, infection control specialist at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says each school may see different results. Healy says prevention can also depend on a schools physical plant. Healy says kids normally share… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(HubCityRadio)-  On Monday the summer study dealing with regional jails & correctional facilities held their third meaning in Sioux Falls.  The legislators earlier in the morning did a tour of county jails in Clay & Minnehaha Counties. Lobbyist for Brown County & Aberdeen, Julie Johnson recapped the last summer study that took place… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Weather permitting beginning at approximately 7:00 AM on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, water will be off in the following areas to replace a fire hydrant: 8th Ave SE between Washington and Jay Street AND South Jay St. between 7th and 9th Avenue The Public Works Department suggests that residents in the affected… Read more »

LINCOLN, N.E.(WNAX)- The climate outlook for the next few months continues to be more of the same. Brian Fuchs, with the Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, says September temperatures will be above normal. Fuchs moderated this month’s North Central Region Climate update. He says below normal rain is expected next month. Fuchs… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city-wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Tuesday, August 23rd between the hours of 8:30 pm and 1:00 am.  West Nile Virus has been identified in Aberdeen and city officials urge citizens to take reasonable precautions to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes.  You can reduce the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Senator Mike Rounds is focusing on the elections coming up in November & not the elections in 2024. Rounds explains why he does not want Donald Trump to announce his intention to run for the presidency until after the midterms. Rounds believe what people are paying these days will play a factor in… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – Northern State University and Presentation College students are invited to attend COLLEGEpalooza on Friday, August 26th from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. 2022 marks the sixth year of this annual back-to-school celebration which will be held at South Main Street and 5th Avenue. This event immediately precedes the final free downtown concert… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Department of Education announced last week that the scheduled meeting of the Board of Education Standards was postponed to a later, unannounced date. The meeting would have included a public hearing to consider the adoption and amendment of proposed rules to prohibit the adoption of content standards that promote… Read more »