RAPID CITY, S.D.(KOTA)- In front of the Journey Museum in Rapid City, a collection of red dresses flutter solemnly in the wind, encircling a wooden teepee. Lily Mendoza, founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Society, which highlights cases of missing and murdered indigenous peoples, said this display is part of a long history of communal… Read more »
News Author: Hub City Radio Staff
Yankton City Council approve $44 million wastewater treatment plant
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Yankton City Commission unanimously approved a forty-four-million-dollar project to make major upgrades to the existing wastewater treatment plant in Riverside Park. Environmental Services Director Kyle Goodmanson told the commission the plant will be an ongoing project. There had been some debate over moving the plant to a new location at a cost… Read more »
SD House Representative Mike Stevens talks what’s coming for 2022
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- District 18 Representative Mike Stevens appeared before the Yankton School Board at their meeting Monday night to talk about the upcoming legislative session. Stevens says Governor Kristi Noem’s proposal to provide a six percent increase in state aid to schools is just an idea at this point. Stevens says legislators will have a… Read more »
River flows at Gavins Point Dam lowest in decades
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam is very low as flows from the dam have been cut back to twelve thousand cubic feet per second. Operations Manager Tom Curran says all of that water is going through their hydro electric generators. Curran says other dams on the river will pick up the… Read more »
Gas prices declined the last month in South Dakota
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- While there have been warnings of a sharp jump in natural gas prices this winter, there appears to be some rounding of that curve. South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says wholesale gas prices are backing off. Nelson says prices haven’t dropped to last years level yet. Last February, freezing temperatures… Read more »
ACLU of South Dakota opposes Gov. Noem’s discriminatory Anti-Trans Legislation proposal
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release)- A solution in search of a problem – that’s what Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed legislation banning transgender women and girls from competing on the sports teams that match their gender identity and forbids their participation in both high school and collegiate athletic activities amounts to. The ACLU of South Dakota opposes Noem’s… Read more »
Governor Noem release text on bill dealing with fairness in girls’ sport in high school & college
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Tuesday, Governor Kristi Noem released the text of draft legislation to defend fairness in girls’ sports at both the K-12 and collegiate level. This legislation will codify Governor Noem’s executive orders and extend further protections to women and girls. “This is about fairness. Every young woman deserves an equal playing… Read more »
Weather to be a factor in the state starting Wednesday night
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- A very strong storm system will bring a wide variety of weather to the northern plains over the next day and a half. Kyle Weisser at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says there are a lot of potential threats. Weisser says the northern side of the storm will get the… Read more »
SD Dept of Health reports 4 new COVID-19 related deaths
PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported 4 new COVID-related deaths, while active cases decreased & hospitalizations increased, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health. The death total currently at 2,411. The state had 717 new cases and 1,145 recoveries, decreasing active infections to 7,151. Those hospitalized in connection with the virus… Read more »
Special committee dealing with the pending impeachment have not met since special session
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- A special committee set up by the South Dakota House to investigate the possible impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has not met since the special session in November and no meetings are scheduled. Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton is a member of that special committee, Cwach says the timing of any meeting… Read more »