PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The “Mental Health of First Responders” Task Force of the South Dakota legislature meets Tuesday in Pierre. Task Force Co-Chair, Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton, says they set up a program to help pay for counseling services. Cwach says they want to find out how that grant is being used. Cwach says they… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The State of South Dakota saw sales tax returns jump 14% at the end of the fiscal year in June. Not all of that increase was spread evenly across all businesses. Nathan Sanderson, Executive Director of the South Dakota Retailers Association, says the past eighteen months have been difficult at best. There were… Read more »

OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- Since declining to a record low in April of last year, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, has been above growth neutral for 14 of the last 15 months. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Leadercast is the world’s largest one-day leadership conference, broadcast LIVE from Cincinnati and simulcast to hundreds of locations around the world, including Aberdeen. We will be hosting the event on Wednesday, August 11th at the Dakota Event Center. Change is constant. Nothing ever goes quite as we planned. If we didn’t believe this before… Read more »

HOVEN, S.D.(Press Release)- One person died Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash that occurred east of Hoven. Names of the two people involved are not being released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates that both vehicles were eastbound on South Dakota Highway 20. A 2020 Ford Explorer struck the rear of a… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce’s August Business After Hours mixer will be held on Thursday, August 12 from 5:15 to 7:00 pm at Pierson Ford-Lincoln, 701 Auto Plaza Drive. The annual Chamber Committee Chicken Wing Challenge will be held during this time and attendees will be able to vote for their favorite… Read more »

INDIANAPOLIS, I.N.(WNAX)- 44 FFA members from across the country were in Indianapolis last week attending the weeklong +-New Century Farmer Conference. The conference is for FFA members who plan to remain in production agriculture. South Dakota’s lone representative is Isaac (kuh-low-zick) Kolousek of Wessington Springs who’s currently studying at the South Dakota School of Mines… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem fired the warden and deputy warden at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls after an investigation into anonymous complaints over working conditions and harassment. She also suspended Corrections Department Secretary Mike Liedholt. Senator Art Rusch of Vermillion is vice chair of the state Corrections Commission. He says… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- As more electric powered vehicles show up on roads and highways, more charging stations will be needed. The South Dakota Transportation Commission got an update on the status of the state’s electric vehicle corridor at their meeting in Pierre Thursday. Mike Behm, Director of the Department of Planning and Engineering, said the US… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- After a year hiatus, National Night Out returns to Melgaard Park on Tuesday. National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie, is from 6 to 9 p.m. and features booths from a host of public safety-related organizations and agencies. Aberdeen Police Department Capt. Tanner Jondahl said special recognition… Read more »