PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The interim Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature meets today in Pierre. Co-Chair, Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, says they will get an update on the small business Covid grants. Hunhoff says there were also Innovation Grants given out. Hunhoff says they also want to hear more about savings in Medicaid. Hunhoff… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D.(WNAX)- A webinar on drought conditions in the northern plains showed how quickly the dry areas have expanded. South Dakota State Climatologist Laura Edwards says it was a rapid transition. Edwards says the current dry conditions are of an historic nature. Edwards says there is a tight line between dry and normal conditions. Some… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Yankton City Commissioners have been working on a draft version of an ordinance controlling medical marijuana dispensaries. While the ordinance hasn’t yet been formally introduced, Mayor Nathan Johnson says one should be in place before medical marijuana becomes legal. Johnson says they haven’t had much help from state agencies in writing the rules.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) –Governor Kristi Noem has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff at the State Capitol from sunrise until sundown on Wednesday, May 12 in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day. Additionally, flags are to be flown at half-staff statewide from sunrise until sundown on Saturday, May 15 in honor of Peace Officers… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(AlphaMedia)–Governor Kristi Noem was in Watertown Monday for the 19th annual Lake Area Technical College (LATC) Governor’s Luncheon. During her remarks to several hundred people in the Student Center, the governor says South Dakota remained, “open for business” throughout the pandemic, and people all over the country have taken notice. She says one of… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- Miner County South Dakota farmer Arlen Foster and his wife Cindy have filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Sioux Falls against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Tony Francois of the Pacific Legal Foundation is representing the Foster’s in the case. Francois says they’re asking the NRCS(National Resources Conservation Service) to reconsider… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- This week, Avera celebrates the heroes who work within its facilities, including clinics, hospitals, senior living centers and more. National Hospital Week is May 9-15, National Nurses Week is May 6-12 and National Skilled Nursing Care Week is May 9-15. “Our celebration this year – called ‘Celebrating YOU’ – captures these important… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — An Aberdeen man has been sentenced to five years in prison for choking a woman and for possessing methamphetamine. Forty-one-year-old Darrell Two Hearts pleaded guilty to felony domestic aggravated assault stemming from the 2020 choking incident and to felony drug possession. Police were called to a residence in Aberdeen on a… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- A Waubay woman has been sentenced to 27 months in prison on a federal charge of program theft, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Dawn Block, 53, will also be on supervised release for three years and must pay $222,802 in restitution. Of that, $68,570 is… Read more »