PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state added 5 more COVID-related deaths, while active cases & hospitalization continued to drop, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths moved the state’s overall death toll to 1,768. The state had 165 new confirmed cases and 232 recoveries, lowering active infections by… Read more »
News Author: Dave Vilhauer
After mild January, winter system likely to arrive by midweek
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – There are just a few days left in what has proven to be a mild January. However, it will feel a lot more like winter in the very near future, according to Laura Edwards, State Climatologist. She said January will go down as one of the warmest on record, but that… Read more »
Michael Ray to replace Hardy at Brown County Fair
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – This summer’s Brown County Fair will have the same scheduled lineup as last year’s canceled fair with one notable exception. Sonje Oban, BCF Interim Manager, made the announcement this morning. She said people should recognize a lot of his hits. Oban is happy that people will still get an opportunity to… Read more »
USD President, State Representative engage in dialogue over diversity
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – During an appearance before the Joint Committee on Appropriations, University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring and Representative Taffy Howard of Rapid City engaged in a dialogue over diversity in higher education. Howard referenced a report from Princeton University on systemic racism on university campuses. Howard asked Gestring about the imbalance… Read more »
Judge orders polygamous sect to sell South Dakota compound
Rapid City Journal photo PRINGLE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge has ordered a secretive polygamous sect to sell it’s compound in the Black Hills to pay for a lawsuit settlement. Court documents show that a South Dakota sheriff has been ordered to sell the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ property… Read more »
Noem says she has been clear about election and results
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says she is ready to work with the Biden Administration but wants to clear up doubts about the election process. She says she has been clear about the election and the results. Noem says there are still doubts about the election in many states. Noem campaigned… Read more »
Johnson shares thoughts on District of Columbia debate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson is wading into the debate over making the District of Columbia a state. Congressional Democrats plan to introduce a statehood bill. Johnson says there are people in the District that don’t have representation in Congress. Johnson says he is proposing moving parts of the District into… Read more »
Yankton mayor thinks masks played role in decreased infections
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The rate of positive Covid-19 infections has trailed off across the region and state over the past few weeks. In mid-November, Yankton County was seeing over 100 new infections a day with total active cases over 600 at the peak. The Yankton City Commission passed a face mask mandate in early… Read more »
Committee approves bill to provide $5 million for small meat processors
PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee gave its approval to a bill that would provide $5 million for a small meat processors grant program. Lt. Governor Larry Rhoden testified in favor of the bill, brought by the Department of Agriculture. He says they were working on this before the pandemic.… Read more »
Noem refuses to say whether Biden victory was free and fair
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has refused to acknowledge that Democrat Joe Biden defeated her close Republican ally Donald Trump in a free and fair election. In her first public comments specifically addressing the election results since Congress certified Biden’s victory hours after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S.… Read more »