PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — South Dakota Secretary of State, Steve Barnett, is preparing for a June primary election like no other in state history. The COVID-19 crisis is so fluid from day to day that there is no way to predict how the situation will be on June 2. A worst, worst-case scenario would be… Read more »
News Author: Dave Vilhauer
Let It Shine event set for May 1
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – An event to honor the work of those on the front lines in the battle against COVID-19 in being planned all across South Dakota. Between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Friday May 1, South Dakota residents are being encouraged to go outside and “Let It Shine.” What initially began as… Read more »
Safe Harbor displays bring awareness to abuse
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Safe Harbor of Aberdeen has produced a pair of displays to help bring awareness to abuse. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month. For the second year in a row, Safe Harbor has a display of bluejeans on the overpass on N. Second St. MacKenzie Gerth, Rural… Read more »
Physician says focus now has to be on mitigation
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The shutdown of the Smithfield Foods processing plant is an example of what needs to be done to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Dr. Mike Pietila with the Yankton Medical Clinic is also the head of the Intensive Care Unit at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. Pietila says the focus now… Read more »
Rounds asking for investigation into livestock prices
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is one of several Senators asking for an investigation into livestock prices. Rounds says he asked for an investigation a few weeks ago. Rounds says no matter the results of the investigation, there needs to be changes in how livestock are marketed. Rounds says he asked… Read more »
Sanford Health physician shares thoughts about Hydroxychloroquine
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KBHB) — The lead doctor on coronavirus matters at Sanford Health says that COVID-19 patients in the state can now have access to the drug Hydroxychloroquine, as part of a first-in-the-nation effectiveness study. Doctor Allison Suttle talked with reporters Monday about the enormous task researchers face as they start to tackle a… Read more »
Corps of Engineers releases videos on runoff forecast
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released videos providing updates on the status of mountain snowpack, a runoff forecast for the year and planned operations for the runoff year for the Missouri River Mainstem System. The four videos share information normally presented at the Corps’ annual spring public meetings… Read more »
Family of five living out of vehicle after utilities shut off
McLAUGHLIN, S.D. (Rapid City Journal) — A family of five on the Standing Rock Reservation has been living in a car and floating among relatives after a small South Dakota town shut off the utilities at their trailer home. The mayor of McLaughlin, Arnold Schott, said there was no choice because the town wouldn’t be… Read more »
Woman arrested following high-speed chase through Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KBHB) — Rapid City Police arrested a 37-year-old Rapid City woman, after a wild and dangerous high-speed chase through town in pursuit of a stolen vehicle this morning. Police got the report of a stolen vehicle sighted on Atlas Street just before 8 a.m., and found a woman asleep behind the wheel… Read more »
State hosting nation’s first clinical trial for Hydroxychloroquine
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KBHB) — The South Dakota Department of Health says today that the number of positive cases of coronavirus has increased by 138 since Sunday. There are 868 positive tests for COVID-19 as of today, with 44 total hospitalizations so far, 207 people recovering, and more than 81-hundred testing negative. Minnehaha County has… Read more »