PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will increase the release rate of the Oahe Dam to 65,000 cubic feet per second Thursday. At the Corps’ annual fall meeting today, power production team leader for Missouri River water management Mike Swenson says releases from Oahe will remain high through next month.… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Colorado man who said he was delivering hemp to Minnesota when he was arrested in South Dakota has been indicted by a grand jury after his load tested positive for THC, the component in marijuana that produces a high. A grand jury in Jackson County, South Dakota, last month… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A Federal Election Commission report shows South Dakota’s Democratic Party continues to have financial problems. The report says the party’s federal campaign committee owes nearly $47,000 in debts and obligations and has a negative balance of about $8,600. The party owes nearly $12,000 to The Sutton Group, a computer consulting company… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Governor Kristi Noem has appointed James “JD” Wangsness to represent District 23 in the South Dakota House of Representatives. District 23 Rep. Spencer Gosch says the vacancy was created after Rep. John Lake was appointed to the District 23 Senate seat. Wangsness will serve during the 2020 legislative session. Wangsness,… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – ESPN has decided that they will set up their Game Day broadcast on the campus green at South Dakota State University this Saturday. Jason Hove is the Sports Information Director for SDSU Athletics. Hove says it is a major production for them and ESPN. Hove says it was hard to imagine… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson joined one 184 House Republicans in a bid to censure Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, over his handling of the impeachment inquiry into the conduct of President Trump. Johnson says the inquiry has been unfair. The censure move was tabled by… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Area Humane Society will present The Dueling Duo at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at the Yelduz Shrine Center. The event, which will feature dueling pianos, has a pair of sponsors, as Elaine Schaible, Manager at the Humane Society, explains. She said the event is not intended for young… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT) — Thousands of South Dakota households have been approved for home heating assistance this winter. David Gall administers the program for the South Dakota Department of Social Services. All of the money for low-income heating assistance is provided by the federal government. Gall says it’s an income-based program. He says there’s still… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – With Missouri River water backing up ever so slightly into Fort Pierre, the Fort Pierre City Council got another update on the river’s status Monday night. Public Works Director Rick Hahn says releases from Oahe Dam over the weekend were some of the highest all year. Hahn says wind can play… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – South Dakota’s State Capitol turns purple Sunday, Oct. 27 to honor those who have died from, as well as those who have survived, pancreatic cancer. Organizer John Moisan of Fort Pierre was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 2014. He says he didn’t feel sick, but his doctor was concerned… Read more »